Kalos, kanto, Hoen, Sinnoh, Alola, all regions I am a champion of... But though something most are proud of it only fills me with shame...
I arrive at my parents house, I am greeted by a one eyed Salazzle, I feel an even bigger pain than the one I came with. I am an Alolan native... Salandit, now Salazzle is my true starter. She tries to hug me but I pull back, finally my parents come to the door.
I looked at the door, I tried to hide my tears in vain, my mind was feeling the pain of my broken heart...
When I was a kid most of my friends where wild Pokémon, the elders only cared if they were salandits or not. The elders thought us to care for Pokémon as much as humans so the lines were blurred by default.
One day, when playing with my friends a frail Salandit approaches us, wounded, my friends make it worst by hitting her with sticks, I knew it was wrong but I didn't protect her, a machop rips her left eye from its socket then throws her unconscious body into the lake as my "friends" laugh and mock her, the bubbles from her breathing eventually stopped.
I couldn't bear it on my consciousness, I threw myself head first and bring her body to shore. I manage to make her breathe again, but her deep wounds put her in a coma, machop steps on her left eye that layed on the floor.
I bring her home, my parents where pissed but they knew why I couldn't leave her for dead. The poke center didn't help her, she was too far gone to even be picked up by a pokeball. The elders told me to not get my hopes up, but I couldn't let her go.
After a year of constant care, she wakes up, against all odds she lived through it, the first thing she did was kiss me. As if she knew that I rescued her. Behind my parents back I got her a healball, once I reached the age of 11, she reached peak health, atleast as much as she could. My parents wanted her to go back to the wilderness, but I was quickly found out.
My parents understood though, I had deep attachments to Salandit, they promised to look after her as she would be no use to battle without depth perception. As much as I wanted to they were right.
Before I left I made a promise to get back. But I only did it now...
I bring my bags to my bedroom, she hugs me from behind, kisses my neck tenderly. I sway her away. " No need to rub it in, I know you want me gone" I say to her, tears once again flowing down my cheeks.
Everyday when we were kids we went to the nearby lake, I carried her in my lap, we did little picnics since she didn't have the strength to walk.
She always cuddled against me, I always fed her the sandwiches I made, as we grown older together we also grown closer, the picnics turned to dates. The cuddles to kisses.
Salazzle kisses me, I pull away, she hugs me tightly, I hug her back, her tail wraps around my leg, surprised I look at her. "You..." I get interrupted by her kissing me. My dad barges in, " are ya winning son?" he says. Out of embarrassment I break the kiss with Salazzle. My dad slowly backs off and closes the door.
"Freaking memes" I say, Salazzle pushes me to the bed and cuddles me, detecting danger my Quagsire pops out of her pokeball and begins scalds Salazzle, I protect her, once Quagsire notices the closeness between me and Salazzle she scalds again in Envy.
During my journeys, she was my go to "nut buster", I accidentally caught her with a misthrow of a pokeball, she has really great stats though, mainly stamina, on the lonely nights it proved to be quick advantageous to her as I began to use her just for that purpose. Fortunately she is also infertile, I would be a father of 40 at this point if she wasn't.
Salazzle grabs a leaf and slightly rubs it on Quagsire. Quagsire almost faints. I had no attachments to Quagsire only had her still due to her actually being good in the sack. But now there was somewhat of a rivalry between them. But for me Salazzle was always the better one.
Quagsire refuses to go back to her premier ball. I had forgotten to deposit her. I tell my parents about her, we set the table for one more, Quagsire helps cooking dinner, making the strawberry shortcake desert, Salazzle makes the sushi, my mother gets kicked out of the kitchen.
Both dinner and desert were great. Afterwards we all go for a walk. Reaching the lake, Quagsire goes for a swim, I stay in shore with Salazzle and my parents, it turns out they knew about me and Salazzle growing up closer. They wanted me to be able to bring Salazzle with me on my journeys but they knew her handicaps would prove overwhelming.
Quagsire pushes Salazzle away from me and cuddles me, Salazzle just goes to the other side and cuddles me as well, I blush, seems I will need to my a choice.