Chapter Text
Sitting on top of the building is a young man.
He had short, curly locks of blond hair that shone like gold in the bright sunny sky alongside his bluish-green eyes. His skin is as fair as the moon and without any blemish to the naked eye. He wore a black muscle shirt that accented his muscular but lean build, accompanied by a forest green vest with four outer pockets. He wore green cargo pants, brown hiking shoes, and an olive green sling pack.
His name is "Dio Brando", but would prefer to be called "Dio" only.
He was currently sketching the layout of the scene before him while being accompanied by two small cute creatures next to his sides.
On his right is a short, chubby rodent-like creature. It is covered in yellow fur with two horizontal brown stripes on its back. It has a small mouth, long, pointed ears with black tips, and brown eyes. Each cheek is a red circle that contains a pouch for electricity storage. It has short forearms with five fingers on each paw, and its feet each have three toes. At the base of its lightning bolt-shaped tail is a patch of brown fur. It also wore a blue scarf around its neck.
The one on his left is a small, mammalian, quadrupedal creature with primarily brown fur. The tip of its bushy tail and its large furry collar are cream-colored. It has short, slender legs with three small toes and a pink paw pad on each foot. It has brown eyes, long pointed ears with dark brown interiors, and a small black nose. Similar to the other creature, it wore a scarf too, but it was pink in color.
These are what is known as “Pocket Monsters”, but more generally by the more popular terminology, “Pokémon”. In turn, these two Pokémon are known as “Pikachu” and “Eevee,” respectively.
Right now, the young man and the two Pokémon are simply enjoying a tranquil day without much conflict. The young man was humming to himself as he listened to NSYNC’s Bye Bye Bye from a hand-held device and was almost done with his sketch. Meanwhile, the Pikachu and Eevee simply watch his work with interest. Then, the young man took the hand-held device and lowered the volume.
He then glanced up and…
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…wait a minute. He’s-
“You notice me? That’s great! Now that means your turn for the narration is up while I’ll take it from here!”
Hold… hold on! That’s not how th-
“Ok! Now that the narrator is gone, it’s time for me to take the helm for a while!” I said.
“Now you all are wondering, “Why is the fic going in a new direction?” or “How come the author canceled the old one?” Well, my friends, the reason is very simple.” I said as my face got up close.
“He didn’t like the way the fic was getting too similar to CaioCiao’s fic and decided to write in his own way,” I said as my face panned back out.
“Thank god for the retcon, am I right?! You can also tell that I’ve been busy since I first came to this world. But let me tell you, it’s a fun-filled adventure with plenty of mature things happening if you know what I mean.” I said while winking while making a “screwing” gesture.
I then showed my two companions.
“Unlike most characters, I have names for this Pikachu and Eevee, and their names are “Satoshi” for Pikachu and “Charlie” respectively,” I said, but Satoshi and Charlie were confused.
“There he goes again talking to people out of nowhere. Why is that, Satoshi?” Charlie asked her one-and-off mate, to which he shook his head.
“Who knows, all I know is that he sometimes acts like a character in a fictional show or whatever and talking to a “supposed” audience,” Satoshi replied with quote-on-quote gestures using his paws. “Don’t why he would think like that as this is real life.”
I sigh at my companions' verbal exchange, but merely let them be.
After all, it would literally kill them if they were to find out that we exist in fanfiction written by some lonely guy having trouble finding a job in the economy while a certain duck and his party are-
Oops! Can’t mention any explicit real-life problems in this fic! Going to get canceled and lose readership that way!
So where was I? Oh yeah, to answer the obvious elephant in the room is how my Pokémon companions are talking, it’s simple as well.
I can hear and understand Pokémon talk in the same language à la Tim Goodman from Detective Pikachu. One of the perks of my isekai circumstances by the way.
Of course, if the fic were to show the narration by the other human characters without my Pokémon Language Understanding ability, they’d simply hear Pokémon as they usually do for humans.
By now, I’d finished my sketch of the city’s layout before putting it away, and right on cue, the alert on my phone rang.
“All Units report! We got a shipment of healing potions being stolen by a gang of criminals! Currently sighted in the south district! ”
Well, looks like that’s my cue.
“It’s time for us to do a little assist work, don’t you two think?” I rhetorically ask Satoshi and Charlie.
“Yeah!” Charlie happily replied.
“You can count on us!” Satoshi added in with a determined expression.
I chuckle at their enthusiasm and quickly stand on top of the ledge of the roof.
“The south district is a good thirty miles away from our position, which Avenger’s speed won’t be enough for us to get to the scene in time even with him wearing a Choice Scarf. This means it’s time for the three of us to team up!” I declared as I looked at both Satoshi and Charlie.
“Ooh! We’re doing to do that ?!” Charlie exclaimed in excitement as her eyes became starry.
“You bet, Charlie!” I replied with a wide grin. “Here it goes, you two!”
I quickly floated off the floor while Satoshi and Charlie also did the same while in a spiral motion around me. Then, a little music started to play as we were about to perform a very familiar action.
[Music Theme: Fist Bump - Sonic Forces]
“When we join forces, the sky’s the limit!” I declared as me and my Pokémon companions were about to high-five each other, complete with light sparking in our palms.
SMACK
“Triple… BOOST!!!” I declared as we gave each other a high-five, causing a flash of light.
We turned head over heels in the air like a certain blue hedgehog before creating a sonic boom by heading downward from the building with immense speed!
♪ Together, we can show the world what we can do
You are next to me, and I'm next to you ♪
The windows shattered from the force of our sudden movement as the three of us ran down the building with extreme speed. The bricks of the building were left undisturbed by our feet moving at such a high velocity. The world around us felt distorted, frozen, and without much sound… but nonetheless comforting.
♪ Pushing on through until the battle's won
No one's gonna give a thing to us ♪
As we quickly got to the bottom, we continued running our way to the crime-reported area that was a good distance away. People and Pokémon around us couldn’t even see us coming, as from their point of view, they could only see a small blur and hear a sudden whistle as we sped past them. Nothing on the streets was affected by our supersonic travel, as our reflexes allowed plenty of sharp turns and dodging so as to not accidentally run through solid objects and destroy them.
♪ Into each other, we put our trust
Standing united after the fight ♪
All in all, the three of us would be able to get to our destination in only a few minutes at best.
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But of course, we getting a bit ahead of ourselves aren’t we?
What you all want to know is how I got into the world of Pokémon, to begin with, and what Pokémon companions I’ve captured while streaming my adventures as I journey across the regions!
Well, my friends, in the words of certain heroes, let’s do this one last time!
“Prepare yourself, Dio! For I’ll be beating you-”
Nope!
“Ash! Be serious, here! That’s the champion of-”
Still not there!
“Ah… this is life!” I declared myself as Ash, Pikachu, and I relaxed on a tropical beach.
Damn it, that’s way too far from the start!
“Are you sure he can handle the battle-”
Almost…
“God fucking damn it! I can’t believe that Lugia and Suicune send me to the Pokémon world on a fucking rainy day! Ooh, they better believe that my pre-memory loss self’s choice of suppressing parts of my memories of my original world for a fresh start will stay that way!” I cursed into the dark, cloudy sky as the rain poured down on my soaked clothing.
Ok! Here we go!
Enjoy my starting point in the Pokémon world in the first chapter.
Next Time, on Pocket Monsters: Breath of an Adventure! (P.S. I’m not calling this a rewrite!)