Chapter 5

We just stared at each other for a few moments before I nutted up and narrowed my eyes, letting that natural aggression I always had fill me up and steel my nerves, "Look," I started off strong, no hesitation in my voice, staring it right in the eye, "I kicked that stone in anger, I just got jumped a little bit ago by these goons from Team Rocket that took me by surprise, they stole my stuff and the pokemon I started my journey with."

I was totally bullshitting and making this up as I go along. My idly thought of cover story is that I'm form Unova and I came here with my first pokemon Snivy to start my journey, only Team Rocket and enough said yeah? I even put Nuvema Town down as my home town.

And if anybody asks about a home or parents? Then I'm an orphan who got by through odd jobs and my Snivy had been abandoned by its own first trainer before I found. Full of loads of sappy bullshit

"I didn't mean to hit you with it, and I'm sorry," I apologized, mentally preparing myself slightly before I crouched down to eye level with the bird that was still just staring with at me and boldly placed my hand gently atop its crown, stroking it softly, "If you want me to release you, I'll do it no problem."

To my surprise Pidgey actually pressed its head into my palm for a moment then shook my hand off. With a flap of its wings, and before I could even blink the little bird hopped up and landed on my shoulder.

I jerked and stood up on instinct, but Pidgey had no problem staying balanced. I felt a soft brushing at the side of my head as it – no he rubbed his head against mine and chirped softly in my ear.

I felt my lips stretch into a massive smile. This was going way better than I had hoped Reaching up I used two fingers to softly rub its crest.

"Feel like sticking around then, eh?" I said with a chuckle.

When Pidgey chirped again I grinned, "Well then I better let you in on my plan right?" I said.

I pulled out Spearow's pokeball and held it out, "I found a bunch of Spearow knocked out a little bit down the road and caught the most injured one, I plan on taking it to get healed at the Pokemon Centre but if it decides to stick around with us all the better."

One Pidgey got a good eyeful of the ball, I put it away in my pocket again before continuing, "Now I've got no money right now because of those Team Rocket assholes and the quickest way for us to get our hands on some money is to take on the League Challenge and win a bunch of gym battles, which I'll need your help for." I explained.

Pidgey puffed up in pride and to my amusement raised a wing over his head almost like a salute. I chuckled, but pushed onwards, "The big problem is, the first gym we have a chance against is a rock type gym and you're at a real big disadvantage there." It was amusing once again when Pidgey's eyes narrowed and an almost 'tch' like sound left his beak.

I pointed at Poliwhirl drawing the birds attention again, "But look who we have right here!" I declared loudly, so loudly in fact it made Poliwhirl pause in its training and look over at us with its wide innocent looking eyes. I nudged Pidgey with my head, "You think you could take this guy? I've got a good plan on how to get you strong enough to take out rock types but a water type like Poliwhirl over there would be a big help."

Pidgey merely sniffed through his beak and gave a nod. Hopping off my shoulder and landing in front of me, stretching his wings out. I grinned and waved my hand over to Poliwhirl, "Hey Poliwhirl!" I called out.

"Poli?" Poliwhirl tilted its body to the side slightly in question.

"I'm gonna catch you." I told it bluntly, grin stretching. Pidgey flaring out his wings in front of me and squawking threateningly at the water type.

Poliwhirl closed its eyes before opening them, then to my amusement it rose one gloved hand to me, palm facing upwards and then curled its fingers in the universal 'bring it on' gesture.

I was about to start things off when I noticed. My hands were shaking. Actually my whole body was trembling slightly.

It was surreal, the only times this ever happened to me were when I was about to have sex with a really fucking hot girl. I clamped down on my nerves, excitement and all just the same as I did when I was about to get laid. I couldn't allow it to screw me over.

It was time to put all that theorizing for pokemon stories and their battles to good use. All those combinations I thought up for Ash were all going to be mine to use now. Hell, all combinations I'd seen Ash and others use were mine now too.

It was time for no hesitation.

"Sand Attack then into the air!" I told Pidgey quickly.

Pidgey was quick on the draw, before I'd even finished my sentence he swept one wing over the ground towards Poliwhirl and a literal blanket of sand shot forward. It didn't sprinkle, no it shot forth like from a hose.

Pidgey had already shot into the air above me by the time that the sand had gone over the hill slope. But then the sand cloud was pierced and I had to roll to the side quickly in order to dodge the lance of water that twisted through the sand and pierced straight into the slope I was standing on.

"Jesus!" I hissed. Adrenaline beginning to pump in my veins.

That was scary.

The sand cleared to show Poliwhirl looking up at Pidgey in the air above me. And then it thrust its stomach. From middle of the swirls a lance of water shot at Pidgey, then another, then another. Shot after shot of what had to be Water Gun Poliwhirl fired at Pidgey.

