This one's a bit longer than what I'd usually write. I'm actually surprised at myself for being able to write this long cause normally I'd only write like 2k words max. I hope that means I'm improving. Anyways, enjoy!

"Excuse me?"

Dr. Juniper raises his eyebrow. Man, I probably look like some kind of prankster. Ok, he still looks old, so I'm probably not too far from the original timeline.

"*ehem* Good afternoon Doctor, my name is Kris Russel, and I would like to speak about something very important."

"Which is?"

Humor a kid will ya.

"If it would be alright with you, I'd rather not discuss this information in public."

"...Alright, follow me."

He leads me inside the lab, which honestly looks more like an office space instead. Maybe the equipment is in another area. We reach a door on the end of the left hallway, which he unlocks with a keycard.

Wow, a conference room. I haven't been in one of these since organizing that school fair.

"Alright take a seat. Now what's this about important information?"

"Yes, thank you." I took a seat on the opposite side of the 3 chair long conference table.

Oooh comfortable chair! Nice. And it rotat-ehem. Now how should I go about this? Do I risk bullshiting my way to get some help? Or take the other risk of telling the truth and possibly getting mind read or tossed in an asylum?

Bullshit it is.

"Doctor, what do you know about wormholes? What if I told you I was from another dimension?"

He looks at me seriously, arms crossed, gaze staring intently into my eyes. Come on man, I'm sixteen! Would a sixteen year old really lie to you like this? (yes)

"...either I kick you out of here, or you can take this seriously and stop bullshitting me."

Ughhh Fiiiine. Plan B then.

"How sure are you I'm lying? Do you have a Psychic type on you or something?"

"I do in fact have my Reuniclus with me yes, but no, you're just a horrible bluff."

"I do have my reasons doctor."

"Oh? I'd love to hear them."

Who treats a sixteen year old like this man? Poor Juniper, she must've had a tough teen life.

"Well you see my story is a bit hard to believe, and I wasn't completely lying."

"Go on"

"Earlier this day, I died in my respective universe, world, timeline, I don't really know."

I take a glance at his expression. No change. Wow, real professional.

"However, instead of the afterlife, I found myself in the forest to the east of your lovely town"

"You say respective universe. Does this mean that your "world" is different from ours?"

A reaction, we're getting somewhere.

"Yes doctor, for starters, my world does not have Pokemon, at least not the way you do here."

"Bullshit."

Expected

"I told you it would be difficult to believe, I assure you doctor I am telling the truth. Instead of pokemon, in our world we have animals of different species, nowhere near as smart or unique as pokemon."

"So you come from a less advanced world. Then how do you know what Pokemon are in the first place?"

"As I said, we don't have it as you do, but instead, Pokemon is a popular fictional story. It's so famous it has it's own game and tv show."

"You're saying… that our world…is fictional in your world."

Ope, here comes the existential crisis.

"...*sigh* I don't even know why I'm even humoring this." Woah woah wait up

"I have proof."

"Show me."

I have to say something normal people here shouldn't know. But I need to know when I actually am.

"I'm a pretty big fan of your world doctor, but unfortunately I think I was dropped in a time I'm not quite familiar with. Can you tell me who the current champion of the region is?"

"... It's Champion Alder. He has been for a long time now."

Good. That means the events of Black and White haven't happened yet. Hopefully the dark or light stone is in Lenora's museum already.

"Have you been to Gym Leader Lenora's Museum lately doctor?"

"A few weeks ago yes."

"Is there an artifact called the dark stone or light stone on display? It should look like a random spherical rock."

"...yes? I heard Clay dug up an unknown black rock last month. Where is this leading kid?"

Damn, perfect timing. Looks I wasn't dropped too far from the start of the black and white games.

"What if I told you that this rock is in fact the legendary Zekrom?"

"...You're insane." Eyes wide, jaw dropped, probably about to kick me out.

"I told you doctor, it's pretty farfetch'd. If you want more, I should be able to tell you some more discoveries that are yet to be made."

"...And if I were to believe you, what is your goal in coming here to my lab?"

Well I would like a snack please, thank you very much

"Honestly, I wasn't expecting you to open that door when I visited. I was expecting your daughter."

"Hmm, yes, Aurea is really gullible." Damn dude, that's your daughter you're talking about.

"I thought I would be able to get some help registering my identity in this world. OH that's another proof! I shouldn't exist in any records or databases."

"If I find out you've been pulling a prank all this time *sigh* Stay here." He stands up and walks to the door and reaches in his pocket.

"Yes sirrr."

Is that a pokeball? WAIT DONT MIND SCAN ME PLEASE- he releases a Watchog.

