A small side project I thought up. Seeing Leaf/Green whatever you wanna call her didn't exist in Gen I, I felt this story could be used to give Professor Oak's Bulbasaur a trainer. Since we all know that Red and Blue probably picked Charmander and Squirtle for their starters. And after seeing some Sprite animations featuring the Bulbasaur that turned out bad for it, I decided to give it a home(sort of) in this fic.

If you're reading my Ed Edd N Eddy crossover, Rainbow Rocket Ed-scendant, this story will be a bit closer to the games.

As this takes place according to Gen I, All Pokemon that became Fairy-Type In Gen VI have that type nullified. I'm also keeping their learnset true to Gen I. I may delve into some later Gen content VERY LATE IN if at all. First of all, the Pokémon WILL be have genders, and will have their gender-based characteristics.

I know a lot of you are probably sick of Gen I based content, but I never tire of any Pokémon content. So sorry in advance.

I don't own Pokémon, it belongs to Nintendo/Gamefreak/The Pokémon Company.

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Dim sunlight flickers through a closed window. In the bed, a boy of about eleven years sleeps soundly, until a knock at the door rouses him.

"Teal!" A woman's voice calls. "Teal, wake up! Today's the day!"

The kid mutters in his sleep, until finally waking up. He goes to the door, wearing blue pajamas. He opens the door, seeing his mother, a woman of about 32, wearing a floral pattern blouse, with blond ponytail hair and pink eyes.

Light fills the room as he turns the switch on, revealing himself to have light brown hair and green eyes. "Mom, it's too early...what is it?"

"You don't remember, silly? Professor Oak says he's finally finished that project of his."

"Ohh right. I overheard that blowhard Blue talking about it around town." The boy named Teal said. "That machine his grandpa's been working on. So, he's finally finished it?"

"Well, I wouldn't exactly say 'finished.'" Another voice added from behind his mother. Teal looked behind her as his jaw gaped.

There stood Blue, with his own brown hair, jutting up in messy spikes. He wore a blue shirt and matching pants.

"Mornin', Arteu." The grandson of Professor Oak said with a passive wave. "What I was sayin' was, it's done, but not finished. But then again, I guess that's my own fault. Y'know.

"-For being such a 'blowhard.'" Blue continued with a smirk.

"Mom, what is he doing here?" Teal asked.

"You've been lazing about the house a lot lately. It's not good for you. So I asked Blue to come pick you up for a fun visit to the professor's office."

"Mooooooom-!" The boy groaned.

"Ahh, don't be that way, Arteu!" Blue said, walking over and patting him on the back. "Besides, I promise it'll be fun.

"For me anyway."

"Ohhh joy." Teal muttered.

"Now you boys behave yourselves, and don't get hurt, okay!" Teal's mother called, seeing them out of the door before closing it loudly.

Blue and Teal both sat in chairs in Professor Oak's laboratory, waiting for him to arrive. Within about fifteen minutes, the almost grey-haired man walked in with a familiar face. Red walked quitely behind him, as was the norm.

"Ahh, Blue! Hello, grandson. What brings you by?" Oak asked.

"Cut the funny business, gramps, you know why I'm here." Blue chuckled. "You did call me up here after all."

"Oh right. I did. And I see you've brought a friend by. And your name is-?"

"Teal." The boy behind Blue replied. "But everyone calls me Arteu." He turned to Red. "Hey Red. What's new?"

The black haired boy wearing red fashions glanced over at him and nodded silently with an expressionless gaze. Teal knew as much. Whenever Red did speak, it was usually only one sentence at a time.

"Ah. You're Violet's child, I remember." Oak said with a scratch of his chin. "Sweet...sweet Violet…" He seemed to stare into space as the three boys looked at him oddly. The professor shook his head, coming back to reality. "Well. Since I saw Red try and walk into the tall grass by himself, and because I already called Blue over here, let's start with the proceedings." Oak gestured over to three red and white balls over on a table.

