KKD: Well, this may feel like something totally out of left field, but if you remember, I had a preview chapter of a Pokemon MLP crossover, and two separate Digimon stories. But regardless, with the release of Pokemon X & Y, I felt the urge to try my hand at a Pokemon story, but knowing me, I had to go back to the beginning, and so, we'll start this first arc in the Kanto region. After that, I had to determine just which game I had to base this arc off, either the original Red & Green, the International Red & Blue (which is also the Japanese Blue), or the edition closest to the anime Yellow. To be honest, I was picking mostly for the starter you get, and so I got to go with Pokemon Yellow. Also, seeing as the first game I got, and only game I really got to play all the way was Sapphire, and ended my Pokemon journey with Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, I had to get a Pokemon expert of this franchise for me to help. That being said, you could guess who I chose, and the fact that his name has two Pokemon names in it: Pikatwig! Say hi to the audience, aibou.
Pikatwig: Hi. My history with Pokemon began some years ago, and I got my first game, Diamond Version on Christmas, and then I've got so many Pokemon games… and it's all part of who I am. And it's true, my name is based on Pikachu and Turtwig. Anyway, anything you wanna say about the first arc buddy?
KKD: Well, for those of you familiar with most of my OCs, then you'll recognize the OCs's name in this story, but they are not even closely related to those characters that become SEGA or Mobians.
Pikatwig: May I show a little bit of Pokemon knowledge before we begin?
KKD: You may. It could be interesting for our readers. But there is something I discovered; the one Pokemon of the original 151, Mew, had the most appearances in the anime's openings history.
Pikatwig: Okay. Here's my knowledge! The franchise's original name was going to be Capsule Monsters, shortened to Capumon, the main creator, Satoshi Tajiri and head of several Nintendo games, Shigeru Miyamoto, are the default names for the Gen I player and rival. And three more things. First, Pikachu wasn't going to be the franchise mascot, or Ash's partner in the anime, Clefairy was, but Pikachu was the most popular, thus boom. Second, Clefairy's evolution line and Togepi's evolution lines are now not Normal types, but Fairy types. AND BIG WARNING for those of you who have X & Y, there's a glitch in Lumiose City that can corrupt your save file! Nintendo has promised to fix it, and they've shown where NOT to save, the outer ring of the city leading in and out of it, anywhere else is a-okay.
KKD: Wow, I didn't know the first and last parts. But the thing with the former normal types turned fairy, I can live with it.
Pikatwig: I'm smart with this franchise.
KKD: Obviously, you got the names of two Pokemon (Gen 1 & Gen 4) right in your name.
Pikatwig: Which I just mentioned. And yeah. Pokemon will have a new twist, and the writers are us! So, anything else before we go forward?
KKD: Nothing much, except that we hope you all enjoy this excursion we're going on, back to our childhoods and into the world of Pokemon. But first, Disclaimers!
DISCLAIMERS: The only things these two own are the original human characters… and maybe some other things they don't want to spoil. Everything else is owned by Nintendo, Game Freak, the Pokemon Company, and their respective owners.
KKD: Okay, let's dive on in to this new story: Pokemon Neo: Yellow Version.
Pokemon Neo Yellow Version
Chapter 1: Shocker, a New Adventure!
"... Hello?" a voice asked.
Someone else just groaned at the sound of the voice as he struggled to wake up.
"Nii-san! Wake up!" the voice responded, finally getting the young 10 year-old boy out of bed.
This kid was your average ten-year old in the Kanto Region, with black hair and brown eyes and a decently tanned skin. Before him was his twin sister, who had the same hair color and skin color, but with blue eyes instead.
"Man… you really need to stop snoozing away Takeshi-nii!" the girl yelled.
"Hana-san..." Takeshi replied annoyed. "Why'd you wake me up? It's Saturday."
Hana sighed at him, "We're gonna go and meet Professor Oak and get our first Pokemon today you baka!"
"Oh shoot! You're right! Wait! Get out of my room so I can get dressed!" Takeshi panicked as he rushed to his closet.
Hana was already dressed, wearing a pale blue shirt and red skirt with matching shoes, and a blue bag over her shoulder. She ended up walking out and leaving her brother to get dressed.
"Is Takeshi getting up yet, Hana-chan?" an older female voice asked from downstairs.
