Authors Notes:This is actually a remake of my original chapter, there were some things I wanted to change, and there were things I wanted to add. Also since I have learned a lot more about writing, so I knew I could make it better, so I hope you enjoy the beginning of this hopefully long fanfic.

Also note, this is the only chapter as of May 5 that I have rewritten, and I am planning on rewriting the rest before I continue on, I noticed that they were too short, and were kinda terrible when I was reading through, hopefully I can change that. R&R

The Intro

Nothing was as it should be in the Pokemon World. The Criminal organizations around the world had teamed up together to conquer their respective regions. Terror and fear reigned in the World as more and more towns and regions fell to the evil they unleashed. Many lives were changed and families were destroyed as they killed all who attempted to stop them. When they attacked, the Orre Region was the first to fall to the hands of Cipher. One by one more Regions fell, Sinnoh, Hoeon, Jhoto, now Kanto was all that remained free. The people were struggling to hold the evil Team Rocket, and protect their towns evil Team Rocket marched across the world conquering the towns of their regions. None of the trainers were able to stop them as the Gym Leaders, professors, the Elite Four, and Champion were defeated and captured or killed. With the defeat of the Pokemon Leagues the Elite fours and Champions were forced to flee for the lives. Even the Pokemon Master Red had fled deep into the mountains to hide from them. Parents sent their kids to different towns, even different regions just to keep them safe. Families were separated by the conflict. Many had already lost all hope as more and more fell. No one was able to stop them for long; they kept on with their international conquest.

The small town of Pallet was one of the last left in Kanto Region, since most of the Kanto Region had fallen to Team Rocket and their diabolical leader Giovanni. Cities were destroyed in battle as the citizens bravely defended their homes and rebelled against the Rockets. Security was tight as Pallet feared an oncoming attack from the Rockets, and was surrounded on all sides by the evil organization. They were outnumbered and out skilled, and out flanked. They along with so much of the world were forced to wait in fear as the Rockets conquered more and more of the towns, waiting helplessly for the fateful day when they were attacked, and were unable to do anything to help. Things were looking grim with no hope in site.

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Joseph Ketchum was your average preteen boy, if you count living in a time of war in the world of Pokemon average. He lived in Pallet Town with his mom Delia, and his younger brother Ash. Joseph was headstrong and brave; he was very stubborn and never shied down from a challenge. His shaggy hair was an unnatural shade of bright red and his green eyes sparkled with mischeif and amusement. He was a decent build a lot more muscular than others his age. He wore black jeans and a navy shirt with a black jacket over it. His belt was around his waist but didn't have any Pokemon it.

He had dreamed constantly of the day he could leave that backwater town and see the marvelous world before him, the one thing in his path was that moronic Team Rocket, when they had attacked, his mom had freaked and refused to let him leave, it had been close to a year since he could have left when he turned ten. Now he was stuck in Pallet with nothing to do, as he awaited the defeat of the Rockets, and the day he could leave.

Leah Waterflower was your average teenage girl, who was a major tomboy, hated dressing up, or dolls and all that stuff. She would rather be out in a field wrestling a Tauros. She had bright red hair that rolled down her back. Her blue eyes shown with joy yet sorrow. She was peitie in size and her body was already going through puberty. Her clothes were the same style as Joseph but her jeans were bright blue, along with a red shirt and blue jacket.

Leah had lived in her hometown of Cerulean City, until the attack of the Rockets. Her parents who were the town's gym leaders bravely fought against the invading forces but they were highly outnumbered, and were quickly over run. The Rockets were heartless as they killed their parents, forcing them to watch, they barely escaped with their lives. After that, Leah and her four sisters, Misty, Violet, Daisy, and Lily fled to Pallet with the help of Professor Oak, Pallet Town's Pokémon Professor.