"Within these three balls are Pokemon. I was planning to give Blue his own Pokemon today, and since there are three of you, I'll give you one apiece."

He flipped a label around on the table, with a name and image corresponding to each ball. "You have the choice of the plant Pokemon, Bulbasaur, the fire Pokemon, Charmander, or the water Pokemon Squirtle."

Teal's eyes widened. He had never given the prospect of becoming a Pokemon Trainer any thought, but having a pet at the very least seemed promising.

He looked to the ball which the label described as containing Charmander, a small bipedal lizard with a tail lit aflame. 'That would be nice.' He thought.

"I'll give you the first choice, Red." Oak continued.

Blue stamped his foot. "What? Gramps, how come you're giving the first pick to-"

"Patience, Blue, I'll let you pick next." Oak said.

Immediately, Red waltzed over and picked up Charmander. "I'll pick this one." He said in a quite voice before examining the smooth, shiny surface of the Ball with a smile.

Teal grimaced. 'That's fine...Squirtle's good too.'

"Then naturally, I'll pick the one that'll have an advantage." Blue said as he marched up and swiped the Squirtle's ball.

"Crap." Teal said aloud before covering his mouth.

"What was that, young man?" Oak asked, turning to him.

"I said uh...Snap! That's a good choice, Blue!" He feigned.

Blue smirked. "What else could you expect from a genius like me?" He picked up Bulbasaur's ball as well. "Catch!" He gave it a light toss. Teal, not being a good catch fumbled the Poke Ball in his hand for a minute before it popped open in a bluish flash of light. "Woah!"

Teal shook his head as he lie on the floor. He looked down to his chest to see the bluish-green quadriped, with a bulb on it's back. It opened it's cute red and white eyes to look on it's new trainer.

"Saur! Bul-ba-saur!" It vocalized.

Teal couldn't help but smile as he patted it on the head. "Hey there, little dude. Guess I'm your new trainer."

"Bulba!" The Seed Pokemon said, nuzzling his face.

"Aww, well isn't that cute?" Blue mocked him from the side before turning to Red. "So whaddya say Red, you wanna give our new Pokemon a test run?"

Red looked his way with fire in his eyes.

"Oh for Pete's sake, Blue, in my lab?" Oak asked.

"Wait, you guys just got them now and you're gonna battle?" Teal asked.

"Why not?" Blue asked in return.

The battle started quite quickly. Red sent out his Charmander to challenge Blue's Squirtle. The Lizard Pokemon got the head start, being slightly faster and delivering a Scratch. Squirtle returned the favor with a Tackle. Charmander used Growl to lower Squirtle's Attack, but the latter managed to get another Tackle in edgewise.

Teal yawned as he sat with his Bulbasaur, who watched the battle intently.

After a few more Scratches, with a Tail Whip and a few Tackles inbetween, Blue's Squirtle finally fell out, unable to battle anymore.

Red and his Charmander high-fived before Oak personally healed both Pokemon with medicine.

"A good first match you two." Oak said. "Teal, were you paying attention?"

"Hmm?" The boy raised his eyebrow. "Oh-oh, yeah." He fibbed. He had little to zero aspirations of being a Pokemon Trainer, so he felt that it wasn't so important that he watch.

"Bul-saur!" Bulbasaur hopped out of his lap happily and started prancing around, making tackling motions.

"Well, I'd say it almost looks like Bulbasaur wants to battle now too." The professor chuckled.

"As fun as this all sounds, I'm afriaid I gotta bail. Sorry." Teal said. "Mom'll worry if I stay out too long-"

"Actually, I talked things over with your mom." Blue interjected.

"W...what?"

Without warning, Violet entered the lab. "Hello there, professor! I just came by to see my darling boy off!~"

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Teal asked.

"Oh, Blue didn't tell you? He volunteered you for Professor Oak's Pokedex project!"

"Pokedex project?" Teal recognized the Pokedex from Blue's words with his friends.

