Pokémon: The Adventure of a Lifetime
Now before we start our story, there's a few things I need to address...
1. This first chapter has been edited, extended and reedited over the past two years, yes I know damn
2. This is not my first story I've been writing a lot of different ones, because I have so many ideas.
3. I've been inspired by other Pokémon stories and Manga's to go back and get this done.
Now that's out of the way, we can start our story
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or any of the characters, except for my OC, their all own by their respective owners.
Chapter 1: The Start of an Adventure!
Everyone has a dream that fills their heart, a journey they must take, a destiny to fulfill. As close as your imagination exists a magical place where wondrous creatures with incredible power, help make dreams come true. It's The World of Pokémon.
People can capture pokémon to be more than just pets. Human trainers and their pokémon compete against others in amazing contests of skill and strategy. The best trainers, one day, become pokémon masters. That's a dream that burns brightly for many but none more so than Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town but little did anyone know there was another boy from Pallet Town that this dream will become reality… well sooner or later.
The sun rose over the horizon and shined brightly over Pallet Town turning night into day. The sun shined brightly through a pair of windows into a small room containing only a bed, dresser, T.V, bookshelf, and a closet. The bed was occupied by a young boy with lightly tanned skin, and black hair. The boy was sleeping soundly in his bed enjoying the dream he was having that is until it was interrupted by an annoying sound. Above him on a shelf a Poké Ball like clock went off and continued to ring until…
BAM!
"OWW!" screamed the young boy putting his hands on his face and rolled off the bed in pain. The dark haired boy rolled around the floor for a few seconds until the pain subsided, what seemed like hours the pain finally went away the boy open his dark brown eyes and looked around the room. He saw the pokéball clock laying on the floor and saw that it was only 6:30.
"Ow, that hurt," The boy got up, while holding his nose in case he had a nose bleed. Then he heard someone knocking on his door.
"Kei, are you alright?" an old voice called out from outside the room.
"Yeah grandpa, I'm ok!" The now named Kei replied back.
"Well alright then, you should get ready… breakfast is almost done, oh and today is your first day on your pokémon journey and before you leave to see Professor Oak, I have something for you." He said as he went back downstairs, now that his earlier pain went away Kei checked his nose again and when he saw there was no blood, he was relieved.
Kei grabbed his towel and hopped into the shower, after a few minutes he got out of the shower and got dressed and looked himself in the mirror, he's wearing a black T-shirt, under a red open jacket with a pocket on each side of his chest, dark blue jeans, red and black gloves, and white sneakers with red soles. Seeing that nothing was out of place he smiled and went downstairs to the dining room to see his grandfather already eating breakfast.
"Morning, grandpa," Kei said as he sat down at the opposite side of the table and begin to eat his bowl of cereal. After breakfast he went back to his room and started to pack a few items into his black single strap backpack.
"So, what did you want to give me grandpa?" he looked at his grandfather, who at the moment came in with a round sphere in his hand, that was red on top and white on bottom with a black strip across the middle. Kei immediately knew what it was, a Pokéball!
"Your first pokémon," he handed the pokéball to him. Usually new trainers get there first pokémon from the professor in any region, like Professor Oak for the Kanto region. Kei inspected the ball before it burst open and a bright light appeared in front of him and when it cleared it revealed what was inside.
It was a small orange dinosaur with a cream-colored underside. It has two small fangs visible on its upper and lower jaws and blue eyes. Its arms and legs are short, and it had four fingers and three clawed toes. A flame burns on the tip of its tail. It was a Charmander, one of the starters for the Kanto Region.
"It's called Charmander." explained his grandfather.
"This is so cool." said Kei excitedly "Thanks a lot grandpa!"
With that he grabbed up Charmander and hugged it Kei was so excited that he was starting his journey, Charmander gladly accepted the hug from his pokémon trainer.
"Charmander is a fire type Pokémon and is capable of unleashing fire type attacks of many thousands of degrees." explained the old man "Shocking, isn't it."
"Yeah it is," Kei said but something dawned on him as he looked at his grandfather.
"Grandpa, why do you have a Charmander? And why give it to me?" he said with a questioning look, wondering why his grandfather had the pokémon and not said anything up until now.
