It is important to note, for this AU, that despite the addition of pokemon the cardgames have still become a highly important part of the world. Pokemon battles happen of course- but as with anything, there's more than one hobby in existence, and with an almost nuzlocke way of life putting a heavy risk on pokemon battles in question hardly anyone fights that way anymore outside of a friendly spar. Licences for pokemon are heavily regulated- full out battles even more so, and it could take months to enter any of the gyms in this world.
But there's something curiouser about this world... To start, it was once a dreary place. A place where, while life went on, terrible stories of endless death, and of water that never flowed filled the air. And the fact was, a majority were true. Unbeknownst to much of the public, time did not flow properly as it once had. Water came from heavily recycled and drained springs deep below, food was grown with a synthetic sun...
And then suddenly the world wasn't like this at all. The world was 'normal', with a cool breeze blowing and the sun rising each morning, and the events of various card tournaments and the like happening without end.
But one of the humans of this world felt that something was... Missing. Or perhaps, someone. He couldn't put his finger on it- but it felt almost as though he was suddenly missing a friend that had always been there, and when he asked his other friends about this, he could tell that they felt the same- but they refused to address the issue, unable to cope with the truth.
The fact was, their world had been frozen in time and darkness both, for many years. And while the pharaoh of Yugi's millennium puzzle had moved on, he had returned, so to speak, in a new life later down the road. After the Ceremonial Battle, cards became somewhat... Secondary for a time. Whether out of respect or out of grief who knew, but the non-duelists of the group were more than happy to teach their friends the ins and outs of a pokemon battle, and in the end pooled their money to buy the less well off of the group his own starter.
A treecko... Whose name, strangely enough, escaped him completely. This treecko would eventually evolve into a Grovyle... and then his partner would, after chasing of after the running pokemon in the night, vanish completely...
'Jonouchi Katsuya' was the name of that trainer. He had awoken an ability known as the Dimensional Scream, an ability that as tied only to 'time gears' in their era. With this ability, he and his partner had been entrusted with restoring the balance of time...
And through a series of events, they did. But Jonouchi had an 'accident' as he fell through time. He and his grovyle were attacked- and as a result, he lost all memory, becoming a pikachu. He thus had to travel and relearn a great deal before he could fulfill his fate... And it was during that time that he became quite attached to another friend he had made. Originally, he had been restored to his timeline as promised...
But he could not become human again. So, seeing this gloomy fate that had befallen Jonouchi, Dialga chose to pull his entire existence from one line into another- the one named 'Jonouchi Katsuya' would no longer exist in the time he had been born..!
...And thus, a void in memory was created.
But one evening, Otogi Ryuuji would catch a glimpse of that grovyle that Jonouchi had so carefully looked after. And like the last time, he would follow it, curious as to why the unknown pokemon had caught his interest.
He would find himself intruding upon a meeting of Legendaries- and they were not at all pleased about the intrusion of a human. He was captured, and taken to the side- and while he heard nothing but grunts and snarls, the words of the pokemon came more or less to one agreement. The sight of their beings was not one so easily removed from the mind of a human, particularly a human whose bonds had surpassed even the severance of time- there was no choice...
He had to be killed!
But one among their number intruded- one among their number told them there was another way, and it was with a brilliant flame that the pokemon 'Victini' floated forward on tiny white-gold wings. Why should they turn away a solution that has walked so easily into their midst? If they, as 'Legendaries' were unable to properly intrude upon what was about to threaten their planet, then why not use the human?
Discussion filled the air- and in the end, Victini's words had done their job. And so the pokemon turned to Otogi, sending a mental wave of power through his being.
'I have spared your life human, even if you will not recall it. But do not forget the reason for which you have sacrificed your life. Your curiosity is not unfounded. He lives, and is in danger. Go now- fulfill what is impossible as human or pokemon, and succeed in what is only possible for both.'
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