Blazepanzer here, And I just wanted to start off by thanking everyone who took the time to check this story out, it means a lot to me! Also, if you like this story, feel free to favorite, follow and or leave a review, even if it's simply to point out a spelling error or something else.
A few things to note:
I an keeping the names of Pokemon uncapitalized unless referring to a proper name or unless mention a Pokemon in the AN. Also, I won't be capitalizing the names of items unless we are talking about specific brands. Moves will be capitalized.
While this story mostly aligns toward to the Origin's anime, it takes concepts from both the original anime and the video games. Also, not everything is going to be exactly cannon to either anime, the games, or the cannon of the series.
Mostly I'm going to focus on the first generation of Pokemon in this story, although I'll also include some evolution of gen one Pokemon that appeared in other gens, such as Crobat and Magnazone.
Finally, Blazepanzer24 does not own Pokemon. Enjoy!
Blond hair sprawled across the bed as a young girl with darker blue eyes rose from her bed, before erupting into a series of wake up stretches. It was a fairly routine part of her day, warming up her muscles, no matter how few she appeared to have. Afterward, she entered the shower, began her next morning ritual.
Oh, that's right, my pokemon journey begins today, She thought to herself, nonchalantly grabbing the bar of soap as she reflected. I'll want my hair to look at it's best for the Professor, after all he is kind enough to give me my starter pokemon.
She couldn't help fussing over her hair, every 12 year old girl seemed to want to look their best when meeting with a guy, well, a trustworthy guy. Coming from Kalos when she was eight didn't help matters.
It took her roughly thirty minutes to finish showering and another ten to finish her hair, her hair style being her usual braided ponytail, with a ribbon on the tip to help hold it together. Aside from a loose ponytail when she was camping or swimming, she usually wore her hair in this manner.
Changing out of her nightgown and into her traveling attire, which consisted of a feminine pair of pants, and a brown sleeveless polo she rapidly proceeded to grab both her bag and purse, before heading out the door. As much as her father had wanted to see her off on her journey, he got called to the Air-force base in Cerulean city two nights ago and unfortunately there was no arguing with the KSDF. (Kanto Self Defense Force)
Still, she was proud of her father, and although she was a bit upset that he couldn't see her off, she wasn't really mad about it.
Continuing on her way to the pokemon lab, she noticed Red and Blue apparently fighting to be the first to arrive. She couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at their antics. Seriously, professor Oak isn't going to let you guys choose first, given his tendency towards chivalry. Not that I believe I deserve the opportunity to chose first just because I'm a girl, but still. That had always annoyed her when guys did that. While she wasn't by any means a hater of chivalry, getting to choose first often seemed rather petty in her eyes.
A few steps later she realized why they where fighting to get there first. Oh...that's right. Whoever gets there second will have their own pokemon chosen for them. Idiots! They could always capture the starter they wanted, if they hunted enough. It might take them some time and effort, but they can do it if they try.
With that realization she let out a small sigh. I know I promised to help Samuel Oak with the Kanto Pokedex Project, but I'm not too sure I'll be able to catch all of the pokemon native to the Kanto region. Still, I did promise to help him with with this task, and I shouldn't let my doubts get to me.
She opened the door to the lab, noticing Red and the two Oaks waiting for her. "Here's your Pokedex," Professor Oak explained after catching her up, before showing her the three pokemon available, followed by presenting them with a deck of cards.
"Now, I want all of you to draw a card and whoever draws the highest number picks first. The lowest number picks last. Alright?"
Hunter felt both a flash of satisfaction and dread flood through her. Good! Granted, I might not get the pokemon I want, but at least he's not letting me pick first just because I'm a girl. Geez, I hate it when people do that, she thought as she picked up a card. A 5 hmm...not too bad nor good either.
"What, I got a three?" Blue exclaimed. Red showed a seven, meaning that she'd get to chose second. She waited with abated breath as he lunged forward, picking up a charmander.
"Ah! A charmander," Professor Oak exclaimed. After a brief moment where Red exclaimed he chose a fire type because his father had given him the name Red because he hoped it would help him to hold a fire in his heart, Oak turned to Blue.
