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How to Pokemon Go

By CalexTheNeko

"Come on! Hurry up already!" Calex bounced up and down as the small orange kitten dragged on Kickaha's cloak with one paw trying to urge him on. In the other paw he had a cell phone that seemed far too large for his little kitten paws.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Kickaha was indeed coming, but was deliberately going as slow as possible. It wasn't that the green-cloak-clad foxyote wasn't eager to see what the kitten wanted to show him... It was simply that it was fun to annoy the little guy! "I'm moving as fast as I can."

"That's a lie!" Calex stamped one paw in the park grass and stared at Kickaha. "You moved a lot faster that time with the dog catcher."

"That was a whole week ago!" Kickaha shrugged. "Things have changed. I'm older now, and I can't move as-" Kickaha paused as he saw Calex running off. "And don't!"

"But... but..." Calex stopped mid-stride as he was about to run off. "I can fix the whole old thing!"

"Didn't you have something important to show me? Something cool and interesting! That is the rage with all the kids?" Kickaha grinned cheekily.

"I don't know if I'd put it quite like that..." Calex's ears flattened slightly. "But you know you might enjoy it a bit better if you were just a tad younger."

"Indeed you might be right!" Kickaha's tail wagged.

"Wait really?" Calex tilted his head in complete confusion. The foxyote suddenly agreeing with him caught him completely off guard.

"In fact, if I was younger, I'd probably know all about whatever you wanted to show me!" Kickaha continued, his tail twitching with mischief. "So you wouldn't even have to explain it."

"Ah!" As realization hit Calex, Kickaha could see the gears turning inside the kitten's head. Two separate mischievous impulses were beating against each other in his mind as the kitten tried to figure out which one was more important to him at the moment. In the end... Calex decided to go for the rarer and less mundane plan. That is to say, the one that didn't use magic. "Fine! Then! Just come on! It's going to get away!" Calex looked down at his cell phone and then across the park before taking off.

"I'll get there eventually!" Kickaha replied. He did however pick up the pace, if only to avoid being left behind. Besides, he did want to see what had the little guy so excited today. When he agreed to watch the kitten today, he had imagined a peaceful (for a certain definition of peaceful) day at home in his burrow playing board games. But Calex had begged him to take him to the park. Kept insisting that he saw 'it' on his radar! And he couldn't believe it! Kickaha honestly didn't know the little guy had a radar... Though he supposed that could have been metaphorical. Then again... The way he was dragging that cell phone around and glancing at it... Maybe not.

"It's by the gym!" Calex shouted. "The one by the fountain!"

"Gym?" Kickaha looked up and around examining the park. It was a fairly simple design. A sidewalk that looped around a lake, scattered trees and shrubbery, and a large fountain near a small viewing area next to the lake. There wasn't anything resembling a gym anywhere in sight. The park didn't even have any of those workout stations or even a playground. "I'm not really seeing anything..."

"It's right here!" The kitten pointed at a park bench next to the lake.

"Calex... That's a bench." Kickaha replied flatly.

"Yeah the bench is the gym!" Calex nodded eagerly and began to tap furiously at his cell phone. "And it's still here! I was worried it'd be gone by the time we got here!"

"... Are you feeling alright?" Kickaha knew the kitten was prone to flights of fancy. Seeing how those fancies intersected the real world was part of why the foxyote kept hanging out with him. This time though... Nothing seemed to be happening. He leaned over the kitten's shoulder to get a view at what he was looking at on his cell phone.

On the phone screen were a bunch of cartoon graphics. There was what appeared to be a large round cat-thing in the middle of the screen. Calex was spinning a red and white ball around on the screen and then flinging it at the cat thing. He had a look of intense focus on his face as the cartoon character kept getting sucked into the ball then popping back out.

"So we're just here to play a game?" Kickaha sighed in disappointment. It wasn't that surprising... Calex was chaotic! But he was still a kid. He was prone to get swept up in certain trends. But as urgent as the kitten had made it seem... He had thought it was at least something important... Or at the very least something less boring!

"Mmmmmm." Calex made agitated noises as he continued to play his game. After several attempts his entire body went stiff as his eyes focused on the screen. Then he began to jump up and down. "I did it! I finally caught a snorlax! Everyone else has had one for over a year! But I finally got one!"

"A snorlax?" Kickaha tilted his head acting confused.

"Yeah in Pokemon Go!" Calex responded as he held up his phone for the foxyote to see. It showed the monster he had been throwing balls at now captured. "See! Haven't you played it before?"

"Well maybe I've heard of it before..." Kickaha muttered. That wasn't entirely untrue. He had in fact looked into playing it in the past but well... Kickaha and cell phones didn't get along. He didn't get along with most fancy technology actually. That was part of why he lived in a burrow in the woods. It wasn't that he didn't trust science... It was just... Kickaha was by his nature a magical creature. And when science and magic met... Weird things happened! And that was all in good fun most of the time! But sometimes you just wanted to make dinner without your microwave turning into a dragon and flying out the window. He really should have gotten the extended warranty on that thing. On the bright side, microwave-sized dragons can heat food and warm your burrow, all for just the cost of a small pile of gold coins and gems to hoard. Sadly, he couldn't keep it. It turned out that his insurance didn't cover dragon related incidents.