"Well, it was a gift from your father." He said as this shocked Kei, the pokémon in his arm was a gift from his dad. "And as for why? That's simple my boy." He looked to his grandsons eyes giving him a grin, "Your parents wanted you to start off you journey right."
He smiled and nodded; he was surprise that his parents were still watching him even though they are no longer here. Kei gathered his things and left to go see the professor but before he can walk out his grandfather stopped him.
"Ah, before I forget, Professor Oak has a surprise for you too."
Kei nodded and headed off wondering what kind of surprise Professor Oak have for him. 'I wonder what the professor has for me. I guess I'll find out when I get there,'
Charmander came out of his pokéball and nuzzled his leg. "Hey there, buddy, what's up?" Kei asked, "You want to walk with me for a little while?" Charmander nodded.
Kei and Charmander walked out of the house and from across the street, he noticed the moving truck and saw three girls, two of them he guess were twins since they look identical to each other they both had green forest hair the only differences is that one was wearing glasses and the other wasn't and are their eye color one being a crimson red and the other aquatic blue, he then decide approached them.
"Who are you?" He asked. He then pointed to himself. "My name is Kei, nice to meet you."
"Mine is Cynthia. I'm the Sinnoh League Champion. It's nice to meet you too." She responded smiling. The boy smiled back.
"Champion huh? Looks like I'll have to be strong, cause I'll be a Pokémon master one day." The girls gasped together, life still not in their eyes. "Are they Champions too?" He looked at them, noticing their lifeless eyes, no fire, spark, or anything which reminded him of what happen to him a few years ago,
"Hm… They beat me already so you better watch out."
"Oh wow. It's nice to meet…"
"Why?" the girl with glasses said suddenly.
"Huh?" Kei was confused.
"Why take this path?" she asked. "It is nothing… but hurt…"
"You…will fall…hard." Her twin sister finished. The boy smirked and rubbed a thumb across his nose.
"Well then, I'll have to get back up!" The girls looked on at the boy, his answer shaking their cores.
"Just because you fall, doesn't mean you stay down. Get the strength to stand again and fight! Right, Charmander?" He asked the orange lizard. It nodded. "Gotta run! I'll see you all again. And maybe even battle in your league." He then started to jog away but not before his grandfather had yet again stopped him.
"Kei, you forgot theses." He said, handing Kei a belt that can hold pokéballs, a pile of freshly laundered clothes, and a custom pokéball, that had a white bottom and on top had blue on one half and pink on the other.
"Uh, thanks grandpa." said Kei, a little embarrass as he put all of his stuff in his backpack, pokéballs on his belt along with the blue and pink pokéball.
"Be careful out there Kei, you don't know what kind of dangers are out there."
"Don't worry grandpa, I'll be fine." He grinned as he started to head out to see Professor Oak.
"Your parents will be proud of you Kei" His grandfather said out loud as he walked back in the house not noticing the surprise looks on the girls faces.
After shutting the door, all three of the girls stood there letting silence consume them. A few seconds had gone by and finally the silence was broken.
"The strength to stand…" the first twin said, color returning to her crimson eyes.
"To stand and fight…" the second twin's blue eyes shimmered again. Cynthia smiled to herself.
'Who knew it only took a small push to get them back, it may be just a little, but at least they got some soul back. Thank you, Kei.' Cynthia thought. "Come inside and let's look around your new house."
After Kei met the new neighbors he arrived at the home of Professor Oak. When he arrived he saw someone standing in front of the gates. He wore a loose green T-shirt, reddish-brown shorts, blue and yellow sneakers, and a light red headband. It was Professor Oak's assistant Tracey Sketchit.
"Oh you must Kei right?" Tracey said as Kei only nodded.
"Come on in Professor Oak is waiting for you inside." said Tracey with a smile.
Once inside, Kei found himself standing before the Professor. "Ah Kei, I was expecting you." He then noticed Charmander by his side, "I see that you've already got your starter pokémon."
"Yep," Kei exclaimed before he remembered why he was here. "Oh Professor Oak, my grandpa said you have a surprise for me."
"Oh, right." Professor Oak reached into his pocket and took out a miniature computer-like device, and five pokéballs.
