A/N: I thought I should get this out there before Gen VI is released and I learn about the next 100+ new Pokémon(can't be a true Pokémon nerd without one of these on our belts, right?). So I'm going to be combining bits from the anime, the games, and the Adventures manga to create this world my trio will be traversing through. Oh, and the T rating is just to be safe, I know there will be parts later down the road that will get pretty dark like the manga.

The crowd was in an uproar in anticipation for the battle as the announcer got them hyped even more. "The final match for our small tournament will begin soon. Let's not forget the many fabulous battles, but there can only be one winner. Now give another exciting round of applause for these two battle hardened veterans. In the red corner is a local favorite, grown and raised right here in the Hoenn region! Give it up for Jet!"

The biker dude walked out, arms waving to the audience, "You know it! The Dark Master will show you what it's all about!"

"And in the blue corner, an aspiring trainer roaming through the region with his eyes set on Fortree City, give your heart out to Taiichi!"

His opponent walked out as the crowd roared with excitement. Sporting a red and white hat with a black Poké Ball symbol on the front, Taiichi was adjusting his black fingerless gloves. He was in a red jacket that had three horizontal dark grey strips and a white t-shirt underneath along with blue jeans and tennis shoes. He had a belt but it was obscured by his belt pack strapped on with a Poké Ball symbol on it. He was trying to hide a smirk he had on his face, lowering his head enough that his hat's bill could conceal it from his opponent. Jet did notice him lowering his head and hat though, "What's the matter kid, afraid I'll beat you pretty hard?"

"That never crossed my mind. I was just thinking how funny it is that she hasn't fought a single battle in this region until now." Taiichi pulled out a Luxury Ball from his pack and pressed the gold button on the band to make the Poké Ball bigger.

"Yeah, well let's see if we can't wipe that smirk off your face when I defeat you with one Pokémon!" Jet threw his Poké Ball, bouncing it on the ground, "Mightyena, time to punch out his lights!" The Mightyena that emerged from the ball let out a spine chilling howl before leaning forward, ready to strike.

"You obviously love your Mightyena. The coat is very lovely!" Taiichi moved his Luxury Ball close to his face and whispered to it, "Sorry you haven't battled yet, but now's your time to shine." Taiichi threw the Luxury Ball high into the air where it popped open and released a Serperior.

"With the opponent's Pokémon on the field, Mightyena's Intimidate takes effect. Could this be the thing that decides the battle before it even begins?"

"I'll even let you make the first move." Taiichi shouted to his opponent.

"Your mistake, kid! Mightyena, Fire Fang!"

Mightyena's fangs started to glow red before they were engulfed in flames as he rushed to his opponent. However Serperior didn't seem fazed, neither by the move coming at her or Mightyena's ability. At the last moment Taiichi finally gave Serperior a command, "Serperior, Aqua Tail!"

A wall of water wrapped around Serperior's tail as the Pokémon used it to cool Mightyena's fangs and stop the attack cold. Serperior then pushed Mightyena back toward his master, still holding her head up high and mighty. Mightyena wasn't hurt by the move, but he was angrier now. "You've got some moves, I'll give you that, but we won't lose! Mightyena use Torment!" Mightyena started howling, but Serperior continued to ignore him. "Now Mightyena, Shadow Ball!"

The dark energy of Shadow Ball started to build up in Mightyena's mouth before it was launched at Serperior. Serperior continued to remain where she has, unmoved as Taiichi finally gave her another command at the last minute. "Serperior, Leaf Storm." Serperior reared her head higher as leaves started to form and fall off her and turned into a torrent to intercept Mightyena's attack. The leaves stopped the Shadow Ball before the two attacks caused an explosion that blanketed the arena in smoke. "Time to play hide and seek!" Serperior rushed into the smoke, slithering her way closer to her opponent.

"Folks this is one gung-ho trainer. He isn't even waiting for the smoke to clear before he attacks."

"We can do the same. Mightyena, go in there with Fire Fang!" Jet was using Fire Fang as a way to help coordinate with Mightyena, however it seemed that Mightyena was still having difficulty finding Serperior in all of the smoke.

