Welcome to my first Pokémon fanfic, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it! There is a slight difference though from the Pokémon world but I doubt it will have any effect on the way you read it, but the age difference is changed from 10 to 15 with when the teenagers embark on their Pokémon journeys. One because it may get a little mature in the later chapters and I can't picture 10 year olds kissing and Two I prefer to write characters closer to my age.

Summary: Dakota Young is like any other trainer, excited and nervous about leaving home and being on their own. But when she meets a boy who has a secret that can turn her life upside down; she can't help but feel drawn to him. The closer she gets to the secret the further she becomes from being a normal trainer and she has to know if he's worth the cost. Love, loyalty and friendship are put to the test, follow Dakota and her friends on an Adventure they will never forget.

Pokémon Adventure: Legend of Kanto

Chapter One

Picking Partners

"…Bulbasaur is the grass type; it will be good for my team because it has the type advantage for the first two gym leaders." Benjamin paced around Dakota's room talking in a deep thought kind of trance while Dakota listen to his every word. "But in saying that… it's a grass type and the weakest of all three Pokémon."

"That's your opinion." Dakota said crossing her legs on her bed with a smile placed on her pretty face, Ben just waved off her comment and carried on.

"Charmander now is a fire type and evolves into one of the strongest but can be hard to train since it has the disadvantage to the first two gym leaders – but still is quite strong Pokémon."

"But what about Squirtle?" Dakota enjoyed this, Benjamin had always taken Pokémon training so seriously and since they were a day away from their journey he seemed to get more frantic about which Pokémon to choose by the minute.

"Squirtle…" Benjamin rubbed his chin at the thought "The water type. Has the advantage for the first gym leader… and its known to be a very good battler and strong, nearly as strong as Charmander."

"It's just not about the type and how it can defeat the gym leaders though, what about the personality?" Dakota asked.

Ben turned to her and giving her his full attention with a bemused expression.

"What'd you mean?"

"Well… say you get a really strong Bulbasaur but it doesn't listen to you. It would be strong enough to win the gym battles but is too stubborn to do what you ask." Dakota explained giving Ben a sly smile.

Benjamin gave a loud groan and collapsed into her bed next to her and burying his face into a pillow.

"Why is this so hard?" He asked – his voice muffled from the pillow, "This decision is going to change our lives!" His voice clearer now that he wasn't buried in the pillow.

Tomorrow they both were going to pick their Pokémon and start their journey. For hours now they had gone through the positives and negatives of what each Pokémon possessed but it didn't make the choice any easier and Ben was right – this decision would change their lives. What if she made the wrong choice and it affected her in a very bad way, stoped her from exploring all of Kanto?

Dakota fell backwards next to Ben and sighed, tomorrow was going to either be the best day of her life or the worst and it was all up the decision she made. She felt some of the panic that Ben had flow through her, was she even ready for a Pokémon Journey?

Both Benjamin and she turned 15 the previous week and both decided to start their Pokémon journey the same day. It was something they decided when they were little, around six and it was promise they intended to keep. Not to journey together, no, they would go their different ways but they were going to be friendly rivals and battle every time they saw each other.

"I better get going anyways." Ben said getting off the bed. "Gotta get an early night for tomorrow."

Dakota rose from the bed and winked at Ben, "Tomorrow, Benny, our life is gonna change."

"And we're going to love every second of it." He finished with a determined nod.

The sun was setting and flocks of Spearow and Pidgey were flying to their roosting places while Zubats were leaving their caves for the night. Dakota wondered down a road on the outskirts of Sable City to the laboratory. She had called Professor Ryo once Benjamin had left to ask if she could come down and look at the three starters Pokémon of Kanto.

Dakota knew once she got her Pokémon that she'd look at the world differently, she would be more independent and be able to do a lot more when she left Sable City to embark on her adventure.

It was only a 15 minute walk outside of Sable City to get to the laboratory, from her mother told her the professor liked the peacefulness of the outskirts of the city but enjoyed knowing he wasn't too far away from civilization.

She wasn't planning on picking her Pokémon this evening but she still wanted a clearer idea of what Pokémon she was going to pick, Ben by now probably had a heart attack from the pressure of picking but Dakota knew he would make the right choice by him – he seemed to have a natural talent with Pokémon she had notice in the years they've been best friends and from the beginning of their friendship she knew his one dream was to become the Pokémon Master.

