Being on break is nice as I actually have time to write. I'm taking a short break form my main story to have some fun with this crossover and organize my thoughts. This is only the second chapter, but I think everything has been set up nicely. I'm finding it interesting to actually write Pokémon fights with trainers giving orders. That is not something I'm used to, but I think it is working out. I didn't expect the crossover to be as popular as the main genres, but received a lot of views and comments. Thanks to everyone who read this and I hope you enjoy the next chapter too.
MrQuestionMark: We don't need Z-moves. Having a new region gives me a more open world and I feel some people need certain Pokémon because of it being a perfect fit. I noticed the lack of crossovers after you mentioned it. This won't be updated on a set schedule, not like your spinoff compared with your main story, but because chapters are not horribly long, it should be easy to put them out enough to keep people interesting. Eevee is the number one Pokémon. You are just prejudice.
Meridun: Nah, they will love the plot idea. Mikoto is the main character and Accelerator has a big role in the future.
G119: I hope you enjoy where I take this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Toaru Majutsu no Index or Pokémon. I wish I did so I could retire rich.
"GACK!"
Mikoto bolted upright and started coughing as the last bit of water escaped her lungs. She was soaking wet, but that was the furthest thing from her mind. Ouch, she though and rubbed her head. What happened? Where am I? The memories of the prior events which ended in her falling off a ledge rushed back to her. "Pikachu!" she cried out and looked around wildly.
"Pika?"
Mikoto turned to her left and saw Pikachu shaking itself off as Rampardos stood over it. They were on the edge of the riverbank and there was a drag mark leading from the Pokémon to the water. Mikoto frowned. "Did you save Pikachu?" she asked and stood up. Rampardos nodded and she smiled. "Thank you." She walked over and patted its head. "Thank you so much." Rampardos closed its eyes and smiled happily at her praise and touch. Mikoto stopped and realized something else. She turned around and saw the boy lying on the ground with his arm over his eyes. He was breathing heavily, like he just performed strenuous exercise. Mikoto made the connection and walked over to him, as she squeezed excess water out of her shirt. "Did you drag me out? I know I wasn't conscious to swim to the shore."
"Yes," the boy panted. "Not only was it my fault we fell, but I could never leave someone in a dangerous situation like that."
"Well," Mikoto mumbled and she felt warm all of a sudden, even being soaking wet. Her cheeks flushed slightly. "Thanks. Even though it was your fault at the beginning, I only made it worse too. So sorry, I guess." Her voice kept getting softer and softer, but she finally got it back to normal. "Here," she said and reached down to grab his arm. "Let me help you up." She pulled him to his feet and finally got a good look at him. Besides his black spikey hair, which was now kind of flat because it was wet, he also had brown eyes. He was pretty average looking, neither handsome nor ugly to her. He was wearing pants and an orange undershirt, with a white button down t-shirt over it. It was not tucked in and not buttoned all the way up, so it made him look slightly like a delinquent. She glanced back up to his face and noticed he was avoiding eye contact. "Why won't you look at me?" she asked.
"Err," he muttered. "It's… your shirt." He looked embarrassed and Mikoto raised an eyebrow. She looked down and discovered what was causing him discomfort.
The water was causing her shirt to stick to her skin and her underwear was visible.
Mikoto blinked.
"AHHHHH!" she screamed and slapped the boy across the face as hard as she could.
"Sorry," Mikoto mumbled embarrassed.
"Its fine," the boy reassured her. His face still had a bright red handprint on it. They dragged their belongings onto the grass and laid them out to dry. The boy gathered some firewood so they could dry out faster while Mikoto continued to squeeze excess water out of her clothes. While the boy was away, Mikoto found out most of his stuff had not been in water proof bags. That was one of the first things the school had stressed to them for being prepared. Mikoto pulled out the food she packed and gave some to Pikachu and Rampardos while she waited. Both of them appeared happy to have food and they laid out in the sun as they ate. The boy finally returned and made a pile of the sticks.
"Do you have a way to light the fire?" Mikoto asked, aware he didn't bring any matches.
"I do," the boy answered. He sat down on a rock across from Mikoto and pulled out a pokeball. "If he cooperates." He tossed the red and white ball to his right and it opened to release a flash of red light. A crimson scaled bipedal, reptilian creature with a cream colored underbelly appeared when the light faded. It had a horn-like protrusion on the back of its head, which had narrow green eyes and a long snout. Its arms were relatively long with three sharp claws. Its short legs connected to feet with three claws and cream-colored soles. The tip of its long, powerful looking tail had a flame burning on it. It looked kind of like a Charmander Mikoto had seen before and she pulled out her Pokedex.