"Leaf Blade." Serperior struck Mightyena back out of the smoke. "What happened to wiping my smirk off?"

Jet was angry now, "I'll show you! Mightyena fire off as many Shadow Balls as you can! Smoke that snake out!"

Mightyena quickly lobbed dozens of Shadow Balls into the smoke hoping to hit Serperior. "You were calm when we started, but now you're just tripping over yourself. Serperior, end this with Leaf Storm."

"Ha! Even I know that Leaf Storm gets weaker after every use. Mightyena, hold up on the Shadow Balls until we see the leaves. Then we'll plow through and hit Serperior with your strongest one." His confidence quickly subsided as the Leaf Storm was twice the size as the first one. "What the? You can't use items in this tournament!"

"If you could see then you'd know I haven't left my square and Serperior hasn't left the smoke since she went in. This battle is over."

Jet yelled out, "Mightyena fire off Shadow Ball to stop it! Hurry!" but it was too late. The Leaf Storm picked Mightyena up into the air as he was trapped in it.

The leaves finally stopped and cleared the smoke from the battlefield. Mightyena was down and out. "Amazing folks! Jet's Mightyena has been defeated! Can Jet come around from this defeat?"

Jet grabbed his Poké Ball, "I'll do more then turn this around. I'll mortify him. Mightyena return." With Mightyena back in his ball Jet looked to it, "I'm sorry." Jet pulled out a new Poké Ball, "This one will definitely stop you. Let give them a showstopper Honchkrow!"

The Dark-type bird Pokémon glazed at Serperior with vicious intent. However Serperior was call back to her Poké Ball. "Thanks for everything, girl." Taiichi then pulled out a regular Poké Ball and tossed it out, "You're up, Swampert!"

Jet now had a smile on his face, "This is something we know how to deal with. Thanks for the easy win kid. Honchkrow use Dark Pulse!" Honchkrow fired a wave of dark energy at Swampert but instead of attempting to cancel out or dodge the attack, Swampert braced itself, using his powerful arms to take assault head on.

Swampert easily knocked the attack back, dispersing the energy as his arms were still steaming from the attack. "Alright Swampert, I think Honchkrow needs a Waterfall or two. Don't you agree?"

Swampert slammed his hand down to the ground as his Mystic Water necklace started to glow before he let out a roar, "SWAM!"

The ground started to shake as cracks started to form around Honchkrow. "Honchkrow get into the air quickly!" Honchkrow took off but the cracks continued to follow Honchkrow as water started to stem from them now. Even as Honchkrow flew over Swampert the cracks continued to follow until a waterspout erupted. Honchkrow was able to dodge it but soon more spouts started to erupt as they tried to hit Honchkrow. "Honchkrow time we show this kid what we're made of. Use Brave Bird!" Honchkrow was enveloped in a blue energy as he dove down to attack Swampert.

"You know there's more than one reason why we created all of these waterfalls. Rock Slide." Swampert slammed his hands down into the ground again to create more water spouts to kick up the ground to try and hit Honchkrow out of the sky.

Honchkrow dodged and weaved between the water and rocks as he got closer and closer. "You think rocks and water will stop us? Honchkrow keep going!"

"Just what we wanted. Wait for it Swampert!" Swampert kept his eyes on Honchkrow as he came closer and closer. "Ice Punch!" Swampert's right hand started to give off an icy chill as he readied to hit Honchkrow. At his current speeds, Honchkrow couldn't divert his course. All he could do now was hope his attack could do it. As the two attacks collided a blinding white light filled the air as everything went quiet.

As the dust clouds settled Honchkrow was on the ground unconscious as Swampert looked down to him. "Another win for Taiichi! It looks like this could be our new tournament champion."

"Not if I have anything to say about it." Jet recalled Honchkrow to his Poké Ball as he pulled out his last one. "Let see you stop this one!" The Poké Ball landed and released a Sableye.