"Yeah, that baka is awake and getting dressed." Hana replied.
"Okay, well hurry down and have some breakfast if you want to get there on time!" the voice, assumedly Takeshi and Hana's mom, called out.
Hana sighed and walked down, waiting for her brother to get down.
However, it wasn't long until after she reached the foot of the stairway that she heard a loud noise that sounds like her bro falling down the stairs. And sure enough, there he was, red shirt, jeans, sneakers, and everything, including his favorite blue hat that he dusted off after sitting back up as their mom, a woman in a pink dress rushed over to check on them. But he crashed right into his sister when he reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Are you okay, Takeshi?" their mom asked.
"Yea, I'm fine," Takeshi assured as he got out of the mess that he and his sister ended up in.
"Dumb baka. Remind me why we have to go on this journey together?" Hana asked annoyed.
"You both are the same age, and I can't let my little girl go without some protection, that's why you're going together," their mother answered.
"Kaa-san~" they whined.
"Don't question me, you two. Now, let's eat before you two take off."
Later, the two siblings finished and rushed out of the house, roughly at the same time, so when they opened the door, they both crashed onto the ground, their mom simply giggled at them.
"...Do you have to do stuff at the exact same time I do them?" Takeshi groaned as they dusted themselves off again.
"Shut up Takeshi," Hana yelled, walking off, with Takeshi following.
"Still, I can't believe it's that time already!" Takeshi smirked "We'll finally get our own Pokemon partners! Say, what Pokemon do you want, Nee-chan?"
"I don't really care, as long as it's not the same as yours!" Hana replied.
"Yea, I hate it when we get the same stuff at the exact same time," Takeshi agreed, upon arriving at the lab building, and outside was actually someone with long spiky red hair, wearing a green shirt, as well as shoes and jeans like Takeshi's. "Eh? Daisuke? What're you doing here?"
"What do you think? I'm getting my own Pokemon, but my own twin got in there ahead of me without realizing our Ojii-chan is out again," the boy sighed.
"I'll see if I can find him on Route 1," Takeshi said.
"Dude, that's dangerous without a Pokemon!" Daisuke told him.
"You're kidding me right? The only Pokemon there are Spearows, Rattatas and Pidgies! Not dangerous at all!" Hana responded.
"Oi! Hakase!" Takeshi called out rushing onto the route beyond their home of Pallet Town. "Hakase, you out here!"
However, he didn't get too far into the tall grass when…
"NO! That's dangerous without a Pokemon!" a voice yelled, as Takeshi stepped on something, and got zapped!
Takeshi just fell onto the ground, covered in burn marks somehow as an elderly man with aging gray hair, wearing brown slacks, a red shirt, and a white lab coat rushed over.
"I-Itai…" Takeshi winced in pain.
He saw the thing that zapped him, a small yellow mouse like creature with brown stripes on its back, red cheeks, black eyes and ear-tips along with a tail resembling a lightning bolt, with a small red mark on it, likely where it was stepped on.
"Sandshrew, let's go!" the elderly man announced, tossing a small sphere, that was red on top, white on the bottom, and had some kind of button on it.
Suddenly, this ball opened up, sending out an energy that soon formed another creature. This one, like the name the professor shouted, was a small shrew-like creature with hard plates on its back.
"Sand," the small Pokemon said, ready for battle, as the mouse unleashed an electric move, but Sandshrew simply stood its ground, not being harmed in the slightest.
"H-How?" Takeshi groaned, sitting up to see the little Pokemon withstand the electric attack.
"Sandshrew is a Ground type, it won't be affected by an Electric type move like Thunderbolt," the man in the lab coat told Takeshi. "Alright, Sandshrew use Rollout!"
"Sand!" Sandshrew nodded before curling up into a sphere, and then rolling over, simply muttering "Sand-sand-sand-sand" as it rolled and hit the other Pokemon with amazing accuracy!
"PIKA!" the mouse-like Pokemon screamed in pain from the hit, wobbling due to the damage taken.
"Alright, go PokeBall!" the old man shouted, throwing another sphere that hit the mouse Pokemon, causing the ball to open up and turn the mouse into some kind of energy before getting sucked into the PokeBall, causing it to close.
