So It Started In A Cave

After an adventure gone wrong, Harry, Hermione, and Ron have gone their separate ways. Despite years of friendship and relying on each other to survive, sometimes things just can’t stay the same. Hermione rationalizes what happened, Ron pretends it didn’t happen, and Harry blames himself for the whole ordeal.There’s something he has to do, but he can’t put his finger on just what that is. Hermione and Ron have seemingly moved on, and while Harry is happy for them he’s also jealous. He can’t let that day go. In an attempt to regain some of the wonder he had for the world, Harry sets off on a new journey through Kanto.He’s on his own for the first time, and it goes great until it doesn’t. Suddenly he’s forced to confront the very thing that’s been causing him nightmares. With a mysterious, handsome not-stranger (anymore) watching from the shadows (seriously, he likes materializing from the shadows, it’s kind of creepy) and armed with a new-found determination to keep a promise to a dead Kangaskhan, Harry returns to the light ready to kick some Team Rocket ass and maybe snag himself a boyfriend. If he could just manage to stop arguing and embarrassing himself in front of the man.

I've wanted to write a Pokemon AU for so so so long, and I finally have. I hope you can forgive the somewhat repetitive descriptions of the cave in this first chapter, there's only so many ways I know how to describe walking through a tunnel.I hope you enjoy!