"Yes." Oak said, turning around, and strolling to the side. "To make a guide of all the Pokemon in the world. That was my dream!" He turned back around. "But since I'm too old, I've decided to foist the task off on some neighborhood kids."

"Woooow." The shut-in boy intoned sarcastically. 'Sure seems like a lot of work though. Can't he just have some assistants do it?'

"I'll do it. Besides, this'll help me get stronger as a trainer!" Blue affirmed.

"Sounds fun. I'll see what I can do as well." Red added.

'Oh wow. TWO big whopping sentences.' Teal thought as he turned to his mother, who silently smiled his way. In spite of her sweetness, she was rather demanding of him, especially as of late. It almost seemed like she wanted him out of the house.

"Fine, whatever." He said aloud.

"Great!" Professor Oak, handing them each a red booklet-like device. "These are the Pokedexes. They'll instantly record data on Pokemon you've seen, but to get complete data, you have to capture them."

"Well then, I'll smell ya later Gramps!" Blue waved as he accepted the device and went about his way. "Sorry to say it, Red, but your help won't be needed!"

Red turned and left after Blue did, tipping his cap to Teal as he walked by.

Oak turned to face Teal, who seemingly was rather lost on what he should do. Finally, he decided to break the tension. "Do you need to know how to catch a Pokemon?"

"Whatever, I guess." Teal shrugged.

As they left, Violet made air kisses at the professor with him winking back at her behind Teal's back.

Within moments, the two of them made their way to Route 1.

"First things first." Samuel said as he dusted his coat off and produced a Poke Ball. "In order to catch a Pokemon, you have to have an empty Poke Ball."

"Okay." Teal hummed.

"Pokemon are found in tall grass, inside caves, or in the water, etcetera, etcetera. You simply walk in, woah!" Oak gasped as he walked into the tall grass and was seemingly dragged down. The boy made note of the loud, scary growling sounds. "Ahh! Ahh! Ohh, that's a big one! It's a fighter! It's a fighter, boy!" The scientist screamed as something seemingly attacked HIM.

After minutes of wrestling with whatever it was, a flash of red light came from inside as the Poke Ball he held rolled out and shook three times before making a loud pinging sound. Professor Oak walked out of the grass, covered in bloody scratches, and his coat and pants torn in several places, before picking the sphere up.

"Side note...Hah...haaa...Haa…." He panted. "It's always a good idea...hahhh...to have your own Pokemon battle for you. You get all that?"

Teal shivered like a leaf, terrified of the event, until Oak patted him on the head. "You'll be just fine, kid." He chuckled as he walked off. The boy nervously headed into the grass himself as Oak left with a holler of "Ohhh, Violet?~"

Within moments of walking, he heard some shuffling and pulled out his Bulbasaur's Poke Ball.

He cleared some grass with his hand to see a small yellow and brown bird.

"Oh heeeyy...It's a Pidgey!" Teal mused to himself. The bird turned to face him, backing up warily. "Well, best get it over with." He threw Bulbasaur's Ball, and the Seed Pokemon appeared with a cry of it's name.

"Bulbasaur, use Tackle!" He shouted.

"Bul-ba!" Bulbasaur bellowed as he rammed his side into Pidgey. Pidgey crowed angrily, flapping his wings and sending him back by Teal with a Gust.

Teal waved his arm. "Get him again!" Bulbasaur landed anotther Tackle, knocking the Pidgey off it's feet. The bird Pokemon chirped annoyedly as it managed to flutter back up and push Bulbasaur back with wind a second time. "And one more Tackle should do it!"

"Zore!" Bulbasaur tackled Pidgey one last time and the bird collapsed. He reached into his pocket, looking for something, but realized it was empty.

"Oh man! The old man didn't give me any Poke Balls!" He looked up to see the Pidgey had regained consciousness and fled. "Catch 'em all? With that!?"

"Bulba…" Bulbasaur saw his trainer's disappointment and nudged his leg with his head.

