Chapter 03. End of day 2.

I left the Galaxy headquarters after getting officially inducted into the survey corp.

"Wait a minute." I was called out by Akari.

"Let me show you where our Tailor is. It's just down the road." Said Akari.

"Hey Akari, can you tell me what kind of Pokemon are around here?"

I know most of the Pokemon from the game, but I should better confirm it just in case.

"Hmm, let me think a bit… I wasn't able to go very far yet, so I can only tell you what I personally saw." Said Akari looking down.

"The most common Pokemon are Starly, Bidoof, Wurmple and Shinx. You already caught 3 of them for your of the base camp are the Horseshoe Plains. There are a number of Ponytas around. You should be careful though, they are protected by an Alpha Rapidash. To the west at the Floaro Gardens. You can find Silcoon, Cascoon, Beautifly and Dustox flying around. At night you can find plenty of Drifloons flying around. There are several Buizel families at the river. To the south, beyond the Bridge, you can find Geodude's, Stantler and Zubats at night. That's about it. We weren't able to penetrate into the wilderness more than that."

Akari took her time explaining to me what she know. Her explanation lining up with my game knowledge, though she seems to have missed several rare Pokemon.

"Thanks Akari, seems like we have loots to do before we are able to complete the Pokedex."

"Yeah, the village was built almost two years ago, but we barely learnt anything. Most people are simply too afraid to leave the safety of the walls."

"Hmm… there is quite a lot to do before Humans and Pokemon can truly live side by side…"

The Pokemon world of the future was a beautiful place. In the past I dreamed about going to my own adventure. Getting every gym badge and winning the Pokemon League. I doubt any league was established yet. Maybe, after everything is done, I can establish my own Pokemon league. Champion by default until I get dethroned sometimes in the future.

We entered a comfortable silence while we walked to the Village Tailor.

"Here we are. Hey Anthe, how was your day?" asked Akari.

"Oh Akari, nice to see you. Nothing much happened, business is slow as usual." Said an Elderly women in traditional Violet Yukata and white apron.

"Let me introduce you to Dave here. He's our newest Survey corp. member. Can you place make him a Uniform."

Akari pointed towards me, introducing us.

"Oh my, quite the curious clothes you got there. I never saw anything like that. I'm Anthe by the way. Hope you like our quite little village."

Anthe seemed like a kind Elderly lady to me. In the game she looked quite a bit younger.

"Greetings. I like it so far here. This place is beautiful if might say it."

It was the truth. Everything looks far more alive than I'm used to. Seeing real Pokemon is incredible on top of it.

"Oh my. I'm happy to hear that. We did our best to build our little village. Now, why don't you come inside, I'm take your measurements for the Uniform. Please be a darling and wait here Akari. We will be done shortly."

"Alright" said Akari

We entered the shop. There were countless bolts of fabric in all kinds of color.

"Can I ask what materials the cloth is made off?"

"They are made of cotton, not much choice in that regard." Explained Anthe.

"Have you tried using Wurmple silk?"

I remembered that Silk clothes were made using silk worm cocoons.

"Wurmple silk? Can you explain it?" She asked me, quite perplexed with the Idea.

"Wurmple can use string shot. Having a few could allow you to harvest the silk and use it as cloth." I explained

"Oh my, that sounds interesting. I wish I could get one. But I'm just too old to go catch one." She said.

"How about I get you one and you make me some everyday clothes with it" I offered her.

"I'm not sure. Pokemon are dangerous. I don't know if I could do anything to protect myself."

Anthe was worried for a good reason. Pokeballs are a recent invention, most people have never used them. Feral Pokemon seem to get aggressive if you bother them too much.

"Don't worry. The Wurmple line is quite docile normally. Pokeballs help a lot." I tried to explain.

"I'm still not sure, but if you can find one that can help me, I might consider it."

"Ok, you can judge it yourself."

"We are done here. Your uniform will be done tomorrow."

I left the shop after saying my goodbyes.

"Hey Akari, I'm done here."

"Oh your back. Are you finished already? "

"Yep. Didn't take long. Hope I didn't make you wait."

"No problem. Is there anything you need to do now?"

Asked Akari while leaning on the wall.

"Can you show me a place where I can check on my new Pokemon?"

"Let's go to the Pasture. We should be able to check on them there."

"Hey Akari, is something wrong?"