"This is a request from your mother, this is a National Pokédex. Use it to research the Pokémon you encounter here in Kanto and from other regions as well. And here are five spare pokéballs. Use them to capture more Pokémon. Note that if you capture more than five pokémon they will send to a computer in any Pokémon Center."
"Cool, and thanks for the advice." replied Kei as placed his Pokédex in his back pocket. First his father left him his first pokémon and now his mother left him the National Pokédex, which he knew newbie trainers won't supposed to receive after they do certain tasks to get it. 'Wow my parents really had everything planned for my journey.'
Professor Oak then gave Kei a small red watch who then put it on his right wrist.
"And this this your Pokégear." Said Professor Oak as he continued, "You do know what a Pokégear is right?"
"No."
"A Pokégear is a watch and a map and composes and the newer ones also have built in phones but this one as it is an older model. Now usually I never give such things to a new trainer but as a request from your mother I had to."
"Alright I understand, thank you Professor," said Kei as he prepared to leave.
"Good luck Kei I hope you do well on your journey and I well contact you regularly."
"Thank you Professor and I will I'll contact you as soon I reached the next town." Kei said.
"Now, you should probably get a move on!" With that, Oak pushed Kei towards the door.
"Okay, okay. I get the hint professor." Kei said, and opened the door, he smelled the fresh air, and started off on his adventure. As he opened the gate to leave Oak's ranch, Charmander started running up the road. "Wait up!" Kei called to his Pokémon and he chased after it.
Charmander finally stopped in front of a large sign, Kei finally caught up to him and read the sign. "Route One, well Charmander, our journey starts here. Are you ready?" Charmander looked up to his trainer; a determined look crossed his face and nodded. "Good, let's do this!" Kei shouted and threw a fist into the air. Charmander looked at his trainer, an amused look on his face now.
"It's finally happening! The start of my pokémon journey, I will find a way to be the very best, like no one has ever been. Watch out all you other Pokémon trainers because I'm going to be a Pokémon Master!" After he said that Kei began running towards Viridian City along with Charmander.
'Mom, Dad, I promise to make you proud!'
After a few hours he arrived at Viridian City, his journey there was pretty uneventful, it would have been better if he had a Pokémon battle along the way.
Unfortunately when he arrived, the Viridian Gym was currently being rebuilt after an incident that occurred awhile back. 'Hmm I guess I'll come back later after the finish rebuilding the gym.' Kei thought and decided to head off to the next town but not before he made his way towards the Pokémon Center. After a few minutes, Kei had found the Pokémon Center and walked in. Once inside he approached the counter where he saw a woman with pink hair in a nurse outfit.
The young women seeing him greeted him. "Hello and welcome to the Pokémon Center, I'm Nurse Joy. How may I help you today?"
"Hello my name is Kei and this is Charmander and I came from Pallet Town and I was wondering if there was a place to eat nearby?"
"If you're hungry there's no need to go out and eat and waste your money, we have a cafeteria here that's open to all pokémon trainers."
"Really, where is it?"
"You'll find it down the hall to your left it will be the first door on your right." Said Nurse Joy as she then went through some medical doors that were in front of her.
After he and Charmander got something to eat, they were about to head off until he heard ringing from one of the videophones.
Kei walked up to it and answered it. It was Professor Oak.
"Ah, Kei, you're in the Viridian City Pokémon Center, I see."
Kei blinked in surprise, "Professor Oak, how did you know I was here,"
"I had a feeling that you would be at the Pokémon Center by now, so I thought I'd check on you."
"I see, well I'm fine and so is Charmander," replied Kei while Charmander nodded.
Professor Oak nodded "I'll bet that you caught a whole bunch of pokémon on the way. You know, I bet Ash would be excited to know that another trainer from his home town has the same dream to become a pokémon master."
"Who's Ash?" Kei asked as he received a confused look from Professor Oak.
"You haven't met Ash before?" Kei shook his head earning him a surprise look from the Professor.
Professor Oak cough into his hand and explained, "Well then, Ash Ketchum is a trainer from Pallet Town as well, who started his pokémon journey three years ago, he's now traveling through the Johto Region."