Teal looked down at him, before smiling. "Ahh, don't worry. I'm sure there'll be more Pidgey."

"Sore!" The Grass-Type said happily before being recalled.

The boy checked his Pokedex and true to Oak's word, it had recorded Pidgey's image, but no further data. "Guess I really need to see if the store up ahead in Viridian has any Poke Balls to spare."

He walked along the trail set before him, but not before getting into a scrap with another Pidgey and Rattata. His Bulbasaur made short work of them, but wasn't unscathed, feeling a little winded from three consecutive battles.

Within two hours, Teal reached Viridian City, and saw the red-roofed Pokemon Center. Knowing from stories of mother told him about her own journey, he knew that they could heal his Pokemon.

He went inside, where he was greeted by a buxom nurse, wearing a pink uniform, with curly raven hair.

"Hello, and welcome to the Pokemon Center! We restore your Pokemon to perfect health. Would you like to heal your Pokemon?"

"Yes, please." Teal said, setting his Bulbasaur's Ball on the table. She accepted it, and set it inside the machine behind her, turning a crank, and causing the Ball to light up.

A melody played from the machine before the light died down. The nurse handed the Ball back to him. "Thank you for waiting. Your Pokemon is fighting fit!" She bowed as he took it and put it back on his belt. "We hope to see you again!"

"You too! By the way, do you know where I can find the Poke Mart?" He asked.

"It's just down the block. Turn left and make another one when you reach the house beside the building. You can't miss it."

"Thank you!" Teal said as he left, entering the street and doing as directed. He went inside the market, and was met by a clerk that sold him fifteen Poke Balls. '3000 Poke Dollars? Damn, what a rip off."

He saw a sign leading to another route to the West, and saw that it led to the Pokemon League. Though he couldn't enter because he didn't have any badges, he saw Red go that way earlier.

"Hmm...What the heck!" He headed down the road, unaware of him having left the same trail.

After a bit of jogging, he saw another swath of tall grass. "This time, I'll make sure to catch that Pidgey!"

As he took a step into the grass, his Pokedex pinged in his pocket. "Pidgey is not native to this Route."

"Huh?" Teal produced his Pokedex, which he flipped open, displaying a map of the Kanto Region, and pointed out many Routes in which Pidgey was seen to live. Unfortunately, this was not one of them.

"So...I guess I'll just catch something else then." He took a few more steps in, and within minutes, another small bird flew out, screeching at him. This one had sharper feathers, with red, brown, and black coloration. "What's that?"

His Pokedex displayed it's image, as well as it's name being read as Spearow.

"Okay, I'll nab this one!" Teal said, pumping his fist and producing Bulbasaur's Poke Ball. "Go, Bulbasaur!" He threw the Ball, and the bluish green bulb-backed dinosaur manifested in a bluish white flash.

"Saur!" It seemed to bark.

Spearow flew in, pecking him on the noggin. Bulbasaur leapt back, clearly not liking it. "S-saur-saur!" It cried.

"What the-? Bulbasaur, get over it and give it a Tackle!"

Bulbasaur whined before jumping and ramming into Spearow. The bird shrieked angrily, flapping his wings and jabbing him with it's beak again.

"Bu-baa!" The Seed Pokemon wailed painfully.

"Tackle!" Teal shouted. "C'mon!"

Bulbasaur looked back at him with puppy-dog-like eyes before Teal saw Spearow fly in for another peck. The boy grumbled to himself as he ran in and shielded his Pokemon, only for himself to get pecked in the back. "Ow!" He removed his backpack, and swatted Spearow with it. "Get outta here!"

The Tiny Bird Pokemon screeched at him before turning tail and fleeing.

Teal looked down to Bulbasaur, seeing the two bruises where Spearow pecked him. "Oh jeez. I'll have to run you back to the Center." He put Bulbasaur back in his Ball and walked off, only to nearly trip over another Pokemon. He jumped back, throwing Bulbasaur's Ball back out. The Seed Pokemon looked around frightenedly, looking for Spearow, before turning around to see the small blue Pokemon before him.