Leah and Misty were offered to stay in the Ketchum's residence while the war was going on, and Delia's kids were less than thrilled to share their rooms with their new guests. Though the older kids quickly bonded with each other as more and more refugees and hidden kids arrived in Pallet Town.

Among these kids was a young Dillon Harrison, a teen boy from Pewter City. He was the oldest of the three and had a brown bole cut with brown eyes. He was muscular from years of working with rock types. He had hiker pants and shirt and a camper jacket. His parents were the Gym Leaders and were fighting their invasion, with Pewter City overwhelmed, they sent their kids each away separately to some of the few safe havens left, and Dillon was sent to Professor Oaks. He quickly bonded with Joseph and Leah after moving into the Ketchum Residence.

With so much happening around them, there was often nothing to do for the kids in Pallet, as the adults went on with their daily routines of working to protect the town while keeping the small town running. Many kids were stuck inside watching T. V. or some other boring activity. This was not true of three kids, Joseph, Leah and Dillon, who spent their most of their time exploring the nearby woods, finding caves and unique hiding places, making a secret base and finding and mapping the fun places of woods. With not much to do, they had memorized the woods for miles, since they had been together for a few months.

On that fateful day, it was just Joseph and Leah exploring the woods. Dillon had chosen that day to sleep in and had not wanted to get out of bed, so the pair went on before the patrols started and they were forced inside the buildings like all the other kids. Running through the forest on the way to their secret hideout.

"I don't get … why we have to have so much security around here. It pretty much ruins all of our fun." Joseph complained. It had been ruff for some of them since the Invasions since the adults had contained the kids into the buildings during the summer, while they were shut up in school longer than they should. This irked him even more, since he would be out of school if it was not for Team Rocket. Now many of the things in his life had changed, and showed no sign of going back soon.

"To protect us from the Rockets" Leah answered confidently "Would like to be conquered instead?"

"No, but what is the point, were might as well be conquered, since we're looked up, and the adults never doing anything without making sure everything is secure." Joseph said as he dodged an overhead branch "We need to be able to have some fun, without it being it being a huge risk to us or whatever crap. With all the patrols, and rules, we can't find anything fun to do."

"It is better than being slaves" She pointed out. "Being forced to do backbreaking work. Suffering from thirst and starvation."

"True, but still I am stuck in this blasted town with no way out, we are being forced to follow a strict schedule like a slave, I can't live like that Leah, and I want to be free, not cooped up in a house."

He's still bitter about that? She thought, Joseph was just about to leave on his Pokémon Journey when Team Rocket attacked, his mom then refused to let him go off on his own in fear of what they would to him if they caught him.

"I'm just saying that what the point of protection from the outside is." He said, "If those on the inside can't live their lives like they want, or do the things they want to do? What is the point? And I am sick of that blasted school."

He does have a point she thought, but her pride would not let her give in. She would not just let him win. "We just need to live with it instead of complaining about it. Be glad you have not seen the worst of the war, you remember what happen to Cerulean"

"Yes I do remember it, I know it was tragic, but I CAN'T JUST DEAL WITH IT" He shot back "We can't have any fun unless we sneak out, they have a freakin strict curfew, schedule and all of that dumb crap, we are in school constantly, it seems that they send us there whenever they see Team Rocket within Ten freakin miles of this place, I'm am sick of it, this is summer, I should be in some town having the time of my life. How are we supposed to enjoy ourselves, I am not going to be one of those people who content to wasting their freakin lives just watch T. V. and not doing anything with their lives. I want to do something incredible, see the world, catch all the Pokemon, and become the Master"

"Big expectations don't you think?" Leah said

"Not really" He replied looking out into the forest, "With a lot of determination, and hard work, I can do anything"

Got to admit, the kid aims high Leah thought as she looked at her friend. There was a fire in his eyes. She knew he was right, the adults were panicking too much, and she had seen the rocket offensive, and their defenses would not be anywhere close than enough, the patrols would not protect them from the rifles, and the Pokemon, the wall they built would be instantly destroyed when it is hit by a shell and rammed by a two ton tank. Also with their numbers, Pallets remaining forces would be wiped out. They had been attack multiple times already, Joseph had lost his dad and his best friend in an early battle. Half of the fighters were now gone now. She hated Team Rocket with a passion, but she could see no easy way of defeating them.

