Disclaimer: All Pokemon characters are from Nintendo, Creatures, Gamefreak, Pokemon Company, etc., and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, a.k.a. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon is from Chunsoft. I do not own them.
Author's Note: Welcome to my Pokemon fanfic, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: TEAM GAMMA! Pokemon Mystery Dungeon or Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon is a not yet released Pokemon version dungeon RPG game for GBA and DS, like the Dark Cloud series and Toruneko series,but according to the official information, it will be released in the US on this September. Before you read this fanfic, this story linewill be a little similar to the game, but since thisfanfic was made frommy small-minded memoriesby playing the Japanese version long ago, some parts are originally made by me. So please do not worry; this is not stolen or copyrighted...but it contains spoilers, so beware! Well...please feel free to read, and have fun!
...Where am I...?
...What is this place...?
...Everything's dark...can't see anything...
...Am I dead...?
...Or is this a dream...?
...Wait...I hear something...
...A voice...a lady's voice...coming from somewhere...
...I can't see her...but I can hear her...
"...I know that you can..."
...What? W-what does that mean...?
...I don't understand...please...tell me...
...What is going on here...?
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
TEAM GAMMA
Chapter 1
I'm a Pokemon?
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...The youth was in the darkness, nothing around to see, hear, or feel. Everything was completely dark, seeing no light coming through. He did not know where he was or why he was here. Although confused, he was still and silent, not knowing what to do. He could not even talk or move, almost like he was a dead man. Suddenly...
...hey...up...wake up...
...He heard a voice coming from somewhere. It was a girl's voice, but this time it was childish than the voice he heard earlier. As he heard the girl's voice, he slowly opened his eyes, and tried focusing his blurry sight. After his sight was clearly focused, there was a small creature looking straight down at him. It was a four-legged being with light green body with green seeds around its neck, cute red eyes and a large green leaf on its head. It was "Chikorita", the Leaf Pokemon.
"WHOA!" the youth realized that Chikorita was staring down at him, and jumped up in a surprise.
"YOW!" Chikorita jumped in a surprise too when the child rose up quickly with a loud scream. "Hey, don't scare me like that!" said Chikorita, "But glad that you're okay. I was worried about you since you were lying here all alone." As she felt relieved, the youth was a little confused what she said, or he was confused at something else. He looked the entire area, and realized that he was in some kind of an unfamiliar forest. It was quiet and peaceful, surrounded with green leaves and grass, but he did not know where he was. "But sure you don't look like you're from around here," said Chikorita, "Where'd you come from?" As she asked, the youth looked back at her suspiciously, and Chikorita was raising her eye as not knowing what he was doing.
"Wha...w-where am I?" said the youth, looking around again. He turned back to Chikorita again and asked, "And...who are you? I mean, you can talk?" He was startled by Chikorita's language, and Chikorita was a little confused on what the child said.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" she laughed a little while the youth was still confused. "Of course I can talk. So do you too!"
"That can't be!" said the youth, "I mean, its impossible for a Pokemon to talk! Only a 'human' like me can talk! I mean, why aren't you scared at me? I'm a 'human', and Pokemons supposed to be scared by 'humans'!"
"'Human'?" said Chikorita, confused on what the youth just said. "Uuuh...are you saying that you're a human? But I don't get it; you look like a 'Charmander' to me?"
After he heard what Chikorita said, he was stunned in a shock. He did not understand what Chikorita meant, but he started to look around himself. He raised his hands in front of him; he had red hands with sharp claws. He faced down and looked at his legs; he had red feet with three sharp claws on each foot. He turned back and looked behind him; he had a red long tail with a small fire burning on the tip. He was more confused than before. He then saw a water puddle that was near him. He looked at it and saw his own reflection; he had a red head with two small fangs in his mouth, and green emerald eyes. Chikorita was right, he was definitely a Charmander.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!" Charmander screamed at his reflected self with shock, which made Chikorita surprised by his stunning reaction. "I...I...I'm a Charmander...I'm...I'm a Pokemon!" As he was shocked and confused, he looked at his hands again and said, "W-what's going on here? W-why am I a Pokemon? W-wasn't I a human?"
Chikorita was just looking at the confused Lizard Pokemon clueless and said, "You're really a human? Hmmm...speaking of that, you look kinda different from the other Charmanders. Instead of having navy blue eyes, you have green eyes. Charmanders don't have that kind of color?"
"That's right," said Charmander, "I am a human...or...was? I-I mean, I AM a human! But...how did this happen? How did I become a Pokemon? Only thing I can remember is..." As he was confused, he paused for a moment. He stood still trying to remember what happened before this situation happened. However...
"I...can't remember..." thought Charmander, "I can't remember anything...anything when I was a human...w-why is that? I-I know that I was a human...but why I can't remember when I was a human?" He held his head as he was more confused, but that also made Chikorita a little confused for not understanding what he was doing.
"So...what's your name?" Chikorita asked the confused Charmander.
"Huh?" Charmander stopped confusing for a moment and turned back to Chikorita. "My...my name? Oh, yeah...my name! My name is..." He started to think for a moment, probably trying to remember what his name is.
"...'Tetsuji'..." he muttered, raising his head towards Chikorita, "My name is Tetsuji. 'Tetsuji Haido'."
"Tetsuji Haido?" said Chikorita. She then started laughing and said, "That's a funny name!"
Her laughs made Tetsuji upset and said, "Hey, don't laugh at it! That's the name..." He then stopped being upset, paused for a moment and started thinking. "...the name I can only remember..." he muttered. He then turned away and placed his hand on his head and said, "Wait a minute...why I can remember my name? That's the name when I was a human...if so, why I can't remember the time when I was a human? Where did I come from? What did I really look like? Who were my friends, my family, and my relatives?" He continued muttering, trying to remember the time when he was a human, but nothing came out from his head. He could not remember anything after all.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! WHY I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!" He shouted so loud and started head butting the tree nearby, trying to remember everything by gaining an extreme shock through his head.
