So this is my new story, I just couldn't resist making this! I absolutely LOVE LeafGreen/Conflicting/OldRival & BurningLeaf Shipping! Well, enjoy!
BTW, I'm calling Blue/Green Gary because it's easier that way!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Pokemon! And never will!
The Wandering Leaf
*BRING~ BRING~ BRING~*
A pair of bright green eyes opened sleepily. The female stumbled out of bed and hit the snooze button on her blue and white alarm clock which was flashing 6:00. "Stupid thing..." She murmured with an annoyed tone in her voice. She walked into her closet and picked out her favorite shirt, a baby blue tank with black bordering it, and then went on to put on her red skirt. After picking out the basics, she gathered all of her other clothing items ,which included her hat, which resembles a primer ball, blue leg warmers, white & red shoes, socks, and her yellow over the shoulder bag, and set them on her bed.
The girl then proceeded to brush the tangles out of her shiny chestnut brown hair, and wash her face off, unfortunately the hot water was out so it was freezing cold. She had to look her best today, it was, after all, the day she was setting out on a journey throughout the Kanto region, AND her 14th birthday.
Putting on all of her extra accessories, she walked down the only staircase in her house. Her emerald green eyes now scanned the lower floor of her house. Her mom was already up cooking breakfast, as usual, and humming a pleasant tone. "Good morning mom." I greeted her sleepily.
Her mom's eyes lit up as she turned around to see her daughter all ready to go, "Oh Leafy! You've grown up so fast! Happy birthday!" She exclaimed, running to embrace her daughter, then running back to the kitchen, so that the food wouldn't burn.
Leaf glanced up at big grandfather clock at the wall, it showed it was already 7:00, the brunette didn't think she took THAT long to get ready, maybe she was just so drowsy that it took her longer than usual.
"Breakfast is ready Leaf!" The girl's mother said in a sing-song tone. Before going to stuff her face, Leaf took some time to look at her mother, navy blue hair, red/orange shirt, blue jeans, and a white apron, she was going to miss her so much!
"Leaf?" Her mom asked, "What's wrong honey?" Leaf shook her head, "Nothing mom." She said and walked over to the kitchen and got a plate full of pancakes and bacon, a jug of grape juice, and a stack of Belgium waffles topped of with whipped cream and strawberries. Since she only had until 7:30 to get all the way to Professor Oaks lab, she scarfed down her food, waved goodbye to her mom, and walked out the door.
It was a sunny day in Pallet Town, perfect for starting an adventure. Leaf stretched out her arms, then took in a huge breath of crisp, clean, fresh air, it was what Pallet was know for.
The brunette started walking south towards Professor Oak's Labratory, it was about a 15 minute walk, but it wasn't too bad considering the grass was feeling especially soft and cushiony today. Little dots of pink were poking out the grass, when leaf bent down to see what they were, she discovered the were Pecha berry seeds "Hm," she murmured, "How strange..." She was expecting flowers.
The girl hurried up and jogged the rest of the way to the Lab. When inside, she saw Red and Professor Oak standing in the back of the lab.
Red... Leaf's childhood friend, and crush. Not only was he good looking with his jet black hair and red eyes, he also had a kind and caring personality!
"Hey Leaf!" He called from across the room, "Which Pokemon do you want? You know what they say! Ladies first!"
"Well," Leaf started, but was interrupted, because it just so happend that Gary Oak decided to burst into the lab at that very moment.
The moment he set eyes on Leaf standing so close to Red, he was instantly agitated, "Hey idiot!" Gary shouted, "Green is mine!"
Leaf, Gary, and Red all used to be best friends, but one day Gary decided that he was better than the rest of them because all the girls in Pallet restarted falling all over him, and he started to bully the two instead, although he was nicer and a little bit more playful towards Leaf. Sometimes.
Leaf narrowed her eyes, "Since when was I yours?" She asked, you could feel the hatred in her voice. Gary was the ONE person Leaf had brought herself to hate, it just so happened that when he started to be mean to her and Red, her father disappeared. That was a wonderful time for her.
Despite the little bit of hurt Gary was feeling, he smirked. "Whoa, someone needs an attitude adjustment." He said calmly.
Professor Oak was the one to ease the tension between the two. "Okay, so shall we choose your Pokemon now?"
"Yeah!" Gary exclaimed, "me first, I'm the oldest!"
Professor Oak looked sternly at his grandson, "Gary," he started, "That's not the point, and plus, you're only older than Red by one day, and even if you are older than Leaf by a year, as Red said earlier, ladies first!"
Gary was looking a lot like a little kid now, he was pouting and furrowing his eyebrows, hands clenched into fists, then he started to whine, "But Gramps! That's not fair!"
"Now Gary," Oak started again, "It's Miss Green's birthday, is not? Let's let her pick first."
Leaf looked amused as she glanced over at an upset Gary. Now... Which Pokemon should she choose? The Choices were, Bulbasaur, the seed Pokemon, a grass type; Charmander, the lizard Pokemon, a fire type; Squirtle, the tiny turtle Pokemon, a water type. Well, Leaf had always been fond of grass Pokemon, they reminded her of home, so of course she chose Bulbasaur!
"Heh!" Gary snickered, "Of course YOU would choose a grass type!" After he was finished insulting Leaf, he ran up and chose his own Pokemon, which just happened to be Charmander. Of course he picked the type that would have an advantage over Leaf's Pokemon. How wonderful.
