(A/N: I can tell I'm going to get a whole lot of "wtf" comments out of this. Why, I don't know, I just happen to like Pikachu a lot, doesn't mean I really like the Pokemon series in general, I did, but that was a while ago. Anyway, the title is based off watching the movie "Marley & Me" and I thought it would be kind of cool having your own pet Pikachu, since he's everyone's favorite. Anyway, hopefully I can pull this off. By the way, I'm doing this alongside my Star Fox story so don't think I'm rushing anything.)

Pikachu & Me

Chapter 1: Seeing Is Believing

When you look at the stars every night, does it ever cross your mind that maybe, possibly there could be life in another world, or maybe in another dimension? Most people don't, they just look at the stars for relaxation, since you can never see a better picture in the sky. I myself am like that. Although I'm not much of an astronomer, I always have that feeling there's something else in the galaxy. Little did I know that that feeling would come true, at least in some sense.

There's an old saying which states, "Truth is in the eyes of the beholder." Well, what I saw that faithful night was nothing far from the truth. I was in my house sleeping. It was summer break so I had no worries about the next morning. Of course, that night we had a pretty bad thunderstorm. I usually was able to sleep pretty well during thunderstorms. Of course, that was until I saw a huge flash of lightning and a even bigger boom of thunder. I looked to the clock on my desk and it read: 4:23 am. I then looked outside my window, making sure nothing got hit. I was about to go back to bed until I saw a figure on the ground on the side of the road. I decided to go check it out since I didn't want to keep thinking about a possible dead cat.

So I got my shoes on and went out in the rain. It was coming down pretty good, but its been worse. When I got to where the animal was, my eyes went wide open. What I saw lying there was no cat. What my eyes seemed to see what looked like a.... Pikachu? I slapped myself across the face a couple of times to make sure I wasn't dreaming. This was real alright, and there was an unconscious Pikachu lying at my feet. Whether I wanted to believe it or not, I had to help it.

I carefully picked it up. It still seemed to be breathing but slowly and shallowly. If I didn't get it inside quick, it was most likely going to die. I took it inside and got some towels to help dry it off. It didn't seem injured at all, at least no visible injuries. I put a hand against its forehead. It didn't seem to have a fever. It may have passed out from exhaustion, or something similar. After that, I took it upstairs and put it in my bed so it could rest. I pulled up a chair next to it and sat there. I made sure to stay by it in case it needed anything. As I sat by, watching it, I could feel myself falling back to sleep and before I knew it, I was out once again.

About four hours later, I woke up. Pikachu was still sleeping, but his breathing seemed more relaxed. I decided before he woke up that I would try to find some food he would like. I went downstairs to where the kitchen and looked into the fridge to see what leftovers. Since Pikachu was a mouse Pokemon, he mostly ate meat and protein-related foods. Luckily, I had some extra ground beef from having tacos yesterday. I took what was left of it, put in a bowl and microwaved it. May not have been fresh but it was better hot than cold. When that was done, I went back upstairs.

I guess Pikachu could smell the food, because slowly he opened his eyes. "Pika?" he said, looking around the room. All of a sudden his eyes shot open and Pikachu was starting to panic.

"Hey, take it easy there, fella," I said suddenly, getting up.

Pikachu looked to me with a confused look. "Pika?" he said. I may not have been able to understand what he was saying but I could tell he was curious who I was.

"It's good to see you're finally awake," I said. "I found you last night unconscious in the rain, so I took you in and took care of you."

Pikachu looked at me for a second. Then it smiled along with a pleasant "Pikachu" as if to say thank you.

"Oh, here I got you some food," I said, putting the bowl of food on the bed, "It's probably not like the food you're used to, but there was nothing else I could find."

"Pika?" he said, looking at the food. He took a sniff of the food and then took a bite. It's eyes bulged out with amazement and laughing it said, "Pika!" before chowing down on the food.

I laughed, watching the yellow mouse in amusement. The fact I was seeing Pikachu with my own eyes seemed impossible. He was based on a drawing, so how could be real? I was probably never going to understand.

After Pikachu was done, I took the bowl off from the bed. "Oops, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Chris," I said as I put out my hand to shake his little paw.

Pikachu looked at it for a second, and soon got the message. "Pika," he said smiling as he took my fingers.

"I have to admit, I would never think in my life I would ever meet a Pikachu," I said looking at him. I then frowned. "Unfortunately, you don't technically exist in this world." Pikachu looked up at me, confused. I felt I had to explain. "You see Pikachu, you're based off an anime show seen on TV. But maybe you do exist after all."

"Chu," Pikachu said sadly, putting his head down.

"But hey, since you're here, we can become good friends," I said, stroking Pikachu's ear, which he liked very much. "But I have to let you know, it's probably best you don't leave the house, especially during the day, because I can't let anyone else see you."

Pikachu nodded, seeming to understand this. He seemed rather anxious to get out of the bed and he seemed fully recovered.

"Well, I better show you around the house then," I said. I then laughed when Pikachu decided to get onto my shoulder. I could see we were going to become best friends rather quickly.

(A/N: So everyone knows, I'm only writing this because Pikachu is one of my favorite cartoon characters and has been since I was about 9. I don't feel bad about writing this so I don't care. Hopefully, I'll reach out to all you Pikachu lovers. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this.)

FoxMcCloud7921