Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of its characters

A/N: My very first Pokemon fanfic with an Ash K./Tory L. pairing. I always thought it was weird that there weren't that many Pokemon fanfics with them as a couple pairing.

Reviews and comments will be appreciated

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pallet Town

"So Dad, what is the Kanto Region like?" A young boy asked, as he and his father were riding in a moving truck from the Hoenn Region.

"Well Tory, the Kanto Region is a rather beautiful and peaceful place. It's not that really different than Hoenn, except for the cities, towns and Pokemon that can be found." The boy's father, Professor Charles Lund answered, while smiling softly down at his boy, whom was seated on his left.

Prof. Lund was in his late 40's to early 50's, Caucasian with Beau bluish hair, eye brows and cerulean blue eyes. He wore a plain white turtleneck long sleeve t-shirt underneath a grayish black buttoned business jacket, coal grey jeans and black shoes with a coal gray underside. He was a well respected Pokemon Professor from the Hoenn Region and had been offered a position to work alongside Professor Samuel Oak at his laboratory in Pallet Town and as a part time teacher at the Pokemon Technical Institution.

His son Tory, was nine years old, with the same features as his father: Caucasian, Beau bluish hair, eye brows and cerulean blue eyes. He wore a teal green V-neck t-shirt, tan brown drawstring long length shorts reach down to his knees and white/blue/gray sneakers.

Tory didn't mind the move from Hoenn to Kanto, as he was thrilled for his father being offered to work alongside the world famous Pokemon researcher and lecturer, Prof. Oak. As well as being hired as a teacher at the PokeTech Institute, as his father was a part time teacher at the Pokemon's Training School back in Rustboro City. The only sad truth was...Tory really didn't have that many friends back in Hoenn, due to be incredibly shy...and he kept a secret that his father never knew about. After his mother died, it was only him and his father...and Tory loved his dad a lot...but he couldn't help but fear his dad's reaction if he ever found out his secret.

"Excuse me driver, how long until we reach Pallet Town?" Prof. Lund politely asked the driver of the moving truck, as Tory was starting to drift in and out of consciousness due to lack of sleep.

Both Professor Lund and his son had left Hoenn at 8 pm in the afternoon after helping the moving crew pack up their furniture and personal belongings in the moving trucks at 5:30 pm. They had managed to catch their boat at Slateport City at 7:30 pm before the ship had started casting off, while the moving trucks took a private boat to the Kanto Region. Tory and his father had managed to sleep for seven hours and thirty minutes, as the captain of the boat announced that they had arrived in Kanto at 3:30 am. The boat had docked at Vermilion City at 3:50 am where the truck driver holding their furniture had waited to pick them up.

"We'll be at Pallet Town in an hour 20-10 minutes Mr. Lund." The driver answered professionally, as they had left the Vermilion City dock ten minutes ago and been driving for half an hour, with the time being 4:30 am.

Prof. Lund had glanced down at his left and saw that Tory had drifted off to sleep and couldn't truly blame him, as he hadn't slept that much since they had let Hoenn. He had held his son close as they continued to drive for another fifteen minutes. Both he and Tory had groaned as the road started to get bumpy, but returned to becoming smooth like again. They had drove for another five minutes, until the driver stated with a soft chuckle.

"That it is Mr. Lund...Pallet Town." The driver stated as he spotted the roadside banner which pointed out the main road in and out of the small town.

"Tory. Tory, wake up kiddo." Prof. Lund stated as he gently coaxed his boy awake.

"Hmm, what is it Dad?" Tory asked as he sleepily opened his eyelids, showing he was still drowsy from all their traveling and wanted to sleep a little bit longer.

"We're here in Pallet Town. We're about to see our new house." His father answered softly, as the driver continued driving down the road and that was enough to wake his sleepy son.

"'We're really here in Pallet Town?" Tory asked in an excited tone, showing he was happy that they were about to see their new house and home!

Just as the night sky started to brighten up as the sun was about to rise, both Tory and his father had spotted their new home, which was a bungalow type house. They had also spotted the other two moving trucks, already there waiting for them parked alongside the main road.

"Would you like my men to start unloading and putting the furniture in the house Mr. Lund?" The driver, whom was also the main contractor asked as he parked the truck at a legal safe distance for them to exit.

"Yes, that would be very nice." Prof. Lund answered as he and Tory had opened the passenger side door and stepped out of the truck, while stretching their arms and legs from being cooped up in the cab of the truck.

"Alright boys, start unloading the trucks. Move the furniture in the house, pronto." The truck driver stated, as he reached for his walkie-talkie clipped to the left side of his belt.

"Roger that boss." One of the haulers answered as he and the rest of the moving crew reached for a peculiar object; a red and white round ball like device with a white button out front in the center, which both Tory and his father identified as Poké Balls.

The haulers had tossed their own Poké Ball and a white beam of energy shot out, which materialized and revealed the Kanto native Fighting-type Pokemon, Machoke. The six Machoke immediately helped the haulers moving every piece of furniture from the back of the trucks into the house. While the moving team and their Machoke were setting the furniture, Tory and his father had entered their new house and they couldn't help but smile and admire the conditioning of the house, as it had been well cared for and was thoroughly clean.

Both Tory and his father knew they would like it here in Pallet Town and that they would have a bright future ahead of them.

A/N: Here is the ending to the 1st chapter. I apologize if it seems a little short or lacking enough detail, I simply ran out of material and did the best with what I could think of. The 2nd chapter where Tory and his father first meet Ash and Delia will be posted real soon. Until next time, bye.