Takeshi and the old man just watched as the little ball wobbled, indicating the Pokemon inside was trying to break out, the button was blinking red, and after a while, it finally stopped, with a "dun" sound, and small white sparks flying near the button.
"...Sugoi!" Takeshi gasped seeing this before the old man helped Takeshi up. "E-Eh? Professor Oak?"
"Yeah. I've heard rumors of Pikachus moving into the Route, I came to investigate. Why do you think I brought a Ground type with me?" he asked.
"Good point… and thanks for the save," Takeshi replied.
"You're welcome. But for now, let's get back to the lab," Oak suggested, getting a nod from Takeshi before they walked off.
They finally arrived at the lab, meeting up with Hana and Daisuke.
"Professor Samuel Oak?" Hana asked.
"Hi Oji-chan." Daisuke added.
"Good to see you, Daisuke. Your brother already inside?" Oak asked, earning a nod from Daisuke. "That's not too unexpected."
"So now can we get our Pokemon?" Takeshi asked.
"As long as I don't get the same as you, I'll be happy with anything." Hana said as Oak tried to open the door, only to see it was locked.
"He locked himself in again?" Oak asked Daisuke.
"Yep."
"Typical," the professor sighed, using his key.
The door was unlocked as they saw a boy who looked almost just like Daisuke, tossing up one of the PokeBalls, up then catching it and then doing it again.
"Bro, you should've waited for the rest of us," Daisuke groaned.
"Sorry, but no. I've already got my Pokemon. And I'm gonna be unbeatable with it!" the boy began.
"Shigeru," Takeshi growled.
The professor looked over at a table and saw one PokeBall was missing out of three!
"Shigeru, put it down," the professor said annoyed, as he left in a burst of speed.
"Well, what now?" Hana asked, seeing that one was missing.
"I suppose I'll have to give this Pikachu I got to whoever doesn't get one of the other Eevees I brought for you," Oak figured.
"So, there's two Eevees…" Hana said.
"I guess," Daisuke shrugged.
Hana then looked at her brother, both had the same idea, and ran for one of the Eevees, Hana actually shoving her brother out of the way to get one of them.
"Hey!" Takeshi responded in annoyance.
"We agreed not to have the same Pokemon, so you get the Pikachu, and Daisuke gets the other Eevee," Hana reminded.
"I don't have a problem with that," Daisuke shrugged, taking the other PokeBall that contained an Eevee.
"Fine," Takeshi groaned.
"At least you managed to figure out what you'll have," Oak figured handing the PokeBall with Pikachu in it to Takeshi.
Hana then tossed the PokeBall into the air, and an Eevee appeared in the white flash of energy.
"Vee!" the Eevee smiled, landing in Hana's arms, the little Pokemon looking like a tiny dog/fox with brown fur all over, and having a beige mane around its neck along with a beige tip on it's tail.
"Looks like you got yourself a girl there," Daisuke noted.
"I got just the thing then," Hana smiled, pulling out a pink bow from her bag and placing it on her Eevee's ear. "There. You just look adorable… Cinnamon!"
"Vee!" the Eevee smiled, loving the nickname as Daisuke sent out his Eevee, who looked almost identical to Hana's.
"Okay, I got a male, makes it even easier to tell who's is who's," Daisuke noted. "Now what to call you? ...Striker!"
"Vee!" his Eevee smiled in response.
"Well, I guess that leaves me with my new Pikachu, but… after stepping on its tail, I don't think he'll like me right away," Takeshi sighed, still holding his PokeBall.
He tossed it into the air, and Pikachu appeared, most of it's injuries from a moment ago healed, due to Professor Oak giving it a Super Potion.
"Pi?" the Pikachu responded looking around.
"Um… hi?" Takeshi said.
Pikachu looked at him, the red spark sacs on his cheeks glowing with electricity, and then he zapped Takeshi again.
"Well… that was a shock…" Takeshi groaned, recovering faster than last time. "Shock… that's a good name. No wait… how about, Shocker!"
"Pika?" the Pikachu asked, confused.
"Now while you're still here, there's something I should give you three," Oak replied, pulling out some red devices, almost resembling an old school Game Boy. "Take these, these are Pokedexs, not only your I.D.s as Pokemon Trainers, but it also catalogues the Pokemon you see and/or catch."
