This is a pokemon fan fic and instead of pokemon being creatures that speak their own name (Mewtwo, Entei, Celebi, an Lucario aside) They will look more human like furries and talk English. Although, they still become captured for battling, though they enjoy it just the same. I do not own pokemon characters, just the characters I create. Most of the characters other than the elite 4 and gym leaders are going to be characters I create myself. By the way, this story is told by Arteyu, myself, just because I don't feel like creating more characters than I have to.

Chapter 1: The very beginning

I just lay in my room, looking up at the ceiling, and feel myself getting more restless. How come my town has to be the only one for miles that doesn't start with pokemon until the person is 18... I see trainers come by that are about 11 to 15, so why must I have to wait… Oh well, tomorrow is my day to get my first pokemon… but Lysander is also, and he knows which pokemon I like so he'll get it first just to be spiteful…Damn my alarm clock not ever waking me up…I guess I could always go for fighting with a pokemon I don't like and work my way up to catching pokemon I do like. I finally drift off to sleep and feel stupid for thinking badly.

My housemate, Renial, comes in and looks around, shaking his head. "Well, this always seems to happen…..Arteyu worries himself asleep again." He walks over to my bed and covers me up. I never seem to get to see him fall asleep…..one of these days he's gonna possibly die of worry….. He then leaves the room to get to his room. I guess all I can do is hope for his first day to be the best he can get it.

The next morning, I wake up to the sound of Renial telling me to get up. "Arteyu, it's noon already." I sit up at that, "Why the hell didn't you wake me!?"

"Well, the snoring could have drowned me out….." He has a devious smile and tosses me a bag.

I catch the bag, "What's this for?…..Oh, wait…..adventure…..My bad. See you later…Hopefu-….." I notice a poke ball on his belt. "You went and got one without me?!" He chuckles and nods, "There's only one left. It's the one you like."

"Thanks." I run out the door and to the lab in a dash. If there's one left….then that means Lysander hasn't gotten there yet. I have to hurry. Just as I think that, I see Lysander walking out of the lab with a poke ball in hand. He has an evil sneer on his face. "Looks like you're too late again, slowpoke. Yeah, you could be related to a Slowpoke." He turns towards his house and walks in that direction, his long black hair flowing behind him.

I darkly enter the lab despite knowing there were none left for me. Lysander is such a damn jerk…He'll get what's coming to him when I get my own pokemon. Professor Mint, a sleek red headed woman, comes over to me. "What's the matter, Arteyu? Wait……you don't have a pokemon yet, do you?" I shake my head at her. "Oh. Well, then why don't you go out and catch one yourself? I have a poke ball for just this case," she pulls out a poke ball at the mention of the word and puts it in my hand. "I'm sure you'll do fine. You have a way with pokemon. You helped out a bit when they were sick. Actually, you and Renial did together, but still…..Anyways, get out there and catch yourself a pokemon." She gives a smile and walks to the back of the lab, leaving me shocked and with a poke ball in my hand. Wow….That's amazing…

I walk out of the lab and sub-consciously to the outskirts of town, where pokemon usually dwell, not seeing any around. "Well, this is kind of a waste of time….Where are all the pokemon……." I walk around a bit and notice a few unusually larger pokemon than usual following a set path in a rapid pace. Uh-oh…..what's going on here? I then notice what they are following. An Eevee. He looks scared and is running frantically. I have to help out….No matter what… I run after them and eventually they are stopped with the Eevee curled up against a big rock and surrounded by the bigger pokemon. I can make out an Arbok, a Golbat, and Weavile very easily. The other two pokemon look very odd and out of area. They seem to be all female except the Weavile.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" I had picked up a stick along the way and have it in a defensive position. The pokemon all turn to me, even the Eevee. The two I didn't recognize before I now recognize as Latios and Latias. The Weavile is the one to speak, "This little Eevee is going to be our next meal. Surely you can leave us be while we devour him slowly." The Eevee curls more into a ball. I clench the stick more, "Leave him alone or suffer. I don't take kindly to bullies who like to scare others smaller than them."

"Sssso YOU sssee through our roussssse, do you, human boy?" The Arbok says, "And here we thought all humanssss were ssssssstupid." She is somehow close to me and I swing the stick to make her back away. When she backs away the Latios and Latias use Extremespeed and break the stick, knocking me to the ground. I get up instantly and glare at them. "Get away from the Eevee……I can take you 5 myself." They laugh at me and start to walk away. The Weavile stops and turns to me, "We only attack those who don't stand up to others. You're wasting your time with him." And they then disappear.

What strange pokemon…..at least the Eevee is safe…. I walk over to the Eevee and tap him on the shoulder, "Are you oka-?!" He jumps and starts flailing, "I'm sorry! I don't know what I did! Please don't hurt me! I'll be good still!!!" I grab him by the shoulders, "I'm not going to hurt you. Don't worry. I won't let them hurt you either." He continues his flailing in fear for a few moments before I think of something. "Are you hungry?" He stops and looks at me, "Are you serious? No lying?" I nod and then he hugs me around the waist, "!" I look down at him, blushing slightly, knowing full well wild pokemon were naked until caught and given clothes to wear, "Um…….Yeah. Can you please be my pokemon?" He looks up at me, "Uh….okay. It's the least I can do since you're helping me so much. But please don't hurt me. I don't want to be hurt." I smile, "Don't worry. I won't hurt you. But first, I have to do the ball capture. You understand that, right?" He nods and closes his eyes tightly as if I were gonna hit him, but I take the poke ball from my pocket and tap it on his shoulder before it opens up and he enters it. After a few moments of the red circle in the front of the poke ball glowing, it disappears. I then let the Eevee out and smile, "Now to give you a name…How do you like Vash?" He thinks for a minute and then smiles. "Yeah. I like that name. It sounds pretty good to me. Now may we go get food…I haven't eaten in days….."

