I Don't Own Pokemon


I yawned to myself as I stepped into the lab as I looked around for a moment, I noted then promptly ignored the presence of the assistant behind the desk as I walked past down the hallway into the main part of the lab. I have no clue where Snivy would be, so right now I was mostly just looking around trying to find him while also seeing if I could find the Professor before I leave. Needless to say, with my luck, it took about twenty minutes before I found either of the two I was looking for, and it wasn't even the one I really wanted.

"Oh hi Kyu. I was wondering when you would show up. You're heading out today right?" I gave a nod, as we walked down a hallway, to where, from memory, a small side lab that was mostly used to scanning. As we walked into the room, I noted Riolu was laying down on a table and was getting, what seemed to be a X-ray.

"Yeah, I'm leaving today. I still don't have a solid plan, but I do know I'm going to be heading to Undella Town, and will probably be heading through all the main cities and towns on the way there" She hummed at that, she seemed to be thinking on that for a moment while she walked over to a console that was more than likely controlling the machine. After a moment she seemed to come to an answer to whatever she was thinking about before saying.

"That seems you'll be heading through Striaton City, I have a few friends that are working on a project over there. Would you mind stopping by and see if you can help? I think you would find it interesting" That sounds like something that happened in the games, wasn't it something to do with the dream yard? I think so, it's been a while since I've played either of the two versions.

"Sure, just tell me where it's located and I'll try and to remember to stop by" I accepted mostly out of curiosity than anything, though that didn't mean I would be spending much time there, after all, getting to Undella Town would take at a slow pace about two and a half months. I didn't really care about rushing there, as I was more focused on the travel itself rather than the destination, but I still didn't want to have to stay a week in a city because I said I would help.

"Thanks Kyu, I'll write down the address and give it to you before you go. I'm assuming that'll happen soon though. You're here to get your snivy right?" I just nodded though I wasn't the biggest fan of how she worded it. She pressed some buttons on the console in front of her for a few seconds before turning to me and said.

"He's in the garden, I'll catch up to you in a little bit to give you the address" Good, at least I didn't have to go back to wandering around to try and find him. Giving her a thankful smile, that was mostly faked, I turned and walked out of the small side part of the massive laboratory I was in, as I made my way over towards where I believe the garden was.


Looking around the place as I looked past vines, flowers, and other plants of the like, as I tried to see if I could locate the Grass type. At least that was the main purpose of my being here, though looking around the place, I was quite surprised at how impressive the garden was, it was bloody massive. Still, I ignored my curiosity to examine some of the plants that I've never seen and was pretty sure didn't actually exist, and instead kept my eyes open to try and find my newest Pokemon.

"Chief? Is it time for us to leave?" I stopped my walking, as I wondered if I would ever be the one to find them and not them finding me instead. Ignoring my thoughts on that, I turned and looked over in the direction that the voice had come from. Snivy was next to a plant that matched his scale color quite well, giving him a camouflaged background which is the reason I chose to believe why I didn't find him first.

"Yeah, we're heading out now. Though if you want to do anything before we leave you can, or are you good?" He seemed to think on it, well not what I actually asked, he seemed to be thinking on the implied intentions that if he wanted I would put my plans on hold without preamble. There wasn't anything behind what I said, but that wouldn't stop him, and I wasn't going to either, the sooner he realizes that I don't have a hidden agenda for something similar, the better.

"No, I'm fine with leaving now" I gave him a nod and a smile, before waving him along as I turned started to make my way out of the large garden. I noted that he seemed to stay in place for a moment before it seemed to catch up to him that I was walking away as he quickly began to walk to catch up to me.

"Chief? Are you not going to return me?" Oh? That's what that was about. I looked down at him for a moment, wondering how I should word my thoughts before shrugging, mostly to myself, and told him.

"If you want to stay in your ball then just tell me, but everyone on the team prefers to stay out and I prefer everyone being out anyway. Of course it's gotten a bit harder to work with now that everyone has evolved. While none of them are massive, I can only really have everyone out when on the road as in towns and cities it gets to the point where it's to crowded for them. Of course you don't have to follow that present notion if you don't want to, like I said just tell me and I'll return you until I stop for a break on the road"

He seemed to think on it for a little bit, desiccating what I said, which I didn't mind but I was coming to be aware that every time I tell him something he thinks it over for at least three seconds before answering, if he decides on battling, I'll have to help him break out of that habit, it wouldn't be good if he over thinks orders in a battle. Though that's for only a possible future, after all, he might not want to battle at all.

"I would like to stay out if you're sure you don't mind" I just gave him a smile and a nod as we continued on towards the outside of the lab, where I saw Juniper standing in front of the doors, still inside. As I approached she held out her hand to me, reaching forwards I grabbed the item that she was holding. Looking down at it, I folded the piece of paper up and slipped it into one of my jacket pockets and was about to say goodbye to the Professor when, a voice called out from behind me.

"Wait" Turning my head to look behind me, I chose to not raise my eyebrow as I watched as Riolu walked up. She seemed torn on something, though she didn't seem to like either of her choices. After a second she finally said.

"I'd like to come with you" I could almost feel the resistance her mouth gave to say those words, at least in such a polite way. Still, I looked over towards her and began to think on it, I mean, I didn't really have a reason as to why I wouldn't want her to come along. Though there are plenty of ways to argue why she shouldn't, I didn't actually care about those reasons, so after a moment just shrugged and said.