Her thoughts were interrupted as they came up upon the hideout. The secret door they had set to hide it was on the ground in front of it. The small alcove that was covered by a huge branch, a giant rock formation was on the back, with layers that made seats, and separated it into multiple parts. They walked into the alcove the place was a mess, Joseph's drawing and sketches were all over the floor, his sketch book was in tears on the ground, and his drawings were covered in mud and dirt. His pencils were in splinters on the ground. Leah's books, and writings were on the ground with Joseph's stuff. All the heads of Dillon's carvings were cut off, the crystal rock shattered on the ground while the bodies were still on the shelf.

"What happened here" Leah said as she took it in. No one but the three of them knew about this place. The huge limb now had the words Death to all carved into it. The rock walls were cracked and crumbled.

"I don't know" Joseph said as he walked around the outlet. Everything was completely destroyed. Everything they had been working on for the last few months gone. Who would do this. Joseph was able to open his mouth when a loud crack rung from outside. The pair quickly went for cover in the back of the small cave. The heard the sounds of movement outside of the alcove. Joseph signaled Leah to stay put and started to move. Leah quickly grabbed him and shook her head. Joseph wrenched free and ignored her. He slowly made his way in the shadows, using his small size to creep along the wall making his way to the entrance while staying out of sight. He used the small tunnel Dillon was carving out in the cave for another exit to the cave. He made a path to the front of the cave, which was pretty impressive for a few weeks of work, though he did have his Pokemon.

Joseph reached the cave entrance and crouched down at the door. He grabbed Dillon's sharp carving knife from on the ground, he had a special knife meant to cut stone that would more than take care of any Team Rocket member, if it came to that. Leah slowly got up and started to come to him.

"Get down" Joseph screeched as he hit the ground and crawled out of the cave. He made it into a bush in an instant. He quickly surveyed the area and then army crawled into the bushes Leah's faint form could be seen when she poked her hid from behind the incline.

"Ah" He shouted as he was suddenly lifted by his collar, his hat fell to the ground, he kicked his attacker full on in the face drawing blood from the corner of the mouth. He jabbed at him, slamming him in the chest. He looked at the man to see a black Rocket uniform. He had a large Red R on his chest, the man was middle aged, and looked like he had been out here for a while.

"Well, look what we have here. A little runt from Pallet. You will work as a hostage quite nicely."

"Let me go so I can kill you" Joseph growled as he swung at the grunts head. Hit him right in the eye.

"Well, looks like we have a feisty one, now calm down before you regret it."

"Let me go or you'll be the one regret it"

"Ha, and who is going to make me, you runt" He said as he slammed him into a tree. Joseph looked up to see Leah was a quietly grabbing the handle of the knife.

"Now where is your little friend" He asked turning to the kid in his grasp

"Like I'd tell you" Joseph shot back.

"You better." The man said as he slammed Joseph into the cliff wall. The stone dug into his back causing a sharp pain. He must have showed it. "If it hurts, just give her away and it will stop."

"Never" Joseph gasped; the pressure he was under pinned against the wall was cutting off his oxygen. He was struggling for breath. Behind the grunt, Leah was shakily holding the knife in her hands. She brought it up in a motion to stab him. By the look on her face he knew she could not do it. And he was right. She stopped right near his chest, and stabbed at the arm chocking him. He howled in pain as blood quickly covered his arm. He pulled it away before she could completely take out the knife. It created an even bigger gash covering half the width of his arm. He yelled out at Leah and ran after her. Joseph picked up the bloody knife and attacked the grunt. He turned around to block and he was hit in the arm once again. The pain was unbearable to him as blood gushed from his arm. Joseph lunged at his chest; he moved out of the way and was stabbed in the shoulder. The blades weird angle caused the blade to get stuck in his arm. He pulled away before Joseph could pull it out. He grabbed and pulled the blade out and lunged at the kid on the ground. Joseph did a quick roundhouse kick to his arm. The knife went shooting out of his arm as he again cried out. He clean uniform was now crimson as blood flowed from his arm. He slumped to the ground withering in pain.