The trainer checked his Pokedex, which displayed the creature's image and name as Nidoran.

"Think you can take her?" Teal asked.

"B...Bulba." Bulbasaur nodded cautiously as he approached Nidoran.

"Then give it a Tackle!" Bulbasaur charged and slammed into the Poison Pin Pokemon. She gave a cry before regaining her composure and doing the same back to him. "Again!" Bulbasaur landed another Tackle on Nidoran's side.

"Now's my chance! Go, Poke Ball!" Teal called, throwing a Poke Ball. The Ball hit Nidoran on the head, opened up, and converted her into red energy. He leaned in and watched as the Ball twitched left. Right. Left again.

A minute passed before it let out a ding, and three stars popped out of the top.

Teal smiled before running up and hefting the Poke Ball aloft. "I did it! I caught Nidoran!"

Bulbasaur looked at him questioningly. "Uh...I mean we caught it." Teal checked out his Pokedex, which now displayed full info on the creature. "Cool…" He closed the device up. "Okay, bud. Time to hit that center up." He produced Bulbasaur's Ball, and returned him inside.

The boy turned and left, but not before a large group of Male Nidoran perked their heads up and snarled at him from behind, angry at being deprived of a potential mate.

After finding his way back to the Pokemon Center, he sat down to lunch with his Pokemon, post healing, and watched the Nidoran almost immediately settle into her position, eating from a bowl next to Bulbasaur.

Teal closed a magazine as he finished a bite of mac & cheese, before turning to see a poster on the wall.

'Viridian City Gym. No newbies allowed. Collect seven badges before challenging our Leader. Huh. That's a little pretentious if you ask me."

"Well well, look who it is." A familiar voice called from behind him.

"Speaking of..." Teal groaned, turning around to see him.

"Hey there, Arteu. I see you managed to catch another Pokemon!" The taller boy smirked. "Wanna step outside and see how they match up with mine?"

"No thanks. I've got better things to do." Teal replied.

"What, like the Pokedex? You actually think a slacker like you can complete that thing?"

"Not really. If you ask me, Professor Oak expects a little much of us. I mean, the man literally told us to catch at least one of every species of Pokemon."

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves on the road." Blue continued. "You're just scared I'll beat you!"

Teal rose up from his seat, glaring at him. "Look. You have been a nuisance ever since I came to Pallet Town, since we left Saffron when my dad left. Did you ever think that just because your grandpa is the biggest authority on Pokémon research that DOESN'T give you a license to be an annoying, spoiled entitled pantywad?!"

Blue, Bulbasaur, Nidoran, the nurse, and several other Poke Center patrons stared at him quietly.

Teal panted quietly before coming back to reality. "Sorry about that." He turned to Blue. "But if you want a battle, FINE."

Blue scowled at him as he lead Teal outside. The Nurse sighed as she left the reception area, and put a sign up, reading that she would return shortly.

The two boys stood roughly twenty feet apart from one another. Teal knew immediately, which Pokémon to use. He had Bulbasaur take center stage. Blue smirked, producing his Ball.

"Go, Pidgey!" He threw the ball, which popped open, loosing the generic-looking bird.

"What? Not Squirtle?"

"My choice doesn't matter! But if you wanna be the one to have his Pokémon take two possible hits by swapping out, so be it!"

Teal grimaced and waved his arm. "Bulbasaur, use Growl!"

"Sooore!" Bulbasaur bellowed in a guttural way, making Pidgey shrink back a bit.

Blue scoffed. "Gust!"

Pidgey flapped his wings, kicking up a whirlwind. Bulbasaur was blown off his feet and landed several feet away.

"Bulbasaur!" Teal shouted, running up to his Pokémon.

The plant/animal hybrid shook itself off and got back on its feet.

"Try a Tackle attack!"