"Come on!" Calex forced his phone into Kickaha's paws. "You can try on my game! Look to see if you can catch anything nearby."

"Well I don't know Calex..." Kickaha said in a voice of mock confusion. Honestly if the kitten didn't catch on it was his own fault. "I don't know what this strange Pokemanz thing is you're into."

"But... But..." Calex stared at Kickaha in confusion. "You... You literally spent half of January as a raichu."

"Oh yeah, that was for a friend!" Kickaha nodded. "I think Raichu is from one of those animes that you kids love so much. What was it called... Ah right... Digimon!"

"You're kidding... Right?" Calex's fur bristled.

"Was that not it?" Kickaha tapped his paw with a muzzle. "Then it must have been another show. Was really popular in the 90's... Main character wasn't the brightest if I recall correctly. But he had a habit of making friends with various monsters as the series went on."

"Yeah that's the one!" Calex nodded.

"Right! Monster Rancher!" Kickaha beamed.

"WHAT!?" Calex fell over backwards.

"Still not it?" Kickaha mused. "Hmmmm... well, you know there were a lot of them around that time! And you know your memory is the first thing to go as you get older! You'll have to forgive me for getting them mixed up... If it wasn't either of those then it can only be one thing... Ah right! This was the one... Where the hero had to transport the monsters in those small round things!"

"I swear if you say the wrong one again..." Calex muttered from where he was laying on the ground.

"Okay fiiiiiiiine." Kickaha patted the kitten on the head. "I was just being difficult to mess with you. I know what you're talking about. I just never really watched much of Flint the Time Detective."

"... What?" Calex stared up at Kickaha who just beamed down at him. They stared in silence for a solid five seconds and then.

"YEOOOOWCH!" Kickaha let out a yelp as Calex leaped to his feet and kicked the foxyote in the shin. He hadn't actually done it hard... But it smarted! "Okay... I admit I brought that on myself."

"Why all this?" Calex asked. "You already know what pokemon is! I mean... I already told you the game is Pokemon Go! Then you already made fun of me by mispronouncing it! So... Why would you even start pretending not to know what it is?"

"Huh. So you did tell me..." Kickaha mused. "Well! Remember what I said about memory?"

"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!" The kitten tugged on his own ears in frustration. Kickaha liked to think he was doing karma's work annoying the werekitten like this.

"Alright then, why don't you tell me how to play." Kickaha decided it was time to move on. The joke had run its course... And any longer and he was in danger of the kitten seeking actual retribution.

"Right that... Just..." Calex growled briefly, then quickly began to lick his paw and press down his fur so it was no longer bristled. "Just... Walk around in the real world and keep an eye on the game. And then when a pokemon pops up, tap on it to try and catch it."

"Wait you want me to walk around while staring at the game?" Kickaha recoiled. "That's dangerous! What if I walk into the lake not watching where I'm going!"

"You don't just stare at the game!" Calex explained. "Just like... Glance at it every now and then!"

"But you told me to keep an eye on it." Kickaha wagged his tail.

"You know what I meant!" Calex's tail fur bristled up at this. "Besides! You don't have to actually look! The phone will vibrate when a pokemon pops up!"

"Alright, alright, you don't have to get so excited!" Kickaha shrugged. "I'm playing, I'm playing." Kickaha started to walk along the park trail. After a few seconds he belt the phone buzz. He looked down... And sure enough one of the cartoon animals had appeared on the phone. He tapped on it.

"Now what?" He asked.

"Well now it takes you to the capture screen!" Calex explained. "It uses the camera so you can see the pokemon in the actual real world! You can aim by moving the phone around too!"

"Uh huh... I see..." Kickaha replied. He casually moved the phone so that the camera was pointing directly at Calex. "Now what do I do?"

"You just fling a pokeball at the pokemon to catch it!" Calex explained. "It's that easy."

"Fling it?" Kickaha looked at the phone. He shrugged. It wasn't his... So he might as well follow directions. He swung back his arm as he prepared to throw the phone at the imaginary monster.

"DON'T YOU DARE!" Calex roared.

"It was a joke!" Kickaha froze, nearly dropping the phone as he did. "I wasn't really going to throw it!"

"Uh huh..." Calex clearly didn't believe the foxyote... And while Kickaha would agree that was a wise policy in general... This time he really had just been joking.

"Look, I get what you mean! I was really kidding!" Kickaha waved his hand dismissively. "Alright, I'll be serious! If only to make sure you don't explode. I just fling the ball by moving it across the screen with my finger right."

"Yes... That is correct." It was clear Calex was at the end of his patience.

"Alright, alright, relax, I'm doing it." Kickaha slowly pressed his finger down on the phone. As he did that, a barely noticeable spark of green energy erupted from his fingertip and went into the phone. Meanwhile he continued to hold the device so that the camera was pointing at Calex as he flung the pokeball in game at the monster. The ball flew across the screen and struck the monster on the nose. "I think I got it!"