"Well, looks like I need to train hard if am going to catch up to him to become a Pokémon Master!" Kei grinned before spotting something on the wall behind the Nurse's desk, "Hey, what's that?"
Professor Oak looked at it, "Oh that? It's a stone tablet depicting several of the legendary Pokémon creatures that some say simply do not exist."
Kei studied the tablet and said, "That's pretty cool, hope one day I'll see a legendary Pokémon.
"Who knows, you may or may not see one during your travels. All that I will say is that it is highly unlikely." Suddenly he remembered that he was cooking something, "Ah, my ramen is done, Gotta go!" And with that the call was cut off.
"That was wired." Kei said as he stood up and headed towards the exit.
Just has Kei and Charmander were about to leave the Nurse came through the doors and looked at them.
"Are you going to stay the night?" asked Nurse Joy "It's pretty late." Kei looked outside and sure enough it was night already and looked back at the nurse.
"Sure," replied Kei "How much is a room for the night?"
"It's Free." Replied Joy.
Kei and Charmander both remained at the Pokémon Center for the rest of the night before heading out the next morning.
"Do you have any advice on where I should go?" Kei asked Nurse Joy as he was leaving.
"Well, most trainers head north towards Pewter City," replied Nurse Joy "But you have to go through Viridian Forest in order to get there."
"Sounds like a place to catch plenty of Pokémon," eagerly said Kei.
"It is," Nurse Joy said "There are plenty of bug and flying type pokémon there."
"Then that's where I'll go," said Kei as he and Charmander were leaving the Pokémon Center.
On his way towards the Viridian Forest, Kei suddenly heard footsteps of something in the grass. Kei turned to see a bird pokémon; it had a brown with a cream-colored face, underside, and feathers. Both its feet and beak are pinkish-gray color. It has a black, angular marking around its eyes and a small crest of brown and cream feathers above its eyes. He grabbed his Pokédex and aims it at the Pokémon.
"Pidgey is a flying Pokémon. Among all the flying pokémon, it is the gentlest and easiest to capture. The perfect pokémon for a beginning trainer to tests their pokémon skills."
"This is great! It's my lucky day!" Kei yelled out "Charmander, attack it" Kei declared, Charmander used its head to attack the unsuspected Pidgy. With great luck the attack was effective enough the knockout the bird pokémon.
Kei took out a pokéball and throw at the down pokémon, the ball bounced very slightly in the air and opened, Pidgy's body turning white and being sucked into the pokéball. The pokéball landed and started to wiggle, the button glowing red like an alarm. It wiggled for a few seconds and then it stopped, a small sound emitting when the light stopped blinking, signaling that he had successfully captured his first pokémon.
Kei walked up to the ball and picked it up have a smile on his face. He then raised his hand that was holding the pokéball the sky and shouted, "I CAUGHT A PIDGEY!"
Kei put away the pokéball and kneed down to Charmander and petted his head "Good job, Charmander," Kei said with a smile and Charmander nodded and started the walk into the Viridian Forest.
Kei made his way through Viridian Forest, keeping himself on guard that is until…
"!" "Hey, you looked at me in the eye!" A boy cried out as he approached Kei who at the moment was surprised at the sudden appearance of the boy.
"You can't say no to my challenge!" said the boy as he sent out a bug-like pokémon Weedle and Charmander stepped up to battle the boy's pokémon.
"Charmander use Ember Attack!" He commanded Charmander as he opened his mouth and unleashed an Ember Attack.
"Dodge it, Weedle!" but it was too late Charmander's attack hit its mark and torched the boy's Weedle as it faints.
"Aww man." The boy complained as Kei's Charmander defeated Weedle with ease and Kei ran up to Charmander and give him a big hug as he won his first pokémon battle. He accepted the money from the boy and walked on as he was halfway down Route 3 provided what he needed to reach Pewter City.
Kei continued his trek through the forest until something caught his attention, or rather someone. Further down the path looking… lost, was a girl that he has seen from time to time. She's wearing a light blue sleeveless shirt, a red miniskirt, light blue socks that goes up to her legs, white sneakers with a white strip that goes to the side, and a white hat that rests on her long brown hair that reach down to her waist.
'Leaf?' he thought to himself remembering seeing her a few times around Pallet Town. He didn't notice that she was looking at him and her face lit up.