"Charmeleon, the Flame Pokémon and the evolved form of Charmander. Charmeleon knocks down opponents with its tail, then defeats them using razor-sharp claws."
"Was Charmander your starting Pokémon?" Mikoto asked interestedly.
"He was," the boy confirmed. "We were best friends and then he evolved. Now he's really lethargic and doesn't want to do much anymore." He shrugged. "If he's willing to do something, I can't ask for a better partner." He turned to Charmeleon. "Can you light the fire for us so we can dry off?"
"Char," Charmeleon said with a snort and laid down on its side. It held its head up with its right arm and closed its eyes.
"Please?" the boy begged. "Just a quick light? I'm not the only one who needs it this time." He gestured to Mikoto. Charmeleon opened one eye, looked at Mikoto, and spat out a thin stream of fire at the pile of sticks. The fire roared to life and Mikoto felt the warmth flow over her. "Thank you."
"Hey Charmeleon," Mikoto said and held out a hand with a Pokémon biscuit. "Would you like one as thanks?" Charmeleon looked at it for a moment, sat up, and took it from her. It bit into the biscuit, eyes widened, and devoured the rest of it. "Heh, looks like he likes it."
"I feel bad that you are feeding all my Pokémon," the boy said to her and rubbed the back of his head.
"Think of it as thanks for dragging me out of the river," Mikoto replied and waved her hand dismissively. "Oh, I realized I still haven't heard your name. My name is Mikoto Misaka. Misaka is fine. What is yours?"
"Touma Kamijou."
"You know," Mikoto said and reached toward the second pokeball at her side. "We already released a lot of our Pokémon. Why not let the rest out to get some fresh air?" Touma shrugged but agreed. He didn't have any reason not to. Mikoto grinned and tossed her pokeball to her side and it opened with a flash of red light. A small mammalian, quadruped creature with primarily brown fur appeared. The tip of its bushy tail and its large furry collar were cream-colored. It had short, slender legs with three small toes and a pink paw pad on each foot. It had brown eyes, long pointed ears, and a small black nose.
"Wow," Touma said impressed. "That's an Eevee. They are really rare and I know the city is pretty restrictive on passing them out."
"It can evolve into a lot of different forms," Mikoto explained. "Depending on location, affection levels, or special stones. The researchers here want to see why that is." She passed Eevee a biscuit and it bounded over next to her Pikachu. It started eating while Pikachu was talking to it excitedly, most likely about the events that had just transpired. "This Eevee was wild and the first Pokémon I caught with Pikachu. I only worked with her for a short time, but we get along great."
"It looks happy and healthy," Touma agreed. "You can't really want much more for your Pokémon." He reached to his side and grabbed another pokeball. A brief flicker of worry crossed his face as Mikoto watched her Eevee, and he pushed the pokeball out of sight. Instead, he grabbed the last pokeball at his waist and opened it in front of him. "This is my other partner," Touma said as it appeared. A small, blue, bipedal canine Pokémon stepped out and stretched. It had black legs and torso, a blue tail, and a yellow collar. It had rounded bumps on the backs of its forepaws and black markings around its red eyes like a mask. Mikoto noticed it stood on its toes instead of its entire foot. Mikoto had not seen this Pokémon either and used her Pokedex.
"Riolu, the Emanation Pokémon. Riolu has the power to see and understand emotions like happiness and anger in aura waves."
"Wow," Mikoto gasped. "My Eevee may be rare, but Riolu has rarely been seen." At her words, Riolu jumped, looked at her for a moment, before dashing behind Touma and grabbing tightly to the back of his shirt. "Ah, did I say something wrong?"
"No," Touma reassured her. "Riolu actually hatched from an egg not too long ago and is extremely shy. I've been working with him to overcome it, but he still doesn't trust people he hasn't met before." He reached around and patted Riolu on the head. "It's okay. She's a friend. You can come out." Riolu stuck its head out from around Touma's back and gazed at Mikoto intently. Mikoto didn't know this, but it was gaging her aura to see if it was safe to emerge.
"Would you like a biscuit?" Mikoto asked it kindly and held out a hand with a treat. Riolu looked at her and then back up at Touma. Touma nodded and nudged him slightly toward Mikoto. Riolu approaching her slowly and gingerly took the treat, before he retreated back behind Touma. Riolu bit into the biscuit and let out an excited sound and continued to eat happily.