Hana took hers and looked at her Eevee.
"Alright, let's see what I can find on you Cinnamon," Hana smiled opening the dex before an image of Eevee with all it's stats appeared.
-Eevee, the Evolution Pokemon. It's genetic code is unstable, so it could evolve in a variety of ways. There are only a few alive.- a voice from the Pokedex informed.
"Don't worry Cinnamon, I'll only evolve you if you want to evolve, okay?" Hana told her first partner.
"Vee," Eevee nodded, hoping into Hana's arms.
"Well, that takes care of Eevee, and I'll be sure to do the same with Striker," Daisuke noted, getting a nod from his Eevee while he took his Pokedex.
"Then… what does it say about Shocker?" Takeshi asked, taking his Pokedex and opening it.
-Pikachu, the Mouse Pokemon. It keeps its tail raised to monitor its surroundings. If you yank its tail, it will try to bite you.-
"Or flat out zap you," Takeshi sighed.
"Now, I've known these Eevee for a while, Striker is a little headstrong, knowing Headbutt kinda helped that. And Cinnamon, right?" Oak began.
"Yep," Hana answered.
"She's a little unusual, she kinda likes to do her own thing," Oak explained to Hana.
"Really?"
"Sounds like Shocker," Takeshi added.
"But she'll listen to orders, it's while kinda idle she's odd," Oak clarified.
The three trainers looked at their new Pokemon, Daisuke returned Striker back to his PokeBall, and walked out.
"Hold up, Daisuke!" Takeshi responded, making Daisuke stop before he reached the door. "Can't we travel together? Strength in numbers and all that."
"Yeah, doubt Shigeru would let me travel with him," he replied.
"Good, I won't just have to deal with a baka for my travels in Kanto," Hana said.
"I heard that, Nee-chan," Takeshi growled.
"I know, you were supposed to."
"Anyway, I'd better get Shocker back in his PokeBall," Takeshi figured, tossing the PokeBall at his Pikachu, but… he got zapped… again.
"Guess he doesn't want to be in the PokeBall," Daisuke figured, Shocker nodded.
"So Cinnamon, you wanna travel with me, or in the PokeBall?" Hana asked.
Cinnamon looked at the PokeBall before shaking her head and jumping to the ground.
"I guess she's not the only one not wanting to go into her Pokeball," Daisuke noticed.
The three then waved goodbye to Professor Oak, and then they began to walk out of Pallet Town and back onto Route 1, but…
"Daisuke, Takeshi, Hana!" a voice yelled out.
They looked and saw Takeshi and Hana's mom.
"Okaa-san?" they gawked before she placed something in Takeshi's hands.
"You'll need this to find your way around Kanto. Don't lose it," she told them, handing each one of them a map of the region, and then she walked back home.
"Okay… let's go!" Takeshi said.
As they walked down Route 1, Hana and Cinnamon decided to relax under a tree.
"Is this really the best time for a nap?" Takeshi asked his sister.
"Urusei baka," she replied. "I'm not taking a nap, I'm gonna play with Cinnamon a little bit. I don't want her to get around your silly battling!"
"...How're you gonna fill up the Pokedex just sitting around?" Daisuke added.
"For your information, I'll be catching and training Pokemon for Contests, not Gyms!" Hana snapped.
"Suit yourself," Takeshi sighed before he saw a small brown and cream colored bird with pink talons and a pink beak. "Huh? A Pidgey?"
He then began to chase after it with Shocker following him. This startled the Pidgey as it was about to flee.
"Shocker, quick! Thunderbolt!" Takeshi shouted.
Shocker sighed and did Thunderbolt, not on the Pidgey, but on Takeshi… again.
"Why… why do you have to do it on me," Takeshi groaned while Daisuke had called out Striker as they were following a Rattata, a small purple rat Pokemon, it's bottom area was tan, and it had red eyes.
Meanwhile, over with Hana and Cinnamon, the young trainer was thinking about how to focus on Eevee's cuteness and pull it off in a Contest.
"Hmm…" Hana began, pondering.
Then she felt something tug her left shoe, she looked up and saw it was Cinnamon, tugging away her left shoe, managing to get it off, and then doing the same with the right shoe.
"Mou! Cinnamon!" Hana responded.