Akari looks quite depressed.

"You're quite observant, aren't you. It's not much really. I'm part of the survey corp. since the beginning. But I was barely able to contribute. You on the otherhand just got here and caught 6 Pokemon in two days."

She confessed her feelings. She was quite proud of her work, but then a nobody appeared from nowhere and outdid her immediately.

"Don't worry Akari. I'm sure you will be the very best, like no one ever was. Just don't give up." I told her.

"As if you damn smooth talker, still thank you. I just got to do my best."

A small smile appeared on Akari's face.

"Were here. What did you want to check?" She asked me.

"Not much, just wanted to befriend them mostly."

"Befriend? Aren't you afraid they will attack you? Having caught them in a pokeball doesn't always guarantee their obedience."

She got visibly spooked.

"Of course, but we need to do it. Pokemon are alive and intelligent creatures. They won't obey any random person. That's why it's important to interact and befriend them."

Of course this is based on my anime knowledge. It's never a good idea to neglect a partner Pokemon.

"Please be safe. Who knows what they would do." She told me.

"Don't worry, I trust you to get me out of here if everything goes to shit" I told her while smirking.

"idiot…" I heard her muttering while blushing.

"Alright everyone. Come out!" I called out all my Pokemon.

"rowlet" "doof?" "star star" "shinx"

"Hello everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Dave. I hope we can get along" I said crouching down to look them in the eyes. Smiling but not showing any teeth in case they get agitated.

"RowLET!"

My cute little grass starter jumped at me, hugging me with his wings.

"Wow, aren't you a lovely little guy. Let's get along" I said while giving him a head pat.

"Ly" chirped the starly, standing proud looking at me.

I looked it in the eye and nodded. A few seconds later it nodded back and got on my shoulder.

'tip tap tip tap'

"Oh hello Bidoof. Did you come to greet me?" I asked the small normal type.

"dof" he said before pushing his head towards my hand.

"Let's be friends little guy." I said giving it headpats.

"How about you Shinx? Would you like me to too pat you?" I asked the Flash Pokemon.

"Shinx" He walked towards me nose and tail in the air.

"You will be a monster in the future, I can tell it already" I told him.

"Inx" It simply snorted, as if saying of course. I'm simply strong like that.

"You are truly full of surprises. You got their trust just like that"

Akari was quite dumbfounded, never expecting Pokemon to act like that.

"As I said, each Pokemon is different. You need to learn about them as much as possible."

"I will do my best. My own Pokemon is still angry at me."

"Maybe I could help you later? Who knows, an outsiders opinion might be helpful"

"hmmm…"

She didn't say much anymore. I spend the next hour playing and training my new Pokemon.

Funnily enough, all my Pokemon were male. Rowlet had a Rash nature, Starly was Serious, Shinx was Sassy and Lastly Bidoof was Quit.

"Hey Dave." Akari called out

"Yes?"

"Where do you plan to sleep tonight?"

I just remembered, Cyllene never told me to continue using the cottage.

"Umm, do you think it's alright if I continue to use the cottage?" I asked her unsure.

"I wouldn't do that. At least not without the Captains permission. And I doubt she's still at her Office at this hour." She told me.

*This… is quite the dilemma.*

'sigh'"Let's take care of that tomorrow. I will look for a place to stay tonight." I told her.

"Umm… If you don't mind, you can stay at my place for tonight, but I warn you… If you try anything funny I will bite you. And you are absolutely not allowed to take off your shirt!"

Akari told me, getting red at the end. I could only blink a few times before answering.

"Alright, sounds like a good idea. Thanks Akari."

"Of course. I'm your senior. It's my job to take care of you. Just don't get any weird ideas!"

Said Akari, crossing her arms while looking away.

We spent the rest of the evening relaxing at her home. I was able to confirm that Humans do eat Pokemon if possible. Though getting fresh Pokemon produce is quite hard it seems.

- The next day—

I woke up again early in the morning. I could see the sunrise from the window. I heard random flying type pokemon chirping. On a side note. I confirmed the lack of bra's in the Hisui region.

-End of Chapter 03-

Author note: Just a simple slice of life chapter. I planned to write up to the first star, but it got a bit late. Well, it's just more material for the next chapter. Akari is the first Heroine I will add into the Isekai Harem. I'm trying to make her a bit of a tsundere.