It has been quite a long time since I published this fic. I know I promised this to be here some months ago, and I seriously apologize. I have no excuse, except that NDRV3 hit me hard.

But here is it, finally after all this time, please enjoy and read the author's note at the end.

Blackroot Town. A small, peaceful town on the southeast shore of Kibouga Region. Surrounded by forests and somewhat far away from the bigger cities, not many people live here, but those who do feel at ease and enjoy the abundance of nature. In fact, it is a place which could be easily forgotten if it wasn't because it is the homeplace of the Professor Naegi Takeshi, a prodigious Pokemon investigator whose raising methods are widely known and respected by the entire region.

In the northwest corner of Blackroot Town lies a small but comfy house where he and his wife and son live. And it's with the latter that our story, which is about to determinate the future of the region, begins.

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A new day began, the bright burning star rose to declare a new day as the small, crescent moon tucked itself underneath the horizon. Its bright rays of light came through the window of certain boy, announcing the time to wake up. He lazily rose from his slumber and went to his bathroom to take a shower and prepare himself for the day's events... just to hit his nightstand with the little toe of his left foot and fall face down to the floor.

"Aaaaggghhh...!"

"Makoto, are you awake?" The soft concerned voice of his mother asked through the door.

"Ugh… yes, I am now…" The boy rolling in pain while holding his foot, called Naegi Makoto, answered. "Why?"

"I got a message from your father, get dressed and come down." The woman behind the door said and left.

A message? How weird, why didn't he came and tell me himself? Something must have happened in the lab… And with that, he quickly got ready and went downstairs with his mother wondering what his father would want with him.

"Morning, mom." Makoto, now fully dressed in a green blazer, black pants and red sneakers, properly greeted the woman in the kitchen.

"Good morning son. Troubles with the nightstand again?" his mother playfully greeted him back while putting two fried eggs in the table, indicating him to sit down and eat.

"Urghhh..."

Though Blackroot was a small town where almost everybody knew everyone, there wasn't a single person who didn't know Naegi Makoto. Despite his average appearance and behavior, he was very popular in the town for two reasons: the first one was his incredible misfortune, caused by his own clumsiness, a series of causalities and maybe a horrible deed he did in his past life. The second one was that despite his terrible luck, he was always able to stay optimistic no matter the situation he was in. His earnest nature and honest smile in the face of the troubles made him famous as "someone in who anyone can rely on" around there and win the trust of everyone, human or Pokemon, for the same.

"So…" Makoto questioned as he sat down to eat his breakfast. "What was that message about? Did something happen in the lab? Or is it about Komaru?"

"Well, he just told me that you should go to the lab as soon as you woke up" Makoto's mother said as his son ate the eggs in his plate. "I don't think it's too urgent since he'd tell me, but still you should hurry up and go."

"Okay." The boy said as he finished his breakfast, and after bidding his mother a goodbye, he run where the Lab was.

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Professor Naegi's lab was easily the largest building in the town, with three floors full of researching materials and a large field on the backside, though only four people including the professor worked there since it was just a lab in the middle of nowhere. Due the lack of personnel, Makoto often helped his dad and the investigators in taking care of the researched Pokemon and, while he isn't as smart or cunning as his father, he was as good, or even better than him when it came to attending the ill or hurt Pokemon, reason for why he worked in the laboratory as his part-time assistant.

"Hey dad, good morning!" Naegi greeted his father as he came in. The voice of his father came from the back of the lab greeting him back

"Good morning son! Great timing, I just needed your help!"

"Sure, what… is...it…?" The young boy was left speechless from the scene before him. The pantsless man in his late 30's in a stained white coat he knew as his father, who was strongly gripped by a Krabby, two Ekans bounding his collar neck and waist and an angry Poochyena biting his left leg, wore a big smile as he calmly said: "It seems like I'm in a little pinch here..."

"I'd say this is more than "a little pinch"! What happened!? And where are your pants!?" Makoto snapped while tried to take the enraged snakes off him who were about to suffocate his father.

"Well, everything began with a burned Elekid too scared of me, an Ember was shot here and there and, well, the chaos ensued..." The professor nonchalantly explained as he forcefully opened the claws gripped around his arm.

How can you be so laid-back in this situation? Makoto pondered as he finally calmed down the wolf-like Pokemon who almost torn off his father's leg. "And where is that Elekid? And where's the rest of the staff? I haven't seen to any of them today."

"He ran outside to the Yard. I'll have to go after him, he's not cured yet." He explained as he put the crab Pokemon back to the floor. "And as for the other guys, they didn't came to work today. I don't know why, I've been trying to contact with them but none of them answered me."

"How weird. Well then, is this for why you called me before?"

"Huh? Oh, no, no, this was something unexpected." He waved his hand dismissively, then his face grew serious. "The reason why I called you this early is something way, way more important than this."

"R-really?" the younger Naegi became nervous for the sudden change of mood of his father. "Then what is it?"

"I'll explain it, but before I tell you the details, I'll have to ask you to get this guys back to the Yard." The professor said pointing at the Pokemon that were trying to kill him. "And if you could bring back the Elekid that ran away, I'd thank you a lot. I have to fix this place.

"Oh, okay." He replied, and with a single gesture, all the four Pokemon, already accustomed to the hopeful boy's actions, went at his side and got out of the room. The man left alone in the room watched the scene, chuckled and said to himself "Hehe... sometimes I wonder who's really the Professor here..."

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The Yard, as the Naegis liked to call it, was a large space of green grounds rounded by a tall bard, where Pokemon of all species could play and relax, while they were studied or treated by the Professor. This space was now occupied by twenty Pokemon of all kinds, all of them scattered all across the zone, but the very moment Naegi came out of the lab followed by the four Pokemon, all of them rapidly ran to where he was, much to the boy's distress.

"Uwaaahhhh...!" The boy fell as all the creatures tackled him, licking and jumping happily around him, excited of his presence while he couldn't help but smile at their expressions of love towards him. But unbeknown to him, a presence lurked from the shadows, watching every movement of his, readying itself for what was about to happen.

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Well, it was a bit shorter than what I anticipated, but the reason for that is that your first in-game choice will be this one:

Which Pokemon should be Naegi's starter?

In this part, I'll give you complete freedom to choose among all the 18 starters, a Pikachu and an Eevee for his first Pokemon.

But just as in Pokemon, this is the only chance to get this Pokemon, okay? For example, if you choose Totodile as his starter, he won't be able to get a Pikachu or an Eevee nor any of their evolutions later, so choose wisely.

Well, that's all for now. I'll close the poll next Monday, and the chapter should be here on Wednesday...hopefully.

Next time on Pokemon: Truth Edition

"It's okay, everything will be- w-whoa!"

"The whole world... is about to change."

"Hey there, big bro!"

"Huh?! Why are you here?!"

"T-the lab... THE LAB IS ON FIRE...!"

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