"Good!" Calex responded. "Now you ca-" He suddenly paused and threw his paws over his nose. "OW! Something just booped me!" He then paused and stared at his nose as his muzzle suddenly grew longer. "What?" As the kitten stared at his nose he sprouted a second tail... And then a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth! All of his tails grew in longer fur than what he normally had, as they shrunk in length slightly and spread out behind him in a fan-like pattern. The soon to be former kitten wobbled back and forth on his hind legs before falling down onto all fours. His body was already adapted for walking on four legs... But his legs lost some flexibility leaving him unable to continue walking on two legs. The hair on top of his head grew thicker and fluffier, forming a small and thick main atop his head. He had transformed into a small six tailed fox-like creature.

"Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd!" Kickaha dropped the cell phone and dove across the park and swept Calex up off the ground. "I caught it!" He held the new vulpix up in the air. "Hey that was pretty fun."

"Vul... Vul..." Calex blinked in confusion as he looked around. "Vulpix?"

"Ah come on! Don't act so sullen!" Kickaha sat the vulpix on the ground and patted it on the head. "As if you don't enjoy these kinds of things! And wouldn't do it to me given the chance."

"Vulpix!" Calex turned his head, refusing to meet Kickaha's eyes.

"Look! Isn't being a pokemon a lot more fun than just playing a game about them?" Kickaha scratched Calex behind the ears. "I bet we can find you some other pokemon to battle..."

"Vullll..." Calex considered this for a few moments. Then he stood up and wagged his tails happily. "Vulpix vul!"

"I knew you'd come around!" Kickaha grinned. "And I enchanted your phone! Just point the camera at someone while catching a pokemon! And bam! They'll be a pokemon just like you... Surely you can come up with a few people you'd like to try that out on!"

"Vulpix vul!" Calex jumped and down excitedly. It would seem with this promise of future mischief Kickaha had achieved Calex's cooperation! This was for the best. When you turn a friend into a fire-breathing monster it's always a pretty good idea to leave them in a good mood.

"Now where'd I drop the cell phone while I was catching you?" Kickaha muttered as he spun around. He began to glance around trying to see where the phone had fallen.

"Vulpix vul!" Calex's eyes widened as he ran past Kickaha and began to look for his lost phone. Then after a few seconds... He began to release a low growl. "Vuuuuuul."

"Hmmm?" Kickaha felt the fur stand up on the back of his neck. Suddenly he felt a strange sense of foreboding. His eyes slowly moved to the vulpix... And then to the item the vulpix had found on the ground. Calex had found his phone. It was currently sitting in two pieces where it had landed atop a rock.

"Oh..." Kickaha's ears flatted and his tail drooped. "That's very unfortunate..."

"Vulpix vul! Vulpix!" Calex barked angrily as he nosed at the cell phone. "VULPIX!"

"Okay! I got a little excited and dropped the phone while we were playing!" Kickaha pleaded with the vulpix. "But it was just an accident! And there's no reason to be upset about an accident! Especially one that's so easy to fix, right?"

"Vul?" This statement gave Calex pause.

"Right! I can fix it!" Kickaha quickly snatched up the two cell phone pieces from in front of Calex. "I mean! Don't forget... I am magic! And if there's one thing we both know! It's that magic and technology always go well together! Look! I'll just cast one quick spell! And everything will be normal again!"

"Vulllll..." Calex whined and his ears flattened. He didn't quite seem so sure of this.

"I assure you it'll be fine!" Kickaha replied. "I mean! A phone is just circuits and electricity right? So I'll just use magic to weld it back together and get power flowing through it again!" Visible green parks began to crackle from the tips of Kickaha's fingers as he quickly tried to mend the phone.

The two phone pieces slowly began to fuse back together. The cracks in the screen began to mend. And for a brief moment the phone looked complete.

And then it exploded.

"VULPIX!" Calex leaped back a full foot backwards as smoke erupted from the remains of the phone. He stared at the smoke trying to peer through it and see what had become of Kickaha. But as the smoke cleared out the foxyote was gone! His green cloak lay on the ground by itself... Completely discarded. "Vulpix!"

"Ra..." And then a small lump began to move around beneath the green cloak. It scurried about quickly before coming out from underneath it. The lump turned out to be a large rat-shaped figure with very pronounced whiskers, a large set of buck teeth, and Kickaha's rust colored fur. "Rattata ra ra..." The rattata that was presumably Kickaha looked sheepish. He sat up on his hind legs and rubbed the back of his head with a forepaw. "Ratta ra."

"Vulpix!" Calex stamped his paws. He then looked around trying to find out where his cell phone had gone in the mess.

"Rattata ra! Tatta ra ra!" Kickaha tried to calm the vulpix down. It almost worked... And then chips and wires that were all that remained of the phone began to rain from the sky. "Raaaaaaat..."

"Vulllll." Calex growled, and small sparks of fire began to escape from the edges of his mouth.

"Rattata ra ra ttata ra ra!" Kickaha gestured at his forearm where his wrist would be if he still had hands. Then he broke into a full sprint as he ran away from the vulpix on all fours.

"VULPIX VUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL!" Calex gave chase, firing small balls of fire after the fleeing rat.

If nothing else... He had gotten that promised battle.

The End