Then she remembered what Oak told her about the Eevee she took, as Cinnamon pulled off both of her socks.
"What're you doing?" Hana asked Cinnamon in confusion, seeing her little Eevee rub up against her barefeet. "Oh, you wanna be petted, with my feet do you?"
"Vee," Cinnamon nodded with a smile, still rubbing herself against Hana's barefeet.
Hana saw her little Pokemon do this, and then she saw the bright big smile on Cinnamon's face, she couldn't say no to that! And so, smiling herself, she petted Cinnamon with her feet, making the Pokemon's smile widen.
'Okay, now I get what Oak meant, Cinnamon is a little unusual, but it's really kawaii!' Hana thought.
At the same time, Takeshi was trying to recover from the multiple Thunderbolts he had by that point.
"Well… that was pointless… let's see what this says about the Pokemon I saw," Takeshi sighed, looking at his Pokedex, seeing that at least four Pokemon were added, one of them being Eevee, but he noticed that the files only had the image; no information. "...I guess you only get the info if you catch them."
Shocker gave an annoyed look at Takeshi.
"Okay, let's clear this up, you use Thunderbolt, on the OTHER Pokemon, not me!" Takeshi told his Pikachu, who simply used Tackle on him. "Gah, he found a loophole!"
Seeing Takeshi in pain now, Shocker just laughed hard at his trainer.
"Well… at least I caught something," Daisuke panted, coming back with Striker. "Meet Charger!"
"Uh… who?" Takeshi asked not seeing the Pokemon Daisuke was talking about, he showed him a PokeBall, the red part now clear, showing a Rattata. "Whoa! I didn't think you could see them through the PokeBall like that."
"So how's Shocker?" Daisuke asked.
"Still a troublemaker as always; always zapping and hitting me instead of the Pokemon I'm trying to catch," Takeshi answered, as something attacked Shocker, creating a hole in the ground!
"PIKA!" Shocker screamed as they looked to see where Shocker was.
"SHOCKER!" Takeshi gasped, trying to find his partner.
He saw his partner in the hole, and then he popped back out, seeing another Pokemon.
"Diglett, Dig!" the Pokemon said mockingly.
"A Diglett? I thought they weren't on this route!" Takeshi gasped.
"Well, Swarms of Pikachu and Diglett have been on this Route. Swarm Pokemon leave after a little while," Daisuke explained.
"I see," Takeshi nodded, as he moved in and saved Shocker.
"Pika… pika… pika," Shocker panted, as if scared from the sudden move by the Diglett.
"Don't worry, Shocker. Everything's gonna be fine," Takeshi assured.
Pikachu gave a small look, and saw Takeshi's eyes, it reassured the Mouse Pokemon.
"It's a Ground type, so, we need a new move," Takeshi said.
"Like what exactly?" Daisuke asked. "Sorry, I couldn't help but listen in."
Pikachu hopped out of his trainer's arms, and it's eyes began to glow green, it moved it's arm, causing the nearby grass to shift position around the Diglett.
"That was Grass Knot! I didn't know Pikachus could learn that!" Daisuke exclaimed.
"Well apparently he just did," Takeshi smirked. "Alright, Shocker use Grass Knot again!"
Pikachu gave a nod, and actually did the move on the Diglett and not him!
"Finally!" Takeshi smirked, glad his Pikachu was now using the moves on the Pokemon and not him.
Diglett charged forward and smacked Pikachu back, using Take Down.
"Pika!"
"Shocker! Hang on, buddy!" Takeshi shouted, before seeing the Diglett looked affected by it's own attack. "What's with Diglett?"
"Recoil damage, no doubt," Daisuke figured.
"Yosh!" Takeshi smirked before pulling out a PokeBall. "PokeBall IKUZE!"
With that, Takeshi threw the PokeBall, taking the Diglett inside it before they all watched the Ball shake with the red light flickering, and the Ball wobbled, it stopped and then Diglett popped back out.
"Mou!" Takeshi groaned as the Diglett attacked with Take Down again, Shocker responded with Grass Knot again.
"Alright, PokeBall, IKUZE!" Takeshi yelled, and it hit again, but this time, the Diglett was caught! "YES! FINALLY! I CAUGHT A POKEMON!"
"PIKACHU!" Shocker cheered as well.