"Looks like you made all my Pokémon happy," Touma said with a slight grin.
"I wish I could take credit," Mikoto admitted. "But a friend of mine made the food." She looked around at Touma's Pokémon. "Is it tough?"
"Is what tough?" he asked confused.
"You have a Pokémon that doesn't want to do anything," Mikoto pointed out. "One that is overly energetic and gets you into trouble, and one that is incredibly shy. I'm guessing entering tournaments or events is not very easy."
"There have been… some challenges," Touma admitted. "But I trust them all to come through. My Charmander actually evolved in the middle of my battle with Rampardos. We were losing and he evolved into Charmeleon to win." When Touma said this, Charmeleon opened an eye to stare at him briefly and then turned away.
"I guess I can't really criticize," Mikoto said. She sighed slightly. "I really like electric Pokémon, but my teachers and friends keep telling me I should branch out more." Mikoto sighed audibly this time, as she remembered the constant nagging she received. "Seriously, I know ground types are strong against electric types, but that's why I'm teaching my Pokémon non-electric type moves!"
"Heh," Touma laughed. "As long as you care for your Pokémon, I believe you are in the right." Mikoto looked at him for a moment and her heart skipped slightly. For the first time, she encountered someone who didn't tell her to follow logic and reason but to follow her own heart. She was used to Academy City using statistics, advantages versus disadvantages, and perfected strategies from past battles. "Why are you skipping class?" Touma asked curiously and interrupted her thoughts. "You know why I am. Rampardos would burst out of his pokeball if I didn't come out here."
"I was investigating the rumors of the sighting of a Plusle and Minun," Mikoto explained. "I couldn't pass up the chance to catch them."
"Oh," Touma replied. "Sorry, I haven't seen any."
"Dang," Mikoto said dejectedly. "I really didn't expect to have much luck anyways. It was only a rumor. Still, I would hate to go home empty handed and have my teachers chew me out for wasting time."
"I could help you search if you want," Touma volunteered.
"Oh?" Mikoto asked sarcastically. "Is the big strong man going to help the poor little girl?"
"I wasn't thinking anything like that," Touma protested immediately. "It was my fault we ended up in this mess and I finished what I had come out here to do. I figured I could help you with your mission. Also, think of it as thanks for feeding my Pokémon."
"It's fine," Mikoto relented. "Having another set of eyes should help. Even if we don't find them, any electric type would be fine. Let's pack up. My clothes are almost completely dry anyways." Touma nodded and they put away their belongings and sent their Pokémon back into their pokeballs before they set off. After about an hour, Mikoto was feeling down on her luck. They had seen tons of Pokémon, but mostly flying, bug, and normal types. They had not come across a single electric type. Mikoto slump down next to a tree and looked dejected. I'm getting tired. Why is this so hard? Her classes never told them how physically exhausting hiking up and down hills and through forests could be. "This is hopeless to wander around blindly."
"It's all part of the journey," Touma said, as he tried to cheer her up. "If you give up right when it gets hard, you will never succeed."
"I guess you're right," Mikoto agreed and stood up. "Man I have fallen, having to get cheered up by some random boy who nearly got me killed."
"Hey!"
"Catch up if you can!" Mikoto called over her shoulder as she dashed to the top of a hill. Touma sighed, but grinned and followed. Mikoto reached the top of the hill and looked around. She briefly admired the view of a crystal clear lake with a few water Pokémon jumping around, when she saw something which caused her to focus her attention. There was a rock formation consisting of three large boulders and on top of the one nearest to her was a small Pokémon. She pulled out her Pokedex as Touma caught up.
"Wow you're fast," he panted before he saw what she was doing. "You found one?"
"Sure did," Mikoto replied with a grin.
"Magnemite," her Pokedex said. "The Magnet Pokémon. It's able to float through the air and use electricity due to its magnet shaped units located on its sides." Touma looked down the hill at the Magnemite. It appeared to be a robotic life form. It had a gray, spherical metal body with horseshoe magnets on each side and a single, large eye. Its body had three Phillips head screws embedded in it: two near the bottom, and the other on top of its head, which looked similar to an antenna.
"It's all mine," Mikoto said fiercely and grabbed one of her pokeballs on her belt. "Come on out Eevee." Her Pokémon appeared in a flash of red light.