"Hey!" she greeted, relieved to see a familiar face, even though she and Kei weren't close as her and Red was but she still considers him a friend. Her face quickly faded and become shy. "umm… Kei… right?" Kei nodded. "Umm c-could you help me get through this forest? I lost my way as I rushed to get to Pewter's Gym when I heard that the leader used rock type" Kei understood her excitement; she had gotten Squirtle from Prof. Oak after all. He nodded and took the lead, looking over his shoulder to see if she was following. She was, but a little too closely and… looking scared?
"Umm… do you mind if we tried to avoid the bug catchers and bug pokémon?" Leaf asked, Kei assumed she had some sort of bug phobia, Kei nodded "Sure," as he looked around for a sign that they were near the end. But not to be mean, but Leaf's words were making him uncomfortable… mostly because he didn't know how to respond, being a bit antisocial for a few years does that to you. Kei looked over his shoulder to check on Leaf and froze causing her to bump into him.
"Ow, what's wrong?" she asked. Kei didn't reply as he continued to stare at her hat… or what was on her hat. Trembling, Leaf directed her eyes up to the front edge of her hat to see a rather, and unusually, large green worm looking at her as Kei took out his Pokédex.
"Caterpie, the worm pokémon. Caterpie uses the suction cups on its feet to climb trees and feed on its favorite leaves. For protection, it releases a horrible stink to protect itself."
Leaf stared at it, frozen with fear and her face showed as Kei approached her, waving his hand in front of her, but got no response. He picked up the Caterpie and Leaf screamed an ear drum destroying scream that filled the air before covering her eyes and falling to her knees, whimpering. Kei took his hands off of his ears and look at the girl as he picked up Caterpie again, since he had too let go to cover his ears, he couldn't help but to feel bad at Leaf's fear of bug pokémon.
"Ah, it's just a Caterpie, see," the Caterpie wriggled its way out of Kei's hands and landed on Leaf's lap. Leaf froze again, but still whimpered as the Caterpie made itself comfortable on her lab while Kei smiled, knelt next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder while Charmander nuzzled her other shoulder.
"Th-thank you… I-I… overreacted… didn't?" Leaf commented shyly as she looked down at the Caterpie, "I guess it's not that bad… kinda cute too." At the sound of her voice, the Caterpie looked up at Leaf with its big eyes as if it understood her. It made its way to Leaf's stomach, then to her side all the while making Leaf feel creep out, but also made her laugh and made its way into her bag.
Kei, Charmander and Leaf stared in confusion at Leaf's bag until Caterpie came out with one of Leaf's empty pokéballs.
"It looks like it's taken a liking to me," Leaf laughed as she lightly tapped Caterpie with ball switch, causing it to be taken into the pokéball. The ball shook a little then clicked, signaling a successful catch. Leaf looked up at Kei, "This is my first Pokémon that I caught!" she commented, "Thank you for your help Kei!"
'I really didn't do anything that Capterpie was captured on his own free will.' Kei thought sweat dropping as he continued to watch Leaf. Kei had put on a smile, happy that Leaf had captured her first pokémon as he held out his hand to help her stand. Leaf took it and Kei pulled her up as he continued on leading her out of the forest.
-Night Time-
It was now nighttime in Viridian Forest. Kei suggested to call it a night much to the girl's displeasure, Kei had found a clearing in which was safe enough to camp out. Kei set out to look for firewood while Charmander stayed with Leaf, who wanted to cook something for her two new companions. Kei returned to the camp with firewood in his arms along with some berries he found and Charmander starting the fire, the two were now waiting for the food to cook.
"So Kei?" Leaf said trying to start up a conversation while attending the pot of food.
Kei looked up, "Yeah?"
"What're you planning to do when we reach Pewter City?"
"Well… I'm planning on battle the gym leader there, same as you."
"That makes sense." The conversation went quiet as the only sound heard was the crackling sound of the flames burning the wood.
After a few minutes, the food was done. Kei, Charmander and Leaf had their own plate, Kei took a bite into and suddenly his face turns blue as he painfully swallows the food. He looked over at Leaf and Charmander who look like they were enjoying the food. Looking back at his plate he secretly threw his food off to the side, he then saw a Rattata walked up to the food and started to eat it soon after the rat Pokémon keeled over, shocking the boy as he looked at the two who were eating the food. How can they eat something like this? Kei soon lost his appetite.