"Chi, keep an eye on the kid. I need to get something."

"Chog!" it salutes. Aww it's kinda cute. Aaaand now it's glaring at me

Juniper's dad leaves, leaving just me and the watchog.

…

It's just standing there… Menacingly!

"So… you like battling?"

Yep, I'm making small talk with a pokemon.

"..."

"Cool, cool…"

Kill me.

*grumble*

On second thought, I think hunger is gonna kill me first.

The door opens and Dr. Juniper walks in. Thank god

"Thanks Chi, return." He returns the Watchog into its pokeball.

"It's as you said, you're not in the Unova database, but you could be from another region."

"Oh come onnn doc, you gotta be kidding me! How would I have even gotten here?"

"I don't know, yet. I'll believe you for now, but If I find out that this is all a horrible joke, then you're in deep shit young man."

It's a start. I could do with a little less hostility but I'll take it.

"Great! Thanks doc! What now though?"

"Now, we wait for Aurea to return from her meeting. As the regional professor, she has more authority than me in these matters. I'm assuming you don't have a place to stay so in the meantime you can stay in the sleeping quarters here."

"Thank you so much for the hospitality sir!"

Am I forgetting something?

Oh right.

"Oh, I forgot to mention that I have a pokemon on me right now?" And we're back to glaring

"And how did you get a hold of this pokemon?"

"Well I forgot to mention that the entity that sent me here, gave me one pokeball"

I took Kaeda's ball out of my jacket.

"Actually when I first got here, I dropped out of the sky and landed on this scyther in the forest east of here."

"A Scyther you say? I heard of sightings of some around route 1. It is quite rare to find one in Unova."

He looks at Kaeda's ball and his eyes widen and his jaw dropped for the second time today.

"Unbelievable…may I.. may I see that pokeball?"

Hmm, is something special about it? Is the Adventure's style ball not the normal pokeball around here?

"Umm sure." I handed it over to him hesitantly. "Is that not how a normal pokeball looks like?"

"No, no it's not." He brought out his own, opaque red and white pokeball that I see from the animes.

"It is said that trainers are able to feel the emotions of their pokemon through the pokeballs, but to see them is an entirely new thing!"

He handed it back to me

"You may let him out, but please keep him in line. I want to compare the behaviour of the pokeball if you don't mind."

Ahh a true researcher.

"Sure, sounds like an interesting study. Come out Kaeda!"

"SCYYY!" He stretches out and looks around the room. He notices Dr. Juniper and goes into an alarmed stance.

"Chill buddy, this is Doctor Juniper, he's gonna help me with the situation we're in right now."

He calms down but still maintains an alert eye on the doctor.

"Fascinating, it looks just about the same as the pokeballs we have."

"Mr. Russel, I still think that your story is quite far-fetched, but if this is any indication then I'm inclined to believe that you are not from here."

"Now, I'll show you to the nightshift quarters where you'll be staying. Please follow me."

We exit the room and return to the main hallway, turning to the third right hallway which had 4 doors. I'm assuming that I'll be staying in one of these rooms.

"Just pick a room, all of these are vacant as of the moment because the night shift employees aren't here yet."

I pick the room furthest in, the easiest to remember (I'm very forgetful). I don't wanna accidentally walk into someone else's room by accident.

The room kinda reminded me of a barracks but nicer. There were two beds with a side drawer to one side of the room, and on the other was a coffee table with two chairs. It was plain, but it also looked really cozy.

"I guess this is where we'll be staying for at least the night Kaeda"

"Scythe" he walks into the room, looking around.

"Mr. Russel-"

Pshh, formality. Weren't you just telling me how much trouble I'd be in?

"Please call me Kris, I'm just sixteen doctor."

"Kris, I will be honest with you, upon seeing that pokeball of yours I am sure that my daughter will want to conduct some research on it."

"Ohh? Well I don't mind too much. I do want to be a part of the research if it does happen though."

In my past life, I had already accepted the college offer from the number 1 research university in our country. While others hated research during our senior years in high school, I found it quite enjoyable and exciting. So, I entered into an applied science and engineering program with the intention of doing research in the future.

"Well, I don't know if you have the necessary credentials for this kind of work, but I guess it is your possession after all."

"Well doctor, I'm something of a scientist myself."

"Pardon?"

Fuck. I live in a world where nobody understands my references. Actually, what are memes here like? Would the Pokemon memes in our world be consistent with the ones here? Do memes even exist here?

"Uhh, I mean, in my past life I was under a pure science and engineering program. I would like to see if I can continue it in this world."