"Run" He yelled as he sprinted off towards Pallet. Leah following after him at full speed.

"O no you two don't" They heard from behind "Everyone use hyper beam"

They both looked back to see the grunt release his Pokémon a Raticate, Fearow, Arbok, Weasing, Persian, and Golbat appeared and charged up the powerful attacks.

BOOM!

The whole forest shook as the first wave of attacks was unleashed at the path in front of them. Dust and dirt went flying into the air; the two were shot back at the force of the blow. They flew to the ground where the Pokemon surrounded them.

"I would not try that again." The grunt said angrily "Get them in the cave"

They were grabbed by the Pokemon and drug forcibly into the cave. They were tossed into the bottom of the cave. The grunt slammed a weird pair of handcuffs on their wrists and threw them in a pit at the back of the alcove.

"Now stay quiet" He growled as he walked out of the cave. Joseph slowly got up and tried to sneak forward. The grunt was on the phone and jabbing on and on. He slowly made his way to Dillon secret tunnel, hopefully he had made it far enough to the outside to be able to pound through. Joseph got to the tunnel as the grunt walked in, seeing him he sprinted to him. Joseph slid into the cave and down the hole.

"Oh no you don't" The grunt said as he pulled out a switch. As he pressed the button, the cuffs heavily shocked him, causing extreme pain. He was breathing heavily as the electricity stopped, leaving him weak. "Go get him," He yelled out a Pokemon, a Persian came crawling into the tunnel as Joseph got up. He slammed himself into the end and a small crack appeared. Looking back, the Persian was halfway there.

Come on He thought as he worked on the wall, the crack slowly started to get bigger, looking back again, the cat was almost at him. He slammed one last time, the wall gave in and the rubble fell out of the tunnel, Joseph was leaping into the cave when sharp teeth sunk into his leg. He was dragged away from the hole and down the tunnel. The white cat dragged him out of the cave, where the rocket grabbed his neck.

"I would not try that again if I were you" The grunt said angrily. He slammed Joseph against the wall still holding his neck. He pulled his feet off the ground. He slammed down on the button and the cuffs shocked the two again. Leah cried out in pain from behind the wall. Joseph's throat was so constricted that he could not make a sound. He was starting to feel lightheaded and dizzy. His lungs were gasping for air. He slowly turned his eyes to see the grunt amused and distracted by Leah who was on the ground in pain. He left the hand with the remote unguarded by his side.

I have to do this He thought to himself as he attempted to kick the hand. The grunt just moved it as he turned to get a better look. Joseph made a gasp for air, lifted his leg, and slammed it as hard as he could into the grunts arm. The remote went flying into the wall shattering on impact. He cried out in pain and instantly dropped him. Joseph got up as quickly as he could as and grabbed the grunt. He had barely recovered as he used the string of the cuffs to warp around the neck. He pulled the man to the ground and left him gasping for air. He then jabbed him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him.

Looking up, he saw Leah leaping down for the wall, she quickly ran over to him as he moved towards the door. She quickly followed him.

"Get back here you." The grunt yelled as he staggered out of the cave

"Run" Joseph yelled as he sprinted towards Pallet. Leah followed closely behind him.

"Oh, no you don't" The grunt yelled as he called out to his Pokemon, they came out of the bushes and cut off the teens escape. Joseph slid to a stop and elbowed the Persian as it leaped at them. They quickly started to sprint in the opposite direction. The Pokemon gave chase as they ran off into the woods.