"Wait!" Touma called out and Mikoto turned around. "Isn't Magnemite also a steel type? Normal types don't work well against it."
"Types only work in theory," Mikoto replied dismissively. "Besides, I told you I teach my Pokémon special moves. Eevee is really strong and will easily be able to handle this."
"Eevee vee," Eevee agreed. Mikoto and Eevee ran down the hill excitedly and Touma followed. This was their battle, so he wasn't going to interfere. He did, however, wish Mikoto luck. When they drew near, the Magnemite rose into the air and looked at them. It knew Mikoto was after it.
"Eevee," Mikoto ordered. "Start with a Sand Attack!" Eevee jumped forward and slapped the ground with its paws. A small jet of sand flew up and into Magnemite's eye. Magnemite shook its head angrily and flew at Eevee, but its aim was off and went too far to the fight. Sand Attack was a special attack that lowered an opponent's accuracy, even if it didn't cause damage. "Great, now follow up with Swift." Eevee jumped into the air and spun around as several whitish yellow stars flew from it at Magnemite. The stars hit its body and exploded in small flashed of light, but Magnemite didn't seem to be severely affected. "Shoot," Mikoto muttered. "Looks like normal attacks really won't do much against steel. Every damage piles up though." Magnemite started to spark up and fired a bolt of electricity at Eevee when it made contact with the ground. "Dodge now!" Eevee jumped to the side and manage to just avoid the Thunder Shock. "Use Swift again!" Eevee unleashed another barrage of stars at Magnemite, but there wasn't any noticeable difference from the first time. A white orb appeared in front of Magnemite and then flew at Eevee. Eevee jumped to the side but the bomb like object changed direction. It made contact with Eevee and exploded.
"Eevee!" Eevee cried and skidded across the ground.
"Are you all right?!" Mikoto called out anxiously. Eevee jumped back up to its feet and nodded to Mikoto. "So it knows Magnet Bomb," she muttered. "I want it even more now." Magnet Bomb was a steel type attack that locked on to its target so it wouldn't miss. "Okay Eevee, lets show it who's boss. Use Shadow Ball!" Eevee jumped into the air and opened its mouth. A black orb appeared a moment before Eevee fired it at Magnemite. The ball made direct contact with Magnemite and caused it to be enveloped in an explosion. Magnemite flew backwards and this time it took noticeable damage.
"Isn't Shadow Ball a ghost-type move?" Touma asked. "When did you teach Eevee that?"
"I won the TM in a contest," Mikoto answered, not turning her attention away from the battle. TMs were devices that taught Pokémon moves they normally would not be able to learn. "Don't let up. Quick Attack!" Eevee charged forward leaving a small trail of white light behind it as it closed in on Magnemite. Magnemite floated off the ground and the magnets on its side started to vibrate. Before Eevee could make contact, Magnemite unleashed waves of sound. The soundwaves hit Eevee and caused it to stop and cover its ears from the noise, as it cried out in pain.
"You have to get out of that Supersonic!" Mikoto yelled out. Her yelling did not do anything, either because Eevee could not hear or was confused. Magnemite took advantage of the lapse of coordination and flew forward to land a tackle directly into Eevee.
"Eevee!" Eevee cried out in pain again, as it flew backwards.
"I know you can pull through this," Mikoto called out. "Hit it with Shadow Ball again!" Eevee summersaulted when it touched the ground and released another dark ball of energy. Magnemite was to close and could not dodge fast enough. The Shadow Ball made direct contact, which caused Magnemite to fall backwards and hit the ground. "That should do it," Mikoto said and threw a pokeball. The ball hit Magnemite and opened up. Magnemite disappeared into the ball in a flash of red light. The pokeball closed and hit the ground, but the front latch was still glowing red. The ball shook, once, twice, and then a third time. It finally stood still and the red light disappeared. "I did it!" Mikoto cried out happily, as she made a fist and jumped into the air.
"Eevee! Eevee!" Eevee cheered and bounded up and down.
"You did great," Mikoto said. "This was your first real battle and you won!"
"Nice job," Touma said and he high fived her.
"Thanks," Mikoto replied. "See, even if it's a bad match up, I can still win."
"I never said you couldn't," Touma protested.
"This trip out of the city wasn't a waste," Mikoto continued while grinning. "I caught my third Pokémon and it's a steel and electric type."
"It looks like with a little training it will be a real asset," Touma admitted.
