"Bye, mama!" Zoey ran down the stairs of her house, taking them two at a time. Zoey's mother turned, smiling wide.
"Today's the day, huh?"
"Yep!"

Three years ago, Zoey, in essence, became Joey's Pokèmon. By accident, of course. It wasn't hard to keep it a secret, the two had always been practically joined at the hip. This event just cemented their relationship. Now, seventeen years of age, both Zoey and Joey were going to depart on an adventure. Unlike most regions, Sealand has a 'full education' requirement for a trainer passport, meaning that Joey had to finish high school before he and Zoey could officially begin their journey.

Zoey ran quickly down to Joey's house, catching him just as he was finishing breakfast. As he polished off his bowl of cereal Zoey casually chatted to his mother, then they got ready, said goodbye and exited their hometown together.

Pook Bay wasn't home to any professor's lab or anything, it was a humble town with a small port. Because of the lack of a lab, most trainers had to catch a Pokèmon without any help. Fortunately, Zoey inherited a Jigglypuff from her mother, who owned a cafe in town. She was glad to see the problematic Pokèmon gone as it was constantly hijacking open mic night and putting the audience to sleep. Now, with both monster and human, Joey made his way towards route 34, which would lead to Creek crossing and, eventually, Pram city, where the professor's lab and their first gym was located. Zoey was holding Jigglypuff in her hands, unsure of what to do with it. It was around the time that Zoey decided to put it in it's Pokèball that both boy and girl tripped over something lying in the tall grass, sleeping. Jigglypuff bounced out of Zoey's grip as she fell, but Zoey's fall was still fully cushioned by Joey's soft body.

"Uh, Zoey," Joey said, timidly "Your, uh" Zoey's shirt had been pulled a little bit by the landing, giving Joey a very revealing look at her well-developed cleavage.
"Oh, sorry" the normally brash girl blushed, turning bashful. She got up and adjusted her top, then looked at Joey, her more familiar smirk coming back "Did you like what you saw?"
Joey stood quickly, the very visible red creeping up his cheeks.
"M-mo-more importantly," he stammered "What tripped us up?"

On cue, a blue figure leapt out of the grass and slam tackled Zoey, bringing her back to the ground, and slipping her long skirt down in the same way that her shirt had been before. Joey tried to ignore the bit of pink panties poking out and instead focused on the very pissed off Riolu that was now facing Joey, getting ready for another attack.

"WAIT!" yelled Joey "It was an accident! We didn't mean it!"
"Fuckers woke me up from my nap!" replied the angry Pokèmon. Zoey sat up quickly, and Joey gasped suddenly.
"You can talk?" asked Zoey
"Yes! Now apologise!" Joey immediately bowed five times while apologising, but Zoey stayed where she was.
"How can you talk?" The less agitated Riolu now turned to Zoey.
"Easy peasy. I say words, and they come out of my mouth. Can't you guys do it too?"
Zoey looked at Joey.
"I like him."
"By the way, your panties are sticking out" Riolu pointed helpfully towards the affected area.
"Can we keep him?" asked Zoey as she fixed her skirt "He'll be a nice parallel to your cluelessness."
"That's cliché as fuck" said Riolu
"See?"
"Okay" Joey, now recovered, tossed a random Pokèball at the Riolu, which, surprisingly, let itself be caught. The Pokèball didn't even shake. Joey was dumbfounded.

"Uh, I didn't expect that to work." Then the Riolu let itself out of the ball. Joey steeled himself, expecting an attack. But Riolu instead threw his arms in the air, dramatically falling to his knees.

"WHY, GOD? WHY?" he yelled at the sky.
"Uh, what?"
Riolu slumped to the ground, giving up. Joey and Zoey sat down on the ground, facing him.
"What was that about?" asked Zoey
"I can only imagine this is atonement for my various sins," responded Riolu.
"What?" unfortunately, this just made Joey even more confused
"God isn't happy with me and is punishing me by sending me to travel with you fucking idiots."
"Oh. Okay" Zoey stood back up like nothing interesting had just happened. Joey scratched his head, looking completely lost.
"Wait, hang on. Who's God? What are you even talking about?"
"I guess I'm stuck with you guys now." Riolu sighed, ignoring Joey completely and starting onwards to the next town. "By the way, isn't there something we're forgetting?"
"I don't think so," answered Zoey, walking behind him. "Can't be that important if I forgot, right?" Joey soon followed, at a complete loss for words.

In the forest surrounding Creek crossing, a lone Jigglypuff had just put a wandering trainer to sleep and taken all his money.