"Alright, let's have a look-see at it's data…" Takeshi said, pulling out his Pokedex.
-Diglett, the Mole Pokemon. It prefers dark places. It spends most of its time underground, though it may pop up in caves.-
"That makes this Diglett, no… Driller a little odd coming out to this open field," Takeshi noted.
"Swarms make Pokemon appear out of their normal habitats," Daisuke explained, as something whacked Takeshi on the head.
"OW!" Takeshi winced before turning to see Hana.
"Do you mind! Your battle noise scared poor Cinnamon," Hana responded. "If you'd mind, I'd like to focus, seeing as there's a Pokemon Contest in Viridian City."
"And you're entering it with one Pokemon? Good luck I suppose," Daisuke said simply, as Takeshi noticed something about his sister.
"...Where're your shoes and socks?" Takeshi asked, making the kids look at Hana's feet, which were bare.
"Pika?" Shocker asked.
"Oh, Cinnamon took them off. I found out why Oak Hakase said she was unusual, she loves being petted by a girl's barefeet," Hana answered.
"Guess it takes all kinds of types," Daisuke said.
"Also, what do you mean by me entering with only one Pokemon? Is something wrong with that?" Hana asked Daisuke.
"Contests require two or more Pokemon for entry. You only have one, so you need another, in case one gets sick or injured," Daisuke answered.
"But how am I gonna find a Pokemon that's just as cute as Cinnamon?" Hana responded.
Daisuke and Takeshi both exchanged a look.
"Now what?" Hana asked seeing them look at each other.
"Ano… there's another Route next to the city where one can find Poilwags," Daisuke told her, and suddenly, Hana was off in an instant with Cinnamon carrying Hana's footwear right behind her. "Wow, she's really motivated."
"You have no idea how motivated she can get," Takeshi sighed.
"Let's go and make sure she doesn't get herself into any trouble…" Daisuke said annoyed.
"Hold up a minute, I'll catch up," Takeshi told him, as Daisuke ran off after Hana and Takeshi was looking around again, then at Shocker.
"Pikachu?" Shocker asked his partner in confusion.
"Shocker… know this, I'll always be by your side, and we'll always fight as a team. You're not alone, okay?" he said.
Pikachu then extended his small hand for Takeshi to shake. They just smiled at each other, both of them shaking each others hands. When they were done, Shocker jumped onto Takeshi's shoulder and the two followed Daisuke. However, they didn't notice a strange shiny blue Pokemon watching them from a nearby tree. It then flew off into the distance, too fast to be seen.
Takeshi: Don't forget to come back next time! We arrive in the next city, with my sis a little too happy to catch a new Pokemon, while me and Daisuke find out about a Gym, and it being closed, oh great! Shigeru's here too?! Shocker, ikuze!
Shocker: PIKA!
Takeshi: Jikai, Pokemon Neo Yellow Version: Arrival, it's Viridian City!
KKD: Looks like our team will battle our rival next time on this twist to Pokemon. Also, I was surprised you decided to have Kanto have contests, aibou.
Pikatwig: That was actually in the anime, and I wanted each character to have a different goal, Takeshi is the main hero, while Daisuke wants to best his brother, and Hana be a Coordinator.
KKD: Nice.
Pikatwig: What'd you think of the nicknames?
KKD: Very cool. Also, fun fact for you readers, my Grandma's last cat was named Cinnamon, so I guess this could make Hana's Eevee a tribute to said cat. Poor Cinnamon.
Pikatwig: I kinda came up with Cinnamon due to Eevee's fur color being a cinnamon shade, so, what'd you think of little Cinnamon's unusualness?
KKD: Very very kawaii, I'll admit that.
Pikatwig: So, what'd you think of Takeshi and Shocker's interaction at the end?
KKD: Nostalgic. Reminds me of Ash and Pikachu at the end of the anime's first episode.
Pikatwig: I took a bit more of a page from the Pokemon Adventure manga, where Red's Pika was almost just like Ash's Pikachu. Anyway, anything else you wanna say before we end this off?
KKD: ...Just one thing. Expect that shiny Pokemon at the end to appear a lot in this story.
Pikatwig: Okay, and now Jaa ne readers, see you next time on Neo Yellow!
KKD: Jaa ne!