"I still have a little time before I have to meet up with my roommate," Mikoto said and glanced down at her phone. "That should give me enough time to get back and changed out of these sweaty clothes." She saw Touma pat his pocket and his face paled slightly. "What's wrong?"
"I think I left something back where we made camp," Touma told her. He turned around and started running before he yelled back over his shoulder. "I'm going to run back and get it before heading back to the city! Nice to meet you Biribiri!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?" Mikoto roared at his retreating form. He didn't reply and disappeared over the top of the hill. Biribiri was the sound electricity made and Mikoto knew why he called her that. She fumed silently and Eevee looked up at her confused. Mikoto sighed, recalled Eevee into its pokeball, and then headed back in the direction of Academy City. She couldn't get the boy out of her head. Mikoto still thought he was an idiot, but she couldn't bring herself to call him weak. His Rampardos had been able to blow back an Ursaring and she couldn't shake the feeling Touma could have beaten it if she had not been there. This irritated her more and she vowed to battle him seriously the next time they met. She saw the city in the distance and sighed. The world is really a big place. Maybe I should experience it more. I feel like theory isn't the same as experience. Something glinted ahead of her and she walked over to it and picked it up.
It was a Pokedex.
Wow, she thought. Someone was really careless. These things are expensive. Trainers got one free from the city because it stored all the information of the Pokémon trainers encountered and captured. However, any replacements were a cost of the trainers. It wasn't easy to destroy a Pokedex, but it could be done. Let's see, there should be a profile to see who this belongs too. She pulled up the menu and her mouth fell open.
It was a picture of Touma Kamijou.
"So this is what the idiot thought he left behind," Mikoto mumbled. "I can't believe he lost it right after leaving the city. What kind of luck does he have?" Mikoto pictured Touma running around all over the forest looking for this. She knew going back and trying to find him blindly would not work and she kicked herself mentally for not getting his phone number. Mikoto had no idea when he would give up and head back toward the city. Normally, she would put this in the city's lost and found, but a grin appeared on her lips. The mailing address is here too. I'll return it to him tomorrow and challenge him to a battle then. Proud of her plan, she entered the city and headed toward her dorm building. She just entered her room when she heard a dangerous cry.
"ONEE-SAMA!"
"Oomph," Mikoto gasped as a girl a little younger than her tackled her. "Kuroko!" Mikoto roared. "I told you several times not to greet me like this!" Mikoto pushed the girl with tawny hair, tied into two curly pigtails and held in place with red bows, off of her and stood up. Mikoto walked into the room with the girl right behind her. The girl's name was Kuroko Shirai and she was Mikoto's roommate.
"But I heard you skipped class today," Kuroko explained. "No one knew what happened to you and I was worried. You left the city without permission again, didn't you?"
"I had to investigate a rumor," Mikoto explained evenly and threw her backpack onto her bed. "It turned out to be a dead end though." She glanced over at Kuroko's bed and saw her yellow, bipedal Pokémon sitting there silently. Its face was kite-shaped, with a small pale yellow snout and two short pointed ears with pale yellow interiors. The Pokémon's body was segmented with black skin visible between its joints and along its neck. It had two brown, pauldron-shaped extensions on its shoulders, as well as a brown, fauld-like piece around its chest. It had three fingers and toes, with its fingers considerably shorter than its toes. Its tail was thick and long, with a brown band located near the tip. Its wide eyes were currently closed. The Pokémon's name was Abra and was a psychic type. Unlike its outgoing trainer, Abra was very quiet.
"You can't go out on your own without telling anyone," Kuroko continued. "Regardless of the reason. You could have been kidnapped or hurt. You may be the Ace at school, but if you do these things and come back empty handed-…"
"I didn't come back empty handed," Mikoto interrupted.
"Huh?"
"I caught a new electric type," Mikoto explained with a grin.
"Onee-sama is so great," Kuroko exclaimed and clasped her hands together. "I still wish you would think about expanding your horizons and catch something different."
"Your concern is noted," Mikoto replied and pulled at her sweaty shirt. "But I am not going to change myself to please others." She grinned at Kuroko.
"I do love that about you."
"Now I need to take a shower," Mikoto mumbled and grabbed her bathroom kit. "Do not try to barge in again."
"That was only once!"
"Three times."
"Oh."
"I keep count." Mikoto was just about to enter the bathroom when she turned around. "Oh, Kuroko?"
"Yes?"
"The world is a big place, isn't it?"
"I guess?" Kuroko replied confused as Mikoto disappeared behind the closed door.
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