The lights were bright, shining down on the stage while the sound of cheering fans could be heard around the big hall. On the stage you could see a young man in his early twenties striking a pose that he copied from one of his favorite anime characters, Leon from Pokemon.
He was heaving for breath while smiling after yet another concert while smiling. This young man was Nathan Breeze, an international singer that sold more than fifty million albums across the world during the last three years while being in the spotlight.
While standing there and preparing for his final number for the evening, a booming sound like thunder was heard causing everyone to quiet down thinking it was the start of a new song, but soon realized what happened as Nathan dropped face first onto the stage while his blood started to form a pool under him. Nathans last thoughts before his vision faded was:
"I guess this wasnt such a champion time, eh Leon?" He soon took his last breath while the hole in his chest continued to leak blood onto the floor.
Everyone started to panic while trying to escape the hall. However, there was one man among them wearing a black hoodie and grey jeans that had a big grin on his face as he followed everyone outside, only to never be found again.
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Nathan gasped for breath as he shot up from his position on the floor. He sat there trying to catch his breath and calming down. After a while he finally managed to calm himself enough to start thinking.
"What happened? Where am I? I thought I died back there." He kept asking himself as he finally took a look around the room he was in.
The room was spacious. There were multiple book cases up against the walls on both sides on the room. There were two couches located in the middle of the room facing eachother on each side of a coffee table. Finally, at the end of the room stood a wooden desk in front of an office chair and two windows with a view over the ocean. But what caught Nathans attention was the older looking man that sat behind the desk while writing on a bunch of documents. He decided to speak, but was cut off before he managed to utter a word.
"Nathan Breeze. Age: 23. Mother: Amelia Breeze. Father Jason Breeze. Profession: Musician/entertainer. Hair: Brown with auburn roots. Eyes: Green. Cause of death: Shot to death during performance approximately ten years before due date by a man who was left by his lover because he kept talking bad about her favorite singer aka. Nathan Breeze."
Nathan felt a chill go down his spine as he heard this, and finally managed to speak up.
"Excuse me, but whats going on? Where am I?"
"You are currently in the world between life and death. This is the place where we judge souls before we send them on their way to their next lives."
"So Im dead, and this is basically to see if I qualify to reincarnate?"
"Oh no no no, we dont do the whole reincarnation stuff here. We transmigrate those we deem worthy into bodies created for this exact purpose. Dont want any super evil genius babies running around, now do we?"
"You got a point there." Nathan agreed.
"Exactly. Now, back to the topic at hand." Nathan tensed hearing this.
"Oh calm down will you? It isnt anything dangerous, your file is actually one of the better ones I have seen in a while. Songs that have helped with depression, donated to charities and orphanages, helped the typical old lady across the street, and the list goes on and on."
Nathan relaxed again after hearing this and let out a shaky breath that he didnt even notice he held for the past couple of minutes.
"So what comes next?"
"Well typically I would just send you off into one of the many worlds that exists after wiping your memory of everything except that world, but seeing that you died before your time and all the good stuff you have done, I guess I can do one of the famous `YOU HAVE DIED, YOU HAVE THREE WISHES´ scenarios. Seriously though, three wishes but the world and your looks are randomized completely. I mean, you could end up in that anime Naruto while looking like Abraham Lincoln."
That shocked Nathan greatly. Anime worlds exists? He hoped he got something like Naruto or One piece.
"Then can we find out what world I get so that I can choose my wishes accordingly?"
"Sure thing. Normally people dont realize this fact that they could ask before wishing, so they end up with useless items and abilities." Hearing this, Nathan sighed in relief that he was able to avoid wasting his wishes on something useless even though he already knows at least one wish that is useful in almost any world.
The man turned to one of the walls while indicating that Nathan should pay attention as well. The wall started to shift as an electronic screen was revealed.
"You know about those roulettes right? Well, this works on the same principle. The computer will generate about fifty different worlds such as an alternate earth thats pretty much the same as the one you came from and tv shows and anime worlds. Any world is a possibility."
"I see.... Im ready, i guess."
"Well then, start the spin." He said as he pressed a button on his desk.
The screen showed a wheel with multiple shows that Nathan know of, as well as many that he had only heard of. After pressing the button, the wheel disappeared and the names just started to be shown on the screen for a split second before going to the next. This continued for a while before the screen finally landed on a world that Nathan was very familiar with. After all, he played all the games and watched the entire show from when he was a kid until his death.
The screen showed a single word: POKEMON.
Nathan sighed out loud. He was relieved that he knew the world, but he still wanted some info.
"Sigh.... at least I know the world, but I wanna ask if Im able to get some relative info from you."
"Hmmm, yeah you can ask, but dont expect an answer to everything you ask."
"First off, when in the timeline will I be sent there and where?"
"Easy, you will be sent to route 1 about two years before Ash turns ten and would set off on his journey."
"Thanks. Next question is if I will get a starter pack with my own pokemon or how will this work?"
"Yes, you will get a starter pack from me that includes some essentials as well as three pokemon that you can select later."
"Final question is if there is any significant changes to the world from what I know."
"There are some changes, but youll find that out later. Though a tip from me, be careful in the wild as pokemon are more wild than you know them as."
"Thanks, I got what I needed. So for my wishes."
"Yes, but be careful with what you wish for since once they are uttered, there are no re-doing them."
"Got it. First off, I want the cooking skills as well as the recipees of Jōichirō Yukihira that are made with the ingredients from the pokemon world."
"Interesting. Its accepted."
"Next up, I want a backpack that can summon any instrument that I want."
"Accepted. Final wish."
"I want to have the research materials and knowledge of the different pokemon studies that havent been released yet as well as being the first one to have the research papers."
"A hard one, but doable. Thats all the wishes that you get, next up is the pokemon that you can choose from me. You can choose from every pokemon there is except for legendary pokemon, mythical are still accepted."
Another panel opened at a wall with a pc like those from the games after he said that. He ushered Nathan to walk to it and he complied. As he arrived in front of it, he could see a search bar that said `Pokemon search bar. Select your three starters as well as the type of pokeball they will inhabit.´
After reading this, he first searched for one of his favorite pokemon ever, however, he could not choose it, but he could choose its baby evolution. Next he searched for another of his favorites that is considered a mythical, luckily he could get it. And finally came the third member of his starter team, the one that was gonna become his teams tank.
"Hmm, good choices. Well thats all you get from me. Good luck in your new life, and make sure to live it to the fullest. Oh and remember that you will have a new appearence, so dont freak out when you arrive."
"Wait wha-" Before he could ask what he meant, he was enveloped in a bright light and vanished from his spot in the room, only leaving the older man in the room that just turned back to his desk where more documents had appeared magically causing his eyes to twitch.
"Sigh..... SCREW YOU WHOEVER IS SENDING THIS DAMN PAPERWOOOOORRRRKKKK!"