"Everyone use Hyper Beam" the grunt yelled as his Pokemon gave chase, they started to charge up the powerful attacks as aiming for the kids.

Joseph ran through the woods, wincing in pain from the gash Persian made on his leg, he continued to run, keeping up with Leah as they dodged the oncoming blasts. Huge booms echoed throughout the woods as dust and dirt went flying in all directions. They could feel the heat from the blast as they came flying right past their heads. A few trees fell nearly on them as they were hit by stray blasts, covering the pathways.

Turning around, he saw the Weezing close on their tails, the Arbok followed along with the Golbat, the Persian was nowhere to be seen since Joseph had hit it, I must have knock it out Joseph thought proudly not knowing he was that strong.

A blast skimmed the side of his arm while he was daydreaming, causing extreme pain throughout his arm, he began to briefly stumble but Leah grabbed his other arm and pulled him back up.

"You ok" She yelled over the continuous blasts.

"I'll , we need to keep going" He yelled as he pulled her forward. While they were stopped, the Weezing managed to catch up. His next shots were barely missed as he shot at point-black range.

Joseph slid right under the next blast, grabbing a rock and turning to face the gas Pokemon, the Pokemon, believing defeat, charged up his attack, when the ball of light had formed in his mouth, Joseph chucked the rock right into it, causing the charging ball to explode in a dazzling display of light. Smoke covered the area as the Pokemon went down. Joseph again began to run, quickly catching up to Leah.

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"What is going on?" The professor yelled as smoke was flooding through the woods. Loud blast could be heard along with a huge pummel of smoke, it was slowly making its way towards the town.

"We don't know,"

"Get everyone together and do a head count, and prepare the outer torrents and all the men, I don't know if it is The Rockets coming, but I don't want to risk it." The professor yelled. The men scrambled to get everyone together as scouts went to see what was up.

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"Duck" Joseph yelled as the snake grabbed for Leah's head, she barely slid down in time as the serpent missed and kept lunging, Joseph whack it straight in the head with a stick. The angry snake pulled back its head, and quickly lunged for Joseph, he dodged the bite as he attempted to strike again, he was unsuccessful as the snake dodged, then wrapped its tail around Joseph's leg, he was knock to the ground as the serpent released his legs, it then hovered over him preparing to strike.

As it began to strike, it suddenly cried out in pain as Leah slammed her foot into his long tail. The snake quickly turned to face her as it prepares to get revenged. Joseph quickly wiped his arms around the snake's neck and pulled it down, the cuffs still around his wrists choke the cobra into submission, and it slammed to the ground and did not stir.

"Come on" Leah yelled as she pulled him away. They got up to run again, but were instantly stopped, the Fearow shot a blast right into Joseph's leg, he cried out in agony as they got to the top of a hill, its steep edge was like a cliff, there was darkness at the bottom, the three of them had often tried to explore the small canyon, but never had enough rope to reach the bottom. Now they had nowhere to run.

"A valiant effort." The grunt said while slowly clapping, "but it was wasted", he walked up to them. If you had just stayed put, you might have lived." He said angrily.

"As what your slaves" Joseph said in disdain.

"Funny" The man said sarcastically, "but no, I am too fed up with you two, prepare to die."

With his words the two remaining Pokemon charged forward, the two quickly back down to the cliff.

"Which is better, risk jumping, or take the blasts" Leah said nervously

"Half a dozen, six the other" Joseph said "Though jumping would be better since we won't feel it as much."

"That a comforting thought" Leah said in a laughing matter

"On three" Joseph said

"On three" she replied nervously. They both backed up as the Pokemon reached them, the lunged themselves off the cliff and into the darkness below.

Authors Notes: What will happen to our brave heroes? Only I know, or you could just read ahead and find out for yourselves, it is up to you completely, though I hope you choose the second choose.