"Bul!" Bulbasaur shouted, ramming into Pidgey. The Bird Pokémon hit the dirt himself, but rose back up quicker than his foe did.

"Sand Attack!" Blue exclaimed.

"Pi-piii-Pidgey!" Pidgey trilled, lashing out at the ground with his wing and getting sand in Bulbasaur's eyes.

"Bul-baah!" It cried, flailing about. As he didn't know Vine Whip, he couldn't rub his eyes to alleviate his eyes.

"Bulbasaur, snap out of it! Tackle!" Teal shouted.

Bulbasaur lunged again, but rather than Pidgey, he landed on the ground harmlessly.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Blue chuckled lightly. "Pidgey, wrap this up with another Gust."

The Bird flew back up and pinned Bulbasaur with a furious gale-like attack of Gust. The Grass-Type was overwhelmed by the attack, unable to move or fight back. With a groan, the Starter Pokemon fell and fainted.

Teal grit his teeth and growled silently. "Come back!" He held it's Ball out and recalled it.

As he put Bulbasaur back on his belt, Blue laughed loudly. "Who's the pantywad now?"

His opponent seethed angrily, before looking down at his Nidoran and motioning to the battlefield. She nervously obeyed, walking out to meet Pidgey.

"Gust!" Blue commanded.

"Dodge it!" Teal shouted. Nidoran leaped to the side, anticipating the attack's path from the dust cloud it kicked up. "Tackle!" The Poison Pin Pokémon charged and slammed into Pidgey, sending it tumbling back, but doing less damage than Bulbasaur.

This scuffle of Tackle and Gust went on for another minute or two until Pidgey landed on the ground, HP depleted. "Get back, Pidgey!" Blue said, bringing him back to his Ball.

"Yes!" Teal exclaimed as Nidoran walked up to him. "Good job, girl!"

"Squirtle, go!" In a flash of light, the blue turtle with an orange shell took to the field.

"Squir-tle!" The Tiny Turtle Pokémon vocalized.

Teal noticed something was slightly different about it. It seemed more focused. More determined than when it was at Oak's lab.

He shook it off. "Nidoran, use Tackle!"

"Nidoh!" Nidoran squeaked as she charged, lunging for her new opponent.

"Bubble!" Blue called. Squirtle bowed his head lightly and loosed a stream of bubbles from his mouth. Nidoran saw the attack coming and dug her feet in, coming to a screeching halt before being dowsed in them. Nidoran slid out from inside the bubbles, unconscious.

Teal's jaw hung open before he called her back. "Y'wanna tell me just what the heck that was?!"

"It's one of Squirtle's elemental attacks." Blue said as he recalled his partner. "He learns it at level 8. Did you SERIOUSLY think that all Pokémon could do was Scratch and Tackle each other? Get real! You need to study up."

Teal frowned at Blue as the latter went about his way. He saw him heading in the direction of Viridian Forest. He turned to head back into the Pokémon Center, only to run face first into the raven-haired nurse's chest. "Whoaaah?!" He gasped as he backed up, blushing.

She stared sternly into his eyes. "Young man, you really should take this opportunity to study your Pokémon more, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.

"Did you even stock up on medicine before leaving home to become a Pokémon trainer?"

"Umm...no?" He said sheepishly, still focused on the fact that his face had practically motorboated her cleavage.

She sighed. "Follow me. I'll heal your Pokémon again. But the next time you come into some money, you need to buy a few Potions."

As Teal followed her, a young girl about his age with pink hair tied up in a boy peeked out from behind a house wall. She looked his way with a concerned gaze.

Moments later, Teal walked back out, partners fully healed. He wrapped a green bandana around his forehead. "All right. Let's do this RIGHT." He said to himself, walking off toward Viridian Forest.

Unbeknownst to him, the girl followed behind him at a distance.

Party update-

Teal: Bulbasaur(M), Lvl 7. Moves: Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed. (Teal hadn't checked to see Leech Seed). Nidoran(F), lvl 4. Moves: Tackle, Growl.