After they eaten, well expect Kei, they all turned in for the night. Leaf was sleeping in her purple sleeping bag while Charmander was curled up next to his Trainer sleeping soundly. Kei was the only one who was awake as he gave out a huge yawn. For some reason Kei couldn't fall asleep, he tossed and turned and so far nothing. He had enough and got up from his sleeping bag and began walking into the dense forest. He had been walking for a good ten minutes before he came across a large lake.
He looked to his right and saw a log resting on the edge of the lake. Kei walked towards the log and sat there and laid down looking up at the stars. Kei took an inhale of the crisp air, letting it seep into his lungs before exhaling slowly. He opened his eyes that he didn't remember closing in the first place. He raised a hand and dragged in swiftly through his hair.
His eyes felt heavy suddenly, and after a while longer watching the stars, he allowed them to slip to a close. However, right before his eyes had closed, right as he was only able to see through a sliver of his eyelids, he saw a flash shoot across the sky. His eyes snapped open. Almost immediately and completely subconsciously, he wished what he had wanted for a very long time now.
'I wish I could have the adventure of a lifetime.'
And his eyes slipped to a close once again.
After a few minutes Kei began to stand up, but something got his attention as he looked up at the night sky once more.
"What the…" Kei said as his eyes widened at a huge pokémon flying above him. It looked so majestic and glowed a golden color.
"Whoa" Kei muttered as he looked in amazement.
Kei continued to watch large pokémon as it continued to fly. It soon disappeared over the horizon.
"I wonder what kind of Pokémon was that." Kei said as he continued to stare at the place the bird pokémon flew to, he couldn't believe he had just seen a Pokémon like that.
Kei returned to the camp and slipped into his sleeping bag. He then shifted a little in his sleeping bag to get more comfortable. He then whispered to his pokémon "Good night" and closed his eyes he was asleep as well within a few minutes. What awaits our young heroes on the journey ahead?
To Be Continued…
OK, guys, we gotta rap some Pokémon. You just do the singing. I'll take care of the hard part.
Let's get it on!
I want to be the best
There ever was.
To beat all the rest, yeah
That's my cause.
Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey, Venusaur, Rattata, Fearow, Pidgey, Seaking, Jolteon, Dragonite, Gastly, Ponyta, Vaporeon, Poliwrath, Butterfree
Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all, Pokémon!
I'll search across the land,
Look far and wide.
Release from my hand
The power that's inside
Venomoth, Poliwag, Nidorino, Golduck, Ivysaur, Grimer, Victreebel, Moltres, Nidoking, Farfetch'd, Abra, Jigglypuff, Kingler, Rhyhorn, Clefable, Wigglytuff
Thirty-two down, that's it for now. Tune in next time, we'll rap at you some more. There's 150, so until next time. You'll catch 'em all!
Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all, Pokémon!
Authors Notes:
Ok, first chapter done. The two characters you saw were Aoi and Ioa, OC's, my friend created for his story, I don't know if he uploaded or not so... yeah. Anyway we won't be seeing them for a while cause this will be a very, very, very long story. I did an overview for it and DAMN it was long... I won't say how long it was through. Kei's clothing, yes I know it's like Red's, but its different ok i can assure you of that. The Pokérap wasn't the only song in here, there were others too. I had a soundtrack for this story so if you guys want it to hear it then leave it in the reviews.
As you saw... well read, Ash is in here so we will eventually meet him at some point in the story but that won't be for a while.
Kei, i'm still deciding if he should have a small Harem or not, if I do it would only by three girls give or take, won't tell you who. I can tell you Leaf is not one of them or is she...
I will upload as much as I can. I won't be uploading that often give or take two months. The reason for that is because I need to write the more chapters.
One more thing before I go. This story, I don't know if I want to keep as one long story or split it into different Arc's, Tell me what you guys think.
Well thanks for reading, Later.
Wait! One last thing I swear! All the characters well be aged correctly and not be 10 forever. So Ash right now is about 11 or 12 while Kei is 13.