Professor Oak sighed, "Well, that leaves Red, go on now, you can choose your Pokemon," Then he added, shaking his head, "Not that there is much choice, thanks to my wonderful grandson."
"Hey Gramps, not cool!" Gary retorted as the raven haired young man was going up to choose his very own Pokemon. As you might have guessed, he picked Squirtle, which was fine by him, he had wanted Squirtle right off the bat! He would have a lot of type advantages, and especially against Gary. Red, unlike Leaf, didn't hate Gary, he just wished they could all be friends again... But seeing the tension between the other two, well, there was no way THAT was going to happen.
Leaf was already almost out the door when Gary shouted after Leaf, "Let's have a battle, just the two of us! And after that, I can pumble Red!"
The girl rolled her eyes, but accepted his offer none the less. "All right then, Oak. Let's get started." She spoke with no emotion at all.
Just as you expected (probably), Leaf won the battle.
Gary was now seething with anger, "You were just lucky that's all!" He shouted now running towards the exit then stopping, "Well, I'm going to get a town map from my sister! And I'll be sure to tell her not to give you two idiots one! Smell ya' later!"
Leaf stood there for a while then turn to Red, "I'm sure Daisy will give us one, right?"
Red looked at her for a while, "Yeah... I just wish he wasn't such a jerk now days..."
Leaf looked out the window to see Gary running towards his hat and sighed, "Yep, if there was a word to describe him, the word JERK would fit perfectly." Leaf murmured on her way out the door, waving goodbye to Red.
On the brunette's way back to her house, she decided to see if Gary really did tell his sister not to give Leaf a town map.
*poof* Before Leaf knew it, she way lying flat on the ground in a mud puddle of course, how cliche. When the mud-covered girl looked to see what she had tripped over, she saw her own Pokemon! "Bulby!" She exclaimed in a hurt tone, but her sweet little Bulbasaur was only smiling! Leaf sighed as she stood up and returned Bulby back to her Pokeball. He must have gotten out of the ball himself and landed right in front of her...
Still covered in mud, she walked slowly to Daisy and Gary's house, and knocked on their door.
"Who is it?" Daisy sang from the other side of the door.
"Leaf." The girl said flatly.
"Oh!" Gary's older sister exclaimed and opened the door, and started chuckling, "Oh Leaf! You always find yourself in trouble don't you?"
Daisy was wearing her usual green attire, "Well," said Leaf, "Are you going to help me clean up or what? The hot water's out in my house."
The older brunette chuckled some more, "Why of course!" She said, then proceeded to drag Leaf into the house and up into the bathroom at the back of the house. "You stay in there," She told Leaf, "You can start up the shower while I run to your house to get an extra set of clothes!"
Leaf quickly started to change out of her clothes, stepped into the shower, and turned on the hot water.
As soon as the girl stepped out of the shower, she wrapped a towel around herself and stepped out into the kitchen/living room area, and headed towards her Poke-gear, which way lying on the counter, to call Daisy since she still wasn't back.
"Hello, Daisy?" Leaf asked when the phone stopped ringing.
"Yes! Is this Leaf?" She answered back.
"Yeah," The younger girl said, sighing, "So when are you going to be back?"
"Well, it depends on how long it takes your mom to wash clothes."
"Wait, what?" Leaf asked, confused.
"Well, I thought these clothes suited you more than the rest of the clothes in your closet, so I just had your mom wash them!"
"Then that means you won't be back for another hour..." Leaf sighed, once again.
"I guess so!" Daisy sang in a happy tone.
"What should I do? I fell all exposed standing in your living room with just a towel..."
"Hmm, the only other actual room in the house is Gary's, grandpa and I sleep downstairs, so you can go wait in Gary's room!"
Leaf stood there with a shocked expression, "B-b-b-but what if he comes back!?"
"He won't! Grandpa sent him to go get a parcel from the Pokemon Market in Viridian City! He was going to send you, but I told him you were relaxing with me for a bit."
"So are you sure he won't mind me being in his room?"
"As long as you don't read his journal." Daisy replied, with a little mischief in her voice, maybe she wanted Leaf to read it?
The younger brunette had to laugh at the thought of GARY OAK keeping a DIARY! "Ahahaha! Oak... Diary! Ahahahahaha!"
"Yes, it's quite funny, but just in case you're still worried, I'll tell him you're at the house."
After Leaf regained her composure, she started to talk to Daisy again, "Thanks Daisy, that would make me feel better."
"You're welcome, well, I guess I'll leave you to yourself now Leaf! Bye!" Daisy sang, then closed her own Poke-gear.
*With Gary*
The young man with spiky chestnut brown hair was now being handed the parcel that contained Professor Oaks belongings and being told to sign the papers when his Poke-gear started to ring.
"Yo!... Daisy?!... Is she huh... Tell her not to go snooping in my room!... Hmph, whatever, be seeing you sis!" And with that he took the parcel and headed back towards pallet town, it was about a 10 minute walk, so he'd be able to make it home in time to make sure Green didn't touch a single thing in his room.
A/N: Well, as I said earlier, I just couldn't resist writing this! I'll try to update every week, but I'm a huge procrastinator, so if it doesn't happen I'm sorry! And yes, I did say Leaf is crushing on Red right now, but hey, it's only the first chapter! There's still a lot of time left for Leaf and Gary ;) So I hope y'all like this story!