I look at him and notice he is very thin, his ribs showing even under the fur. Aww…I feel so bad for him….Maybe I can do more for him. He does have a nice body regardless of the starved look. "Let's go Vash. You look like you need food quickly." I grab his paw and stand with him and lead him to the town. Once we get to the town, I see professor Mint at the entrance with a relieved look on her face. She walks out to us, "I saw you go after those pokemon from my lab and then saw them come back after a while. I was worried about you." When she gets near, Vash hides behind me and makes me jolt forward from the quick movement. I hit professor Mint by accident and she doesn't seem to budge as I fall to the ground. I get back up quickly and shake my head, "Ow….Vash, please don't do that."

His ears lower considerably and he bows his head in shame, "S-sorry….I didn't mean to…Just an automatic reaction…." I turn to him and frown, "Hey, I'm not mad at you. Anyways, let's try to get to the house without any more interruptions. I'm sure Renial has already made a meal….." I walk over to him and pat his back. "Let's go." I start to walk into the safety of the town, Vash getting pushed by my hand and professor Mint behind the both of us, keeping an eye on Vash's ears, which are still lowered.

I eventually turn and she continues forward to her lab again. I continue to the house and Renial is at the doorway with a female Vulpix in the doorway. She is wearing a tank top with a mini skirt. "Ah, Arteyu. I see you got what you wanted." Renial smiles. "This is my Vulpix, Klaire. She's really nice." "Um….Renial….I had to go capture this guy, whom I named Vash. Although, it's nice to meet you Klaire." I shake her paw with the hand not at Vash's back. He is pressed as far back to my hand as he can with his eyes wide and directly at Klaire. "What's the matter, Vash?" She tilts her head in confusion.

"He's very scared of everything that breathes for now. Seems I'm the only one he trusts…" I say calmly. Renial laughs, "Just like you. Always having any pokemon to like you over anyone else." He then straightens up and glares behind me, making me turn and see Lysander. Oh god…..I need to feed Vash soon…..He might pass out if food gets to him much later… "Lysander. Can't this wait tomorrow? Vash needs to eat very soon….."

Lysander sneers and pulls out his poke ball. "This will only take a second. Juvik, come on out." He tosses the poke ball into the air and a male Jolteon comes out. Juvik is wearing blue jeans and a pair of black cuffs on his wrists. I look at Vash apologetically and tilt my head down. "Vash, please fight…..I'm sorry about all this…." Juvik advances on him swiftly and then I get an idea, "Step to the right and do a Mega Kick." He does so, sending Juvik back, but Juvik had clawed him just before so he is injured. Lysander returns Juvik and walks away. "Can't believe I got beat by a wimp….."

I grab onto Vash, "Are you okay? I'm so sorry that this happened!" He pats me on the back with a confused look on his face. "Um….Arteyu?" Renial says. I look at him and give him a questioning look. He laughs, "Come on you two, let's go eat." It was when he said that that I see how tall Vash is. He towers over me about 8 inches, which makes me feel very short. I let go of him and we walk inside, his stomach growling loudly. He's hungrier than he says he is…. I sit down and eat very little, thinking about what to get Vash to wear. An idea pops into my head after about 10 minutes of thinking and I rush to my room, leaving everyone startled. Moments later I come out with tight black jeans, a leather jacket and a blue collar for Vash. "Vash, when you get through eating come to me."

Moments later, he stands and walks over to me and I give him the clothes to wear. He puts them on and then looks down, "I like it, Arteyu." I look at him for a moment before smiling and unzipping the jacket, exposing his chest and stomach. "Much better. Although the jacket is a little short…." I say, noticing that the jacket only covered his upper torso. "Oh well. I works out on you, Vash." I smile big. "Yeah. It looks kinda cute," Renial nudges me in the side with his elbow and I jump slightly.

Vash smiles and his tail sways slightly faster than usual. I then notice a scar on the bridge of his muzzle and another one on his chest that looks like an X in the middle. Odd…..He doesn't look the type to get hurt that easily…. "I'm off to bed you guys….Vash, my bed is as good as yours." I then walk to my room and sigh. Tomorrow's gonna be very long and there's nothing to do but get used to Vash…Although, he's really sweet and I'm already attached… I slowly drift off to sleep, thinking nice thoughts.

Arteyu: Well, that's all for chapter 1. I hope you liked it.

Vash: Yeah. I know I did. It was fun being introduced the way I did.

Arteyu: Shhh. That's gonna be information from later on.
Renial: Talking to him again I see.
Arteyu: Well, it's not my fault he's so talkable.
Renial, ears drooped: My bad. I'm not the ty-

Lenne: Anyways, we hoped you liked it.
Arteyu, Vash, and Renial: You're not even in this story!!!
Lenne: Doesn't mean I can't help out with the credits.
Arteyu: Whatever, just don't interfere. Please.
Lenne: Right-o. Anyways, tune in next time for Chapter 2: Getting into habit.

Arteyu: You're really annoying. *Grabs shotgun*