One sought to tie up unfinished business. One sought to enbark on the Gym challenge. Chance brought the two together, and now the journey is theirs to make.

Some lives are not particularly exciting, Pietro knew that better than most. And yet, when a chance event took him to the Pokémon world - a world he fondly remembered from his childhood - and gave him the opportunity to live fantasies he'd long since resigned to leave behind, what else was he supposed to do but take it?

For years, the Ashen Demon knew only the life of a mercenary, always convinced that'd be all he'd ever be. Unfortunately, the sudden awakening of the woman inside his head and a chance encounter with three special teens would soon change that in ways he'd never imagined.

What's the worst that can happen when you go buy groceries? Here's what: getting kidnapped by a Pokémon of all things and sent to its world with no money or idea of what to do. So what's the only thing to do when Pokémon battles are all you know of this world?