"So Blue, are you going to choose squirtle because your name is Blue?"
At that Blue scoffed. "Ha, there's no way I'd choose my first pokemon biased off of that reason!" he scoffed, sounding rather obnoxious to Hunter's ears.
"And so you won't mind if I chose squirtle then?" She interrupted, crossing her arms and shooting him a glare that invited no arguments. He simply nodded and told her to go ahead, so she walked to the table and picked up the pokeball containing the pokemon.
"You know, you can give your pokemon a nickname if you wish. Hunter glanced at her squirtle for a brief moment, then nodded. "Sherman. I think I'll call him Sherman."
"Hey, you want to have a battle? Nah...never mind. I'd rather not have my first battle be to a rookie." Blue deadpanned.
"Hey, aren't you a rookie too?" Red countered.
Whatever Blue had replied with was lost on Hunter, as she just headed out, eager to begin work on her part of the project. She knew that roughly 150 pokemon in the Kanto region, give or take. Work hard enough, she could easily catch about 100 of them by journey's end. However, in order to achieve this, she'd have to defeat the gym leaders, and if she managed to acquire all of them than she'd be required to challenge the elite four.
She let out a quiet sigh as she exited the building, before taking off toward the next town, Viridian city. Before long she noticed a pidgey pecking on some worm.
"Sherman, use tackle," she commanded almost right before he materialized out of his pokeball. He rushed forward rather quickly, hitting the bird square on the wing, causing the bird to stumble harshly while letting out a squawk of pain.
Silently she threw one an empty pokeball at the pidgey, watching in silence as the bird was sucked into the capsule. Only a small, almost non-noticeable shaking occurred before the red capture light flashed, letting Hunter know that the pokemon had been captured.
"Great work Sherman, return!" she commanded, returning him to his pokeball before picking up the captured pidgey. Taking out her Pokedex, she read over it's stat estimates.
Stat estimates where an estimation on how well the pokemon was at certain aspects in battle. The first estimations where made as soon as the capture light came on, and where biased off of what pokemon was captured, and how well defined the pokemon's muscles where. Readings where also based off of how hard the battle to capture said pokemon was.
As you battled however, these readings would get more accurate. However, the point of these readings wasn't to tell you exactly how strong the pokemon was rather than to tell you what needs work in battle.
She clasped Pidgey's capsule to her waist before continuing on her way, hoping to encounter a trainer or something. However, as the sun began to set, she soon found herself at the Viridian road rest stop. Sighing with exhaustion, she sat down on one of the benches, stretching to relieve her aching leg muscles.
I had no idea that walking to Viridian city was going to be this hard, she whispered inwardly, before rising up and pulling a small, black and red ball from her bad and pushing a button, causing her sleeping bag to appear before her.
This particular ball, referred to as an item ball, was indispensable for pokemon trainers as it allowed them to bring more heavy items with them on their journey. However, there where three main drawbacks. First, they where expensive, costing well over 500,000 yen for the more expensive ones, with the cheaper ones costing over 50,000 yen, when they where on sale. Secondly, these had a limited lifetime, ranging from three years for a cheep one to over ten years for the expensive one. Finally, they could not hold complicated products such as computers and other electronics. Only simplistic ones like her sleeping bag.
Satisfied, she took off her bow, letting her blond hair flow freely before clambering into her sleeping bag, falling asleep underneath the sheltered roof of the rest stop.
She was awaking by a small nudge and a fast apology. Glancing up she saw red and guessed he must have bumped into her by mistake.
"Again, I'm really sorry, I didn't see you there," he apologized, his face tinted with an ever-so slight tint of red.
He really should watch where he is going, but I really can't be too mad at him, we've all made similar mistakes, she thought before shaking her head. "No, it's alright Red," she smiled at him briefly, before motioning for him to lay down close to her. "Besides, it's understandable since you must be exhausted after that long of a walk." she added.
His face lost it's shade of pink as he lied down about three feet next to her. There wasn't any real love relationship between her and Red, rather it was a rule of the open pokemon rest areas such as this one that all trainers must set their sleeping bags no less than three and no more than four feet from each other, to conserve space for any other trainer. Even if there seemed to be amble room by the time you fell asleep, you still had to observe this rule since other trainers may arrive afterward to shelter for the night.