Her dream was much different, Dakota wanted to see Kanto for what it had. Travel around and see all the different types of Pokémon in different regions she would battle of course and maybe try to get some gym badges. But unlike Ben it wasn't her main priority.

The laboratory came into view and Dakota quickened her step, eager to see the Pokémon that might be in her future. Without knocking Dakota entered the laboratory and looked around, she'd never been in it before. There was never a need and she could never find an excuse. It was what she expected – clean, white and filled with mechanical things that she had no idea what they were for. Professor Ryo wasn't in sight though.

"Uh… Professor Ryo!" Dakota shouted "It's me… Dakota Young!"

A heartbeat later a loud crash came from another room behind a closed door before a rush of footsteps and then suddenly the door flung open revealing a flustered Prof. Ryo. He was breathing heavily and his face was slightly red but he quickly regained himself when he saw Dakota standing in front of him with a bemused expression.

"Dakota! Hello! I was just–"

Another loud noise came from the room, almost like a loud yell and a Mankey jumped out from nowhere onto Prof. Ryo's back and smashing a clipboard onto his head. Dakota screamed in fright and stepped backwards from the sudden outburst of action before her eyes. The professor lurched towards a pokéball on the side table and turned it towards the Pokémon on his back.

"Return, Mankey!" Prof. Ryo shouted.

The Pokémon turned into red energy before being sucked into pokéball. Dakota stared at the professor with a horrified expression. That was something she didn't expect on her first trip to the laboratory.

"I…that…wha?" Dakota asked, suddenly needing to sit down.

Prof. Ryo straightened his lab coat and ran a hand through his white hair before looking at Dakota with the golden eyes of his.

"Sorry about that." The professor apologized roughly.

"I knew Mankeys had tempers but that was something else!" Dakota stated her voice still a little hysterical.

"Yes, well, this Mankey seems to have and unusual temper. The trainer let me examine it but as soon as I released it from its pokéball it just attacked me." The professor commented while putting the pokéball into a draw.

"I just defiantly didn't expect that." Dakota smiled.

"Oh! I remember now, you wanted to see the Pokémon for tomorrow."

"Yeah, I figured if I got a look at them before tomorrow then maybe it would help me choose."

Prof. Ryo moved towards another desk and pulled out three pokéballs from a case, and tomorrow one of those pokéballs would be Dakota's. She eagerly moved to the desk that the professor placed the pokéballs on.

"I take it you know what the starters Pokémon are?" Prof. Ryo asked,

Dakota nodded, "Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle."

One by one Prof. Ryo pushed the buttons on the pokéballs sending red energy into the room. Three new Pokémon were standing in the room in front of them. Seeing them before her eyes Dakota had to take a complete rain check about her thoughts towards them.

Bulbasaur was the first; Dakota crouched down in front of it and stared into its red eyes. It stared nervously back, visibly shaking, and the bulb on its back started to grow bigger before Dakota's eyes. Yellow powder starting to escape the bulb and it was shaking even more.

"Back up, Dakota." Prof. Ryo warned, "That's sunspore escaping, it will paralyse you if it touches you."

Dakota backed up quickly and watched has the Bulbasaur started to calm with her distance. Her attention then moved to the Charmander who was watching the whole thing with curious eyes. Dakota leaned down to its level and stared right in its eyes like she had down with the Bulbasaur, the Charmanders eyes sparkled and it leaned forwards as well so their faces were only inches from each other. Its mouth opened and it blew hot air onto her face, making her cough and her cheeks flush from the heat.

"Char, Char, Char!" It laughed loudly knocking the Bulbasaur who instantly froze from the contact.

The Squirtle stood with its arms crossed glaring at the Charmander who was still laughing. The Squirtles eyes flicked back to Dakota and held its head proudly with a determined look in its eyes.

"Well they all have very different personalities." Dakota said to the professor.

"Indeed they do, but that's what makes Pokémon journeys so appealing – catching different Pokémon with different personalities and bonding with them… getting stronger and stronger." Prof. Ryo said with a smile.

"It doesn't help with who I would like to take on my journey though." Dakota sighed

"You have one more night, I'm sure you will make up your mind by then."

"I sure hope so." She muttered,

Dakota thanked the professor for letting her see the Pokémon and left the laboratory, it was dark now and her parents were probably wondering where she was since she missed dinner. Seeing the Pokémon just added more stress to her, who in world would she pick now? She would go home, have dinner, sleep and make up her mind in the morning, and start her Pokémon journey.