Taiichi also recalled his Swampert, "I think we have something to do that." He pulled out a Safari Ball and released a Kangaskhan. She had a Muscle Band wrapped on her left arm as she pumped both arms and the baby in her pouch imitated her.

Kangaskhan turned around and pulled her baby out of her pouch and placed her onto Taiichi's head. Jet however wasn't going to wait for her to finish, "Sableye, Toxic!" Sableye fired several blobs of poisonous goo from his mouth and toward Kangaskhan who seemed too preoccupied with ensuring her child was secured on top of Taiichi's hat.

Kangaskhan's baby started pointing directly at the poison but Kangaskhan didn't turn. Instead she slammed her tail into the ground to force a slab up to take the goo for her. Kangaskhan then used her elbow to smash the slab to bits as she now turned to Sableye with a menacing glare. "You really shouldn't have done that. Now you made her angry. Looks like she's using Mega Punch."

"Ha! Like a Normal-type can touch a Ghost! Sableye, you can take this!" The one foot high Pokémon grinned as Kangaskhan fist was just on top of it. Instead of passing through as Jet and Sableye expected, Kangaskhan's Mega Punch actually made contact and knocked Sableye back. "What the… But how?"

"She has the ability to knock Ghost-types around with attacks that should normally pass through them. Like I said, you really shouldn't have made her mad. I let her rampage against the opponent in a one-on-one battle." Now Sableye was falling back as Kangaskhan continued to punch at it and her baby was imitating her every attack while balancing on Taiichi's head.

Jet was grit his teeth as he tried to think, "I can't use my best Ghost moves against her. But we still have an attack or two we can use. Sableye unleash your Power Gem!" Sableye jumped into the air as the gem on his chest started to glow brightly before it fired off a white beam at Kangaskhan.

Kangaskhan stopped as her raised her arm and waited for the attack. Kangaskhan slammed the attack down into the ground. Kangaskhan then jumped up to Sableye and slammed him back down to the ground with her fist. Taiichi wasn't even commanding her as he was playing with Kangaskhan's baby, "Two Brick Breaks in a row? She must really be angry."

Sableye crawled out of the hole it was put into. Kangaskhan was ready to hit him again waiting to see if Sableye was capable of continuing. However Sableye only had enough strength to pull himself out of the ground only to collapse a few inches from the hole. "There you have it ladies and gentlemen, stunning victory after victory, the winner of the tournament is Taiichi!"

It's amazing how far we've come considering how this journey started. Nothing like how most trainers start their journeys that's for sure.

Eight Years Ago…

A five-year-old girl was running through the woods trying to keep up, "HEY! Taiichi! Wait up!"

"Come on, I know you can keep up, Mizu!"

"Stop calling me that! You know that's not my name!"

He continued to laugh as he ran ahead while making sure she was still within his sight until he ran into something. Taiichi fell to the ground as he tried to see what he rammed into. The girl finally caught up to him, making sure he was okay, "Taiichi! Taiichi, are you alright?"

"Tor…" A tree was moving as the Pokémon it was on was above him too.

Taiichi smiled, "Looks like you caught up to us, Torterra!"

"Torterra!" With a smile, Torterra helped Taiichi back to his feet before lowering himself down for the two kids to get onto his back.

The girl was pouting on the trip back, "I can't believe he found us so fast! We should have heard him stomping around!"

Taiichi was leaning against Torterra's tree, "Well he is the Continent Pokémon. Maybe he found a way to travel around, or through, the world and wait for us Mizu."

"Stop calling me Mizu! You know my name is Mizuki! Do you want me to start calling you Tai?!"

"Well why not? It might be catchy."

Mizuki was flustered even more, "Idiot!"

Torterra walked them back to the campsite where their parents and the other Pokémon were waiting for them. "Torterra, there you are. I assume Mizuki and Taiichi weren't too much trouble."

"Tor!" Before they could jump off Torterra's back however, one of the bushes nearby started rustling. "Torterra…" Torterra was prepared to defend the campsite expecting one of the more aggressive Pokémon in the area to appear.

The parents pulled