Every Step a New Journey

You step out of the open tent with Ace quickly following, roosting in your hair once more as you stretch and look about the camp. It's dark, the sun seems to have set a while ago, but there's a decent-sized fire crackling in a makeshift firepit. There's a grill over the fire and you can see some sausages being roasted on it. Steve is sitting on top of a log beside the fire, watching the sausages intently. It doesn't even look like he sees you.

Deciding that it'd be best to get this over with and make things the least awkward, you walk over to the log and sit down beside him, looking into the fire yourself. It takes almost a full minute for you to say something to him. "Hey"

Well, so much for not awkward. Thankfully Steve just nods slightly and replies with a "Hey" of his own.

Well, time to actually discuss this like proper adults! "...So..."

Shit, how the fuck do you even talk about this?

"So." Well damn, seems like Steve doesn't know either.

You groan and rest your chin in your palms, not having your eyes leave the fire.

...

Ok, fuck this. You look over at Steve and huff. "Ok, so. Let's take this from the top. What do you remember about what happened?"

He blinks and finally looks at you, before humming softly and scratching the back of his head. "Well... I remember throwing a Pokéball at a Zubat, you batted it away and started yelling, and then... You got caught in the Pokéball? I think? Yo-" He flinches hard as you yell into his face.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU- No, stop it Luna, calm." Breathing deep to collect yourself, you sigh and rub your temples staring back into the fire. "I'm sorry, please continue."

He hesitates for a few moments before clearing his throat. "W-Well... I mean. The ball opened after you hit it, then you got absorbed in a red light and then that light went into the Pokéball, just like how a Pokémon is caught."

Groaning a bit at the news you did not want to hear, you sigh. "And then?"

He gulps and chuckles nervously. "W-Well, your clothes were left on the ground, the Zubat-"

"His name is Ace."

"...Ace, kept screeching at me before it flew off with the ball. I uh, w-well... I kinda have a t-thing of being aroused when I'm stressed out, so I w-went to-"

You put a finger in front of his mouth and give him a glare. "Shut it. Just, shut it. I have zero fucking interest in what your perverted kinks are, I just want to know what the fuck is going on. Got it?"

He gulps and nods, shaking like a leaf and giving a weak salute. "Y-Yes Ma'am!" You do notice that his pants are tenting hard right now but push that thought out of your head because you are still freaking the fuck out. Clearing his throat once again he finishes off his retelling.

"R-Right, well. As I w-was, er, you came around the corner of the cave a-and yelled at me. It was, kinda hot to be honest... U-Uh, anyways you then stormed on out and bolted for the treeline. I followed along and found you slump against a tree, with the Zu-I mean Ace! Ace, draped over your shoulders like a blanket. I then set up camp, put you into the tent, and gathered wood for the fire... Now, we're here."

He blinks a bit before taking a stick and pulling the sausages off the grill. Handing you a metal plate, he makes you both a couple of sausage and cheese on buns. You thank him and smile a little as he digs in, before returning your eyes to the fire. Well, shit. "So, it really did happen..."

He pauses in his eating to look at you with an eyebrow raised. Resigning to the facts, you sigh and nod softly. "Yeah. That lines up with what I remember. After the light thing, all I could see was warm darkness before waking up in this... Room, thing? It seemed like one anyways. Then, I heard you and Ace arguing and I made a door appear. When I went through it, I found myself back into the cave, and well, that's when I saw you jacking off into my panties."

He nods and finishes up his sausages, taking his stick and poking the fire. "R-Right, hmm... Wait, who was arguing???" He looks back at you and tilts his head.

Chuckling softly you nod and pat Ace's head. "Yeah. I guess I can understand him now? Which is, certainly something... Oh, also these things" You tap on your crest and shudder softly at the pleasant sensation.

That gets his attention it seems. "Wait, you can understand and speak to Ace? And the crest... Wait. Wait wait wait..."

Groaning you rest your head in your arms "Yeah... I think I'm a pokémon now? Sort of? I don't know, this is all so confusing..."

He hums softly and scratches the back of his head. "Hm... Hey, lemme see your Dex for a minute?"

You open your mouth to tell him no, you'd rather not deal with that right now, but you find yourself fishing your Pokédex out of your pockets and muttering "Here you go" You hand the Dex over and just, stare at your hand. Did you, did that just happen? What in the fuck just...

"Welcome, Luna. Scanning."

Suddenly you see the scanning light of your Pokédex wash over you, though it weirdly tickled your skin which causes you to squirm softly.

"Scanning Complete. Unregistered Pokémon. Auto-Registry Activated. Calculating... Sample Insufficient. Please Scan 5 More Instances Of New Species."

Well, shit. That pretty much seals the deal. You groan and lean backward, flopping onto the ground behind you, Ace crawling up onto your forehead. "Fucking, great. Just great. I really am a Pokémon now, huh? I totally didn't need to know that for certain, but thanks for confirming it anyways!"

Bitterly you grab one of your sausages and bite into it and. You don't, taste anything. Actually no, as you chew the taste gets blander and blander until it feels like you're chewing on mud. Spitting it out to the side you groan even louder. "Aaaand now I can't eat human food, which is just. Fucking dandy ain't it!"

You can feel your rage building up inside you as your teeth clench and your eyes screw shut, wanting this absolute nightmare to just end already. But then, a small voice brings your train of thought to a screeching halt.

"Is... Is that so bad...?"

Your eyes shoot wide open as you look up at Ace, your heart breaking as his ears droop and his mouth is frowning sadly. Oh shit, you completely forgot... "H-Hey, hey, hey. Ace I never meant it like that. I'm so sorry little buddy..."

You pick up your little partner and hold him gently to your chest, his wings hugging your breasts tightly as he shakes and starts crying into your embrace. "I-I don't w-wanna lose you too Big Sis! Please say you'll always b-be with me, promise m-me Sis... Please..."

You blink a few times at his outburst but soften up into a tired smile, petting him slowly and comfortingly. "Hey now, don't worry... I promise Ace, I'll always be with you, ok?" You decide to ask him about the 'Lose you too' part later.

He sniffles a little and looks back up at you and holy fuck you can totally imagine him giving you teary puppy dog eyes and it's too fucking cute. "R-Really..? You, you mean it?"

Giggling softly you nod "Mhm. You're stuck with me now. Foreverrrrr~" You grin maliciously and start tickling him, causing him to sputter into laughter.

You grin as you tickle the little guy into submission before a glint catches your eye. You stop tickling Ace and look back to Steve, frowning softly as he rolls a Pokéball in his hand. Your Pokéball, though you can't figure out how you know that. Sitting up and putting Ace back onto your head, you sigh and look at Steve. "Well. Guess that's my Ball, huh?"

He blinks a bit and nods "Y-Yeah, how'd you... Right, part Pokémon now... Hey, so. I have an idea, and you're not going to like it."

Oh great, here we go. You sigh and deadpan at him "Dude, I'm open for just about anything right now. What are you thinking?"

He sheepishly rubs the back of his head "Uh, well... Maybe we should go talk to Rowan about all of this?"