"Is that so? Well I'm sure you can talk to Aurea about it. Now I must get back to my work. Did you need anything else?"

FOOOD

"Do you by any chance have anything to eat?"

"Ohh yes of course, the pantry is in the hallway opposite of this one. There are labels for the pokemon food. If you need anything else I'm afraid I'll be busy for quite a while."

I'd hate to disturb this guy more but I need to catch up with the world. I need information.

"Umm, would it be alright to borrow something to catch up with current events, pokemon information, and the way the world works around here? Since you know… new world to me."

"I'll have someone bring down a you a portable computer. I assume you can figure out how to use it by yourself Mr. Scientist?" He smiles. Was this guy teasing me?

"Yes sirr" I fake salute

"Good now I really have to get going. I'll notify you when Aurea has returned."

I watch as he leaves the room. I look at my starter who is now lying on the floor like a dog. Who knew the bug that loves decapitating could be cute like this?

"Hey Kaeda. Wanna get something to eat?"

He perks up at the mention of food and stands up quickly.

"Scy-Scythe"

What does a Scyther eat?

–

Fortunately, the pantry did have labels for pokemon food sorted by type. The bug type food looked like a mixture of dried…stuff. I don't really know. It looks like some dried berries and fruits with some processed vegetables? The flying type food had darker berries and some meat of some sort. They kind of remind me of MREs from my world.

Kaeda liked the bug type food more than flying type food. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. There's probably a concept of dominant typing or whatever that makes them behave closer to that.

Speaking of, I should go back to my room in case the person bringing down the computer arrives. I take a bottle of water and a nanab bread to go.

I head back to my room with Kaeda, who's still out of his ball. He goes back to the spot he was resting on earlier, and I lie down on the bed closest.

"Kaede, before we start training, I want to get a good idea of your physiology first, which means it'll probably be a while before we start."

"Scyther?"

"I don't know how long, but I'll ask Professor Juniper if she can do some scans or whatever it is they do."

"Scy" He nods and goes back to resting.

*knock*knock*knock*

Oh that must be the computer.

"Coming!"

I open the door to see a female lab employee holding a laptop in her arms. She had long dark hair, glasses and a lab coat. I subtly check the nametag on her chest (don't wanna give the first impression of a horny teen)

[Dr. Fennel]

Fennel? The crazy dream lady? Wasn't she supposed to be doing some research in Cilan's city? I guess she hasn't started doing her field work yet.

"Dr. Juniper told me to bring this down to you. The security code is unovaLABS00."

"Thank you Dr. Fennel."

"Ohh you're very welcome." She walks away, probably to poke that Munna for some coca- I mean dream mist.

Ok, time to do some research. Where do I even start? I look at Kaeda lying on the floor.

'I guess I'll start with Scyther's.'

I bring the laptop to the coffee table and open it. It looks really old, at least compared to the ones in my world. It looks like one of those Windows 8 laptops back from 2012. So much for being the less advanced world Dr. Juniper.

'Let's do this'

[3:27PM]

[3:32PM]

'A scyther's gender is determined by the number of segments in the abdomen. A Male typically has 6 segments, while a female has 4.'

Yep, I can finally actually know if Kaeda was actually a male. I was secretly hoping that he was a male cause it justifies his dick attitude, but I guess Kaeda is a decent unisex name.

"Hey Kaeda, can you stand up for a moment?"

He slowly stands up and tilts his head wondering what I was doing.

"4, 5, 6. Huh, so you are a male. Good to know."

"Scy?" He looked at me incredulously, as if to say 'You didn't know?'

"Well how could I have known?"

[3:47PM]

'Scyther are known to learn the move X-Scissor naturally in the wild. A study with a sample size of 562 Scyther of different ages in the Kanto region were observed in the wild over the span of two months. 387 of the 562 scyther were observed to have known the move. Interestingly, the distribution of the ages that knew were skewed to the right, meaning that scythers likely learn X-Scissor at an early stage and forget it as they grow older.'

"2 months? Couldn't they just have used a pokedex or something? Actually, when was the pokedex invented?"

'(8 GAE) Former Champion Samuel Oak, now Kanto Regional Professor develops Pokemon scanning device he names the "Pokedex". Regional Professors of the United Regions Association of Science Research and Engineering (UR-ARSE) are to hold the Pokemon R Summit within the next month….'

"Woah... I guess that's why Professor Oak was such a big deal in the anime."

Apparently GAE, meaning the Golden Age Era, started when Champion Samuel Oak unified the Kanto and Johto regions to form the Indigo Region. Following that, he also pushed to form the United Regions, the equivalent of the United Nations in my world.