"H-hey, stop! Calm down for a sec!" Chikorita tried to stop Tetsuji from head butting.
"SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Suddenly, there was a scream coming from nearby. Tetsuji stopped head butting as he heard a scream, although his head was bleeding a little. Both Tetsuji and Chikorita turned to the direction where the scream came by.
"What was that?" said Tetsuji.
"It looks like it came from that way!" said Chikorita. "C'mon, let's check it out!" She rushed toward the direction where the scream came.
"Huh? Why me?" Tetsuji complained, but had no choice but to follow her.
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Both Tetsuji and Chikorita have arrived to the destination where the scream came. At that destination, there was one Pokemon flying around in panic. The Pokemon was a purple butterfly with red eyes and blue hands and feet, and it had a big white wing on its back. It was "Butterfree", the Butterfly Pokemon.
"What's the matter?" Chikorita asked the panicking Butterfree.
"Oh please help me!" said Butterfree, turning to Chikorita and Tetsuji. "Caterpie, my beloved son, has fallen into the hole!"
"WHAT?" Chikorita and Tetsuji shouted in shock at the same time.
"It was all of the sudden," said Butterfree, still panicking. "The ground started to shake and it created this big gap, and my son has fallen into that hole! My son's too small and young, so he can't get out from there alone! I-I really don't know what to do...!"
"Why can't you go save him?" said Tetsuji, "You can fly? You can save your son easily with your wings?"
"Yes, I tried," said Butterfree, "But I couldn't! I-I really don't know why, but all the wild Pokemons living in the forest started to attack me and..."
"What?" Chikorita interrupted with confusion. "Wild Pokemons started to attack you? But how could that be? All the Pokemons living in the forest supposed to be calm and pleasant?"
"That's what I thought too," said Butterfree, "But I think they've lost their minds because of that earthquake! Now they're in extreme panic, and too dangerous to get close to them! I'm not even strong enough to face against them and..." As she was worried, she started to cry, falling tears out from her buggy eyes. "Oooh...what should I do...I hope he's okay...but he's a lot weaker than the others...and if I don't anything and nobody helps him...he'll...he'll..."
Tetsuji and Chikorita looked at the worried and crying Butterfree as they were also worried, and then looked at each other silently. However, Chikorita turned back to Butterfree and said, "Mrs. Butterfree, please leave this to us! We'll go and save your son!" As she said to Butterfree while jabbing her front leg to her chest, Tetsuji went stunned as he listened.
"What? You will?" said Butterfree, stunned too by Chikorita. "B-but, you're small and cute...its too dangerous for you all to go there! There are too much strong and dangerous wild Pokemons in the forest! Even I can't easily go in there!"
"Don't worry, Mrs. Butterfree," said Chikorita without having any fear, "I've been to this place before, so I know a little about this place. We can easily handle this situation and save your son safe as usual! Right Tetsuji Haido?" She turned to the stunned Charmander, and he realized that she was talking to him.
"Huh? W-why me?" Tetsuji startled, "Why do I have to go with you? I-I don't know you, or any of this place? I-I just don't know why I'm doing here and how I got here...and...I...I don't know if I can do this though..."
"Well, I thought that I could need your help," said Chikorita in a little pale look. "I know that I can't do this alone, even though I know this place a little. So I thought you could come with me to help me out. Or...do you think I'm troubling you a bit? Well, I know its kinda rude to ask you this suddenly, and I know that we don't know each other...but...please...?" She stared at Tetsuji with her cute pale eyes, and Tetsuji backed a little by her adorable stare.
"Well..." he muttered a little while blushing at Chikorita. He then turned down and started thinking without saying any word coming from his mouth. 'What should I do?' thought Tetsuji, 'Should I go with her, even though she's a stranger? I mean, I'm also a stranger around here too, but...actually she's right. I understand wild Pokemons are extremely dangerous for some reasons, and I believe she can't go out there all alone. Besides, I can hardly believe Caterpie will be alright with Chikorita alone. All I can think is its just too dangerous. I know this is kinda scary, but maybe its rather than doing nothing. I don't know how to fight, but maybe I could do something to help her out. Well, here goes nothing...' After he finished thinking, he raised his head towards Chikorita and said, "Okay, I'll go and save Caterpie with you!"
"Tetsuji!" said Chikorita.
"But there's one thing," said Tetsuji, "I'm not really familiar with this, and really don't know how to fight yet. So could you help me out too whenever I'm in trouble?"
"Okay," Chikorita nodded, "We'll help each other whenever trouble comes by."
"Oh, please be careful young ones," said the worried Butterfree, "The Pokemons in the forest are very dangerous. I don't know how strong they are, but I'll pray for you all to come back with my son safely."
"Don't worry, we'll promise to bring your son back here without any damage!" said Chikorita. "Right, Tetsuji Haido?" She turned to Tetsuji to see if he agrees with her.
"Yeah, uuuuum..." Tetsuji nodded, and then he started to wonder about Chikorita's name.
"Oh yeah, forgot to tell you my name," Chikorita chuckled, "My name is 'Cherio'! Pleasure to meet you!" She winked at Tetsuji as she introduced herself.
"Okay Cherio!" Tetsuji nodded, "But call me Tetsuji. Haido is my last name. Its better to call me in a first name."
"Alright!" Cherio nodded, "Then let's go!"
"Yeah!" After Tetsuji nodded, they both rushed into the forest...
...To Be Continued...