Once red had been tucked in, she decided to strike up a conversation. "Hey, Red?"
"Yes Hunter?", he asked, turning to face her.
"Did you catch anything today?" she asked, her eyes full of curiosity"
"Three, and you?" he asked, rolling over to look at her properly as they talked.
"Just a pidgey," she begin, however she paused as red looked at her finny.
"Don't say just a pidgey, it shows disrespect to the pokemon you've cause." he begin slightly annoyed, before continuing. "Each pokemon you've caught is too precious for you to be so flippant about it."
For the first time that day Hunter felt angry at Red. How dare he insinuate I don't care about Pidgey! She growled inwardly. However, she really didn't want the guards to break them up or write them a citation for arguing at the rest stop, so she restrained herself from making any shot-off remarks.
Maybe though he is right and that I need to show more respect for Pidgey. After all, I didn't give her a nickname and I don't intent to use her in battle, still she is my pokemon. "You're right, I'm sorry," she sighed.
Red gazed at for for a moment before blushing softly. "No, I shouldn't have been so blunt," he apologized.
Hunter woke up to find Blue fast asleep beside Red, several other trainers followed after him, most sleeping or wanting to avoid the last of the night's chill. Letting out a small sigh of relief that no one else had slept beside her, rule or no, she quietly packed up her things before pulling out a sleeveless polo and short shorts, before finding her way to the out-room, a combination of a restroom and shower-room. Stepping inside, she quickly showered, giving the most attention to her hair as she washed.
After showering she redid her ponytail, braiding it as she had done yesterday, before exiting the restroom, the chilly breeze sending ever-so slight shivers down her exposed legs. She smiled at the feeling though, she wasn't sure why she liked the feeling, but she did.
"Hey, Red?" she asked as she noticed he was about to head off toward Vridian city.
"Yes Hunter?" He asked, stopping to gaze at her.
"Do...do you think we could travel together to Viridain city?" she asked, slightly nervous he might take her request as an invitation for a date. I'm only asking him because I'm starting to feel lonely, not because I have any feelings for him or anything, and I highly doubt Red is the kind of guy to assume a girl wants to date him just for asking a favor, she told herself, trying to calm her nerves.
While it was true, she often worried about asking young guys for anything since it had often lead to request to take her out on a date. Admitted, she was pretty, not the prettiest in class, and maybe not to the level of winning many beauty pageants and whatnot, but she was pretty enough that guys did take notice.
It didn't help that she was foreign citizen either. Often, Kanto and by extension Jhoto had an issue with foreign citizens. Males where often discriminated in school, as well as in entry level jobs and collages. However, guys with special skills, such as her father, faced much less discrimination. Foreign girls, on the other hand, where often hit on and had a higher rate of date requests compared to the ravage native Kantoain girl.
"Sure," he replied, before moving on. Hunter simply followed in silence.
Before long she noticed a weedle munching on a leaf, oblivious to the two trainers. Sending out Sherman, she ordered a quick attack, similar to how she did in her first battle.
And true to the last battle, Sherman's attack hit the mark, perhaps a bit too hard. The bug went flying, landing with a rather large thud, before trying to get up, but failing. Hunter's eyes widened when she noticed a claw mark on the caterpillar.
Poor thing, must have been picked up by a bird before being dropped here, she thought, guilt flooding through her as she threw a pokeball at the target, the ball quickly indicating she had captured the pokemon.
Rushing to pick the pokeball, she gazed worriedly at the ball, mummuring softly to herself. "It's okay Gepard, we'll get you to a pokemon center asap," she whispered, glancing at Red as he walked up, nearly flinching as he gently placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Come on Hunter, Viridain City is just an hour jog from here if we keep a good pace," he informed her gently before taking his hand off her shoulder.
Hunter didn't respond for a brief moment, trying to avoid the prickling felling flooding into her cheeks.
That...that felt so... she thought, before flinching as she remembered about what she needed to do, and fast. "Right, We need to get care for Gepard right away," she replied, before rising up, following him as he began running toward Viridian.