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Sky…. Ahh the sky, so beautiful. So blue without a single cloud in the sky. In the corner of my eyes I can see some trees too. The feeling of blades of grass poking at my hands is…fun? How the hell do I describe blades of grass poking me? Anyway, this feeling is so serene and nice. And it would stay that way…IF I KNEW WHERE IN THE WORLD I WAS!
Ok, let's take it back a little…who am I even talking to? Well anyway. Hi, I am Joseph, pronounced Yoseph, Baller. Yes, my last name is Baller, deal with it. Anyway I am the typical studious gamer who doesn't touch grass. So you can see the predicament I am in with me being in a literal forest. Ok, I am getting sidetracked. Lemme focus….OK READY! So, I was finally graduating, I was accepted into a decent college, and all was going great. So in preparation for my transition to dorm life, I was cleaning out my room and found my old 3DS in a box. I decided to humor myself and turn it on. There, in the Pokemon folder I found a game I remember to have loved fondly, Pokemon Ranger. So I did what any sane person would do and loaded it up. And one look at my save and you could tell the type of person I am. My character was named Mayuri and a girl…yeahhhhhhhh I'm one of THOSE people. Moving on. I remembered why I loved this game so fondly…circles. I also remembered my trauma from years before…circles. But still, the game had great charm, so I decided to research about the game, and I learnt there were THREE games, 3 OF THEM. THAT IS CRAZY! But, then I decided to just turn it off and put my 3DS in my bag, and get back to my playthrough of Skyward Sword. I was finally able to get to the boss fight against Demise when I got tired and put my laptop, switch, GBA, Ds Lite and phone in the same bag as my 3DS in preparation for the outing I have tomorrow.
And here we are, in an unknown forest. Yay me! So, I did what any sane isekai protagonist would do and stood up to look at my surroundings. And I saw what would normally be in a forest: tall grass, trees, bushes, caterpie, flowers, WAIT CATERPIE? Welp looks like this is one of those "normal people gets isekai'd to Pokemon world" type of stories…yeahhh I may have read one too many of those fanfictions. But all seems well, this forest is serene and peaceful, maybe I could befriend one of these caterpie and become a Pokemon Master! Ok, one step to the caterpie, two steps to the caterpie, three steps to the-
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
A huge amount of orange fills my vision. A huge amount of heat fills my…sense of touch? How do I keep this structure grammatically parallel? Ok, and a huge amount of those god damn "BOOM" sounds fill my ears. And…It looks like I am getting dizzy…maybe this is what sensory overload feels like. It's fine. I just need to take a few more steps till I get to that caterpie…wait no I should be escaping the place. Ok, we turn around and we walk, one step, one and a half steps, two steps, two and a half steps…oh wait there are reptilian claws in front of where I'm about to step…well we sidestep a little, three steps, a faceplant…well that's not supposed to happen…and then my vision is going black…well that's tragic…
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"Yo, rise and shine sleepyhead…He doesn't seem to be waking up…ok uh…maybe this should work."
Obviously I was awake, I am talking in the first person which means that you wouldn't hear or know anything that I did not ever hear or know. But well…I'm too tired to get up…I will just relax for a few more minutes before I get up completely.
*SMACK*
I jolt up. What the fuck was that. Did that person slap my cheek? Did they want me to wake up so badly?
"WOW! It worked," said the person, "I'm glad you did not die on me like that."
I turn around to the voice, and what I see…is a very pretty woman about my age. Wait what the fuck she is very cute…that blonde hair, petite side, those b-ish cups, she is just my type!
"Uhhh uhhh," I stutter, "I am Joseph, spelt with a J, Baller and yes I am alive…what even happened…where was I?"
"Well nice to meet you Joseph, I'm Hikari Rosschild. And to answer your questions: 1. You were almost blown up and 2. You were in the middle of a war zone." Hikari says with a silly smile.
Wait, war zone? What…Is this the fabled Great Pokemon War? What is happening?
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, what? What war? What is this fighting that is going on?" I inquired.
Hikari gave me a solemn look, "You did not seem to be from this region, nor do you seem to be from any of the eastern regions. Well basically for the past…5 years now? We have been at war against the east regions. Well, not all the regions, Sinnoh, Paldea, and Alola signed a nonaggression pact and they have stayed neutral throughout this entire time. But the other regions, Kanto, Jhoto, Hoenn, Unova, Kalos, and Galar all formed an alliance called the "Trainers" to fight against us while also suppressing the knowledge of the war from the general populace."
"Wait, first of all, I don't think I am from any of those regions…I've heard of them, but I am not from them. And second of all, if those are the regions in the eastern alliance, what region am I in right now?"
"You are in the Fiore region, and we are part of the western alliance consisting of us, the Orre Region, the Almia Region, and the Oblivia Region. And we call our alliance the "Rangers." Now, we are on the defensive side of the war but we are planning to turn the tables, and you may be able to provide us some help," said Hikari while giving another goofy smile while sticking out her tongue.
Chapter 1 done, I wanna improve this story, increase lengths of chapters, and other shit, hope y'all enjoy this and follow, fav, review, and whatever else people do, I'll see you next time.
Edit: I will start making this past tense to flow better with the next chapter and with the other chapters to come.