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The Adventure begins

"Are you absolutely sure you need to leave your home...So soon? You're still a little boy." Said the voice of a middle aged woman putting food on the table for the mornings breakfast as she looked to her son, A boy barely turned 10 and was packing up a backpack filled with clothes and an extra pair of sandals, He wore what looked like a dirty red T-shirt and some blue jeans that seemed a bit tight around his legs though what attracted a lot of people's attention was the wild blonde hair on his head and the biohazard symbol of a guilmon on his left cheek.

The boy took his time packing what he needed before looking up at his mother and let out a small sigh. "Yes...I'm sure I have to go mother. Besides dad's already left, and my master that was supposed to train me passed away just last week and a year ago my best friend left with a darkened expression in his eyes!" He looked to the food spread on the table which wasn't much, a small glass of milk and a few pieces of bread which he took one and nibbled on a piece. "Besides...the whole reason I asked the old man to tutor me was so that I would know what to do when I left and sought Jesse out. He's changed mother...and unless I do something I feel like I won't have my best friend again." he took a small sip of the milk and looked into his mothers eyes. "The only time they'll let someone off the island is for buisness and because I'm a kid the only way I can get off this island and get him back without setting off security is to become a trainer. Besides...It's always been my dream to see the world, And the charizards that fly over the island every day captivate me." He pulled himself off the table before nodding. "I've already made up my mind mother...I'm going to be a trainer."

"I've heard it for the past week now Max! I just don't think you're ready to leave home yet...You're already teased enough on the island for being different, what if they do that on the mainlands?" His mother snapped and looked at him as if expecting him to come to his senses.

*Max zipped his backpack and hefted it over his shoulder. "I've already thought about that and well...I just won't show off my powers or whatever the hell it's supposed to be, a curse maybe? I don't care though. I'm going to see the professor and pick out my pokemon and I'm going to be late if I don't leave now so don't worry I'll have a partner." He winked at her and grabbed some of her homemade sauce from the counter and put it in his pocket. "I can talk to pokemon so if I'm ever lost I can just ask the wildlife. now...can I have a hug?" He held his arms out with which she was very hesitant at first but soon relented and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug before letting him go and opening the front door for him. "Please realise mom...that I have to do this..."

She gave him a quiet glance but nodded to him. "I...I know you do. You already set your mind to it and knowing your family line you'll go through with it until the end. Just make sure you take care of yourself...I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you. You're a smithy alright...you're tough, work hard and you don't let life bring you down."

Max gave her a grin before waving to her and heading off. Him and his mother lived on a small island off the coast of Johto, it was mostly wilderness but what civilization there was on the island was poor. There was very little money to go around and even fewer jobs. Still the people seemed to make due with what they had, some of them fished, while some gardened and grew the fruit to sustain the village. As he walked through the village he looked at all of the huts which were finally repaired from the last bandit raid and even passed by his old burned down school. It brought some bad memories but he knew it was that night when the school burned down that his best friend changed.

"Max...Come here for a minute will ya." A leomon human hybrid waved Max over and handed Max about 2000 pokedollars. "That's...my life savings kid. I already know you plan on leaving and I don't want you having to fight for your food out there so...take it, buy yourself some nice clothes and have a good time." He punched Max's shoulder playfully and chuckled softly.

"Leo...Thankyou but you know I can't take this money..." He looked up at the lion, while Max was about ten years old this guy was already 20 years old and looked just as intimidating if not more so than the standard leomon. "You treat me like I'm a normal person...that's the best thing you could have ever done for me."

The big lion nodded a few times and patted his shoulder. "You and I are the only hybrids on this island...I never really showed you a lot of affection as a friend but you didn't need it you look like you're a man already." He showed his sharp fangs to max and smiled* "Just take the money...you know you'll need it. and stay out of trouble!"

Max grunted and stared at his friend before nodding. "I'll try but you know danger is attracted to me. I think I smell good to it." He laughed before giving Leo a small hug and walking off to what looked to be a small ranch. "alright here I am...I think the professor's name was Phil...Strange name for a professor but here I go." He took a deep breath and walked up to the front door of the house and knocked on it a few times, waiting patiently for an answer. It would only take a few moments but when the door opened he'd see a well built 6 foot tall man in the stereotypical cowboy outfit with a black hat sitting on the top of his head. "Um...are you professor Phillip?"

The man looked at the young man and laughed. "Darn right kid! Professor phillip front and center! I take it you're Maximillion...the kid who's supposed to recieve a pokemon today from me?" Phillip rubbed his chin before smiling and opening the door. "comeon in...I'm afraid the selection isn't the same as the one you'd find in New bark town." With that he lead Max into his home which looked more country than the home you'd expect a professor to live in. "I specialize in breeding all sorts of pokemon from different regions but the only ones ready for human interaction are well... A handful..."

In the living quarters of the building was a single table, it appeared that even the high esteemed professor of his homeland was struggling in the poor living conditions of the island. None the less sitting on the table were three pokeballs. "So..." Max approached the table. "Does this mean any of these three could become my partner?"

The professor would only nod before rubbing an egg that he had sitting on his computer desk* "Yes thats right...Any one of them would do...Oh my..." He suddenly brought over the egg to the table as it began to glow. "Before you do so look...it seems that this egg is about to hatch." He left the egg on the table as it's shine grew brighter before all that remained in it's place was a baby bulbasaur, shaking it's bulb a few times to adjust to it's new surroundings, it's first sight instantly being Max which it leapt at eagerly. "Oh dear...The new guy seems to have taken quite a liking to you..."

Max giggled as he held the baby bulbasaur in his arms, the little saur smiling up to him and nuzzling his arms. "I want this little guy...if it's okay with you. He seems to like me and I think if you took him away he might get upset."

Phil rubbed his head a bit as if caught off gaurd by this recent developement. "I...don't know, Training a newborn as your first pokemon will be a lot of hard work but you do have a point if I were to seperate him from what he thinks to be his parent he'll get upset so..." The professor let out a rather reluctant sigh and handed Max a case of six pokeballs, the standard pokedex and the pokegear which would become one of his signature items on his quest. "Here you go...I only have one pokedex and it's a bit outdated so you'll need to get it updated when you visit other regions. The pokegear already has my number pre loaded into it and I don't think I have to tell you to be careful with all this on the island...as far as things go the people here are in the stone age and you're now in the modern age so I suggest you leave the island right away." He rushed to his table and brought over a one way ticket to New bark town and handed it over to Max. "Take this to the guy handling the boat out at the peer and leave. And have a good trip..."

Max was kinda overwhelmed by all this information at once and he was running out of places to store everything so he just clipped the pokegear to his pants and put the rest of the stuff into his bag save for the ticket, placed his new bulbasaur on his head and ran out of the door toward the peer. Considering everything that happened so quickly he was beginning to have some second thoughts about leaving, but he knew if he didn't leave now it'd be like giving up on his best friend and that he just couldn't do.

He quickly made it to the pier, making sure to hand the ticket over to the guy at the booth and once he was on the boat he began to wonder just what was out there in the world. "This is it...dispite everything happening so fast I'm finally going to see what this world is like...and my first step is new bark town to sign up for the upcoming competition and win Jesse back from the darkness in his heart." He took his new bulbasaur off his head, held him and looked into it's eyes. "Now first things first...we need a nickname for you how about...Bulby!" The instant Max made this comment, the newborn gave him this look of cute anger and used a suprising stun spore on the poor newbie trainer, paralyzing the trainer on his first day of freedom. "This...might take some getting used too..." although he'd been stunned, he could hear the whistle from the ferry and knew there was no turning back now. His journey would begin now with many trials to come.