Weirdly, only 6 of the 9 regions I know of are in the UR, with Alola being a part of the former Kanto region.

[4:46PM]

'An individual may register as an official Pokemon Trainer upon reaching the legal age of 15. A trainer MUST have a starter Pokemon to be able to apply for the trainer license. If an individual is unable to… '

"At least it's not 10. That means if I register as a trainer now, I'd be one year behind."

'Only licensed trainers are authorized to apply to league associated occupations and pokemon industry specialization.'

"Skip"

'Licensure examinations are held monthly and weekly during the first two months of open circuit. Testing sites and dates are as follows:...'

"Ok so a trainer license is a must, but I'm also interested in the Research License."

'Review Question #9: In a total population of 1000, what is the minimum sample size for a study to yield statistically significant results?'

"Yikes, statistics. Most of these are around senior high school level with a few specialized questions that I'm unfamiliar with. Guess I'll still have to study here after all."

[5:24PM]

'Pokemon rights activists rally in the middle of Unova's busiest city'

"Shit looks like Ghetsis is starting to move."

I haven't decided if I was gonna involve myself in this mess, but considering what I just told Dr. Juniper earlier, I'll probably be forced to at some point.

"Kaeda, we gotta get stronger bud. We've got a lot coming our way."

"Scyther!"

[6:47]

'User56872: Hey guys, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is-'

"Oh HELL no."

[7:05]

'The pokeball relies heavily on the phenomena of organic condensation and material digitalization. These phenomena were first observed in the ability of Ditto and Rotom respectively. To be able to contain-'

"Blukberry donuts are the best! Tastes just like a raspberry donut."

'-the interior of the pokeball acts similarly to a data chip that stores the digitalized pokemon. Through the cooperation of Rotom, Porygon, and several telepathic communicator Pokemon, it is confirmed that the Pokeball puts the Pokemon into stasis, minimizing bodily functions, and keeping only certain brain functions active,'

"Woah… I guess that's why your pokeball is such a big deal Kaeda."

–

[7:58PM]

'-and with their impressive Base Stats for HP and access to Acid Armor, you can be rough with one. Due to their mostly water based biology, there's no doubt in my mind that an aroused Vaporeon would be incredibly-'

Yep, I'm sixteen, sue me. I've read this before mind you, I'm just curious to see what the folks here think about it. Interestingly-

"So, what are you researching Mr. Scientist?"

PROFESSOR JUNIPER?

"AGHHH-/SCYTHE! I SWEAR I WAS RESEARCHING-"

She bursts out laughing, and my poor pokemon, who was simply shocked by my surprise, was looking between the both of us very confused.

"HAHAHA I know I know. You've been catching up practically the whole evening. Dad's been monitoring your computer."

"Wha- I..Huh?"

So everything that I searched in the past 3 or 4 hours… damn I hope I can stop the blush on my face well enough.

"What? Did you think he was gonna leave you alone with one of his computers unrestricted?"

"... puberty must have been a very hard time for you." I muttered.

"Excuse me?" That ticked her off. I guess it's true.

"Nothing"

"...He said he's actually impressed by the amount of things you've been reading, and he's more impressed with how you choose your articles."

She smirks, oh that can't be good.

"Seems like you took an interest in the research license and the mechanics of the pokeball. Oh! He also mentioned something about vaporeons?" Her smirk grew slyer.

Fuuuuuuck. I don't like this woman.

"Are you done?"

"Yes yes, thank you for being the most entertaining thing this week."

Ahh the life of a researcher.

"Anyways, I just got back from my meeting with some league executives, and trust me, they are not fun to talk to." I guess government work sucks in every universe.

"I can imagine."

"So, how about you and I call it a day since we've both been working hard and schedule this illegal immigrant clean up tomorrow, 'kay?" She seems awfully cheery for someone supposed to be tired.

"Sure, umm, I don't have any phone to alarm for the morning. What time are we doing this?"

"Be out by 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

She smiles again. Ohh boy here we go again.

"There's an alarm clock in the drawer beside the beds. If you didn't have those in your world, I'm sure you can figure it out yourself Mr. Scientist."

"Ha ha, very funny. I'll be out by 9. Goodnight."

"See you in the morning kid."

She closes the door as she leaves, leaving me and Kaeda alone once again. I turn to look at him, his face still showing confusion.

"What do you think?"

"Scy-theeer?"

"Yeah, same."

…

"I guess I am an illegal immigrant..."

Next chapter will probably be on Wednesday if my midterms don't kill me this week. Please leave a review for some constructive criticism on my writing. I like replying to them. Until next chapter. Thanks!