But like a leaf in the wind, Pidgey easily weaved in between pressurized water and allowed the attacks to sail harmlessly into the air. Flying all around and getting Poliwhirl turned around until Pidgey was flying above the water of the lake and Poliwhirl's back was towards the sloping hill.

I was nearly gaping at it all, but just as Poliwhirl continued to fire, I came up with a plan, "Close in with Quick Attack!" I shouted up at my first

pokemon.

Flying up higher slightly to avoid another lance of water, Pidgey upon reaching his apex dove down towards Poliwhirl, a trail of white light exploding from behind the bird and rocketing it downwards.

Poliwhirl continued to fire at it. I think Water Gun must have been its only ranged attack. But with the speed enhancement behind it, Pidgey wove through the water attacks easily and closed in. Then I noticed something.

Poliwhirl's eyes were glowing blue!

"Gust!" I screamed just as Pidgey dodged around one last lance of water and was about to spear into the water type pokemon.

I had to give it to Pidgey, he was an amazing flyer. He stopped in an instant, the speed pushing him downwards being transferred to his wings was all I could think as the little bird immediately began to rapidly flap his wings fast and hard enough to kick up a massive gale force find.

"Poliwhirl!" The water type cried out in what I think to be shock. The winds made it lose its footing, focused as it was on what again I think was a Hypnosis attack. With its footing lost, the winds carried Poliwhirl into the air and the gale forces sent the water pokemon flying backwards, its body smashing harshly into the hill below me with a resounding thud that made me wince in sympathy. That had to hurt.

But, this was it! My hand immediately went to my back pocket and grabbed one of the empty pokeballs, "Finish it with Quick Attack and Peck!"

I could once again only stare in amazement as Pidgey threw himself forward, energy exploding behind him and accelerating him towards Poliwhirl, all the while his beak turned a bright white.

In the blink of an eye, Pidgey was upon Poliwhirl and speared right into the stomach of the water pokemon. It let loose a deep rumble of pain, arms and legs jerking upwards, before falling limp.

After a moment Pidgey pulled back with a victorious chirp and flew over to me. Even though it was a beak, I could truly tell it was smiling somehow. It was weird. It landed then on my shoulder and happily roosted there with a chest puffed with pride.

This little guy was really as strong as I thought he was. Going by game wise, a Poliwhirl would have to be at the very least level twenty five, and to learn Wing Attack Pidgey would have to be over thirty.

Levels didn't transfer over, but strength did it seemed.

Maybe there really was something to what Paul did back in Sinnoh, when he released those Starly because one knew Aerial Ace and the others didn't.

Either way I wasn't one to let an opportunity pass me by, as Spearow can attest to. Pressing the white button on the pokeball I enlarged it to fit my palm, it growing to the size of a baseball and then I gave it a toss.

Thank god I played basketball and the like so much when I was younger or I'd have probably missed. Thankfully I didn't and I watched with a smile as Poliwhirl was sucked inside. It let loose a ping of success mere seconds later.

I couldn't keep the grin off my face as I made my way over and picked up Poliwhirl's pokeball from the hill slope. I was too giddy to even wait and pulled out my phone, firing up the pokedex app in an instant and aiming the camera at the pokeball.

When I hit the scan button, a picture of Poliwhirl appeared under the owned column with Pidgey and Spearow and then it relayed the water types information to me.

"Poliwhirl, the Tadpole Pokemon. Its highly developed muscles allow Poliwhirl to move efficiently on land, but it is even more agile in water.Gender: Male, Height: 3'03 – Attacks Known: Water Gun, Hypnosis, Rain Dance, Mega Punch."

I couldn't help but burst out into laughter. I laughed good and hard for a good thirty whole seconds, shoulders shaking and chest aching from it all. In the end, what got me to stop was Pidgey ending up cuffing me over the head with his wing and looked me right in the eye with what looked like a raised eyebrow.

I chuckled lightly, "My plan for fighting the rock gyms was to teach you Steel Wing and Rain Dance," I explained, "I know how to teach you Steel Wing but I had no idea how to go about Rain Dance….and Poliwhirl just fell right into our laps!" I couldn't help it, I started laughing again.

I really can't help it. This is just too much.

In an abstract sense I realize, in this world it isn't. Pidgey are literally everywhere! Ash had done all the work for me with Spearow and Route 1 has a lake of water teaming with water types, hell there's even a Gyarados in there I'd love to get my hands on. Later though, once we level up a bit.

The point is. I've been here for maybe twenty five minutes at most and I already have three pokemon and a sure fire plan to take on and beat my first gym. It's surreal.

I fucking love it!