"Sure, I don't mind, though are you sure you'll be able to keep up?" It wasn't exactly meant to mock her for her bad leg, it was more of me teasing her on something else, but I could see how that could be taken differently, though, thankfully, she seemed to understand what I was actually referring to, as she just seemed to hold in a particularly interesting remark, before calmly saying.

"Don't worry, I'm more than capable of keeping up" Impressive, she still managed to insult me, by implying I was easy to keep pace with, while still acting polite. It's been awhile since I've seen some proper passive-aggressiveness, so I just gave a smile and turned to the Professor who seemed very confused, only being able to follow half the conversation.

"She's asking if she could come along with me. I wouldn't mind, but you're the one looking over her health so what do you think" Riolu was looking at Juniper with some clear tension in her form as she waited on the deliberation. After a second she finally said.

"I don't see why not, I mean I would prefer if she stayed to stay off that leg, which wouldn't be all that possible on the road, it isn't necessary, as the leg has healed as much as it can, but the choice is up to her if she decides to leave or not. Technically she is a wild Pokemon now that her trainer abandoned her" I noted Riolu winced at that, so it's still a sore point for her, well that would make sense.

"I'll sure that Luxray would be happy to help another of our group by carrying her around, he does it for most of the team already" That seemed to sway the Professor as after a moment she nodded with a sigh. Before giving me one last good bye, which I returned before turning and walking out of the sliding doors, with two new...Well Riolu isn't a team member, and I'm not really sure we'd be considered friends, maybe a travel companion?... I'll think on it later if I decide I still care.

Walking out onto the street, I watched with some interest as I watched as my team all reacted in their own ways to the two walking out with me. Most were mildly surprised to see Riolu, while the other half of their reaction was also their curiosity towards Snivy, who seemed to not really appreciate all the eyes on him, which I could sort of understand, I've never really cared about the attention but it never really bothers me that badly, he didn't to hold my level of apathy.

"I was only expecting Snivy to be joining us, please don't flood him with conversations he seems to be more on the quiet type, Vaporeon I'm actually hoping you can help him get adjusted as you two won't find conversation a necessity. While the other...well I'm pretty sure I just won her over with my amazing and charming personality" I got a nod from Vaporeon, which I gave a grateful smile back to her. Afterwards though, said smile tighten at the edges as Riolu punched my leg for my comment.

"Anyway we should get a move on, come on everyone" I got a cheer from most of them, while the two newer ones looked confused at the others reactions as I stepped up to the front of the group and began walking forwards. Listening to my two of the three flyers push up into the air while the third was already floating along, during which the foot steps of the others followed after me. Though I did notice something from the amount of foot falls.

"Snivy, you can get onto Luxray's back, if you want to, I would recommend it if you want to have that talk with Vaporeon like I mentioned before hand. As for you Riolu, you should just get onto my Son's back so I don't have to worry about you falling over"

I could almost feel the hesitation from Snivy but after a moment my Son stopped from what I figured him climbing on. While on the other hand, I didn't need nearly feeling to hear the huff from Riolu, but I could also hear a bit of confusion from the huff as well, which was soon cleared up as she asked.

"Son?" Oh yeah they don't know about all that yet, which was the main reason I wanted Vaporeon to talk to the two of them get caught up with all the smaller things that go on or at least the relationships. So I just turned around, still walking, a skill I've spent a surprising amount of time getting really good at by learning to avoid things that I can't see from the faces of those I'm facing, but that doesn't have anything to do with what I was doing currently, though I did note Snivy looked very confused, oh right he doesn't know.

"Yeah, Son, adopted technically, before you get any ideas, still I raised him from his egg so who cares about that little fact" I grinned as I watched as Luxray duck his head, embarrassed at my words. Riolu looked like she didn't know how to rework whatever her view of me was now that she knew I'm a father. While Snivy just looked even more confused, so I turned to look at him, while moving slightly to the left as I watched Lycanroc suddenly look concerned at something to my right, while saying.

"I'm a zoroark Snivy, meaning I am very good at making myself look like something else, though I didn't have much choice in that, I'm sure Vaporeon will explain in more detail in a little bit, but I didn't want you to stay out of the loop" He just looked very confused, though I did note he suddenly had a look in his eye that I haven't seen yet in him, he was curious, as he turned to Vaporeon and asked what I meant.


A few things I kind of want to talk about. Riolu is joining in on traveling, a few people have already talked about their views on her character though, I think it is a little clear what I'm doing here, but as it hasn't come up yet, I'm not mentioning anything for now, other than she isn't going to be battling, she has a horrible crippled leg that hurts to even stand on most of the time, just wanted to put that out there. Next, Snivy, I'm a blunt person, I also just happen to be very good at making my bluntness clever enough to usually talk my way into something or another, but with Snivy, I'm throwing Kyu something interesting, he has o judge everything he says because he doesn't want to misstep whatever trust his built with the Grass type, which, is really had to do for me. I also kind of want to point out the contrast between these two new Pokemon, one Kyu says whatever the hell he likes to, most of the time usually involving insults, and the other he has to fine pick his wording.

Anyway, moving on past the stuff, that anyone that read the chapter could have figured out for themselves, I believe I've made a schedule for these postings as it isn't daily anymore. Mondays and Fridays, I believe this chapter is going up on a Friday, and if it doesn't then well, I've clearly thought of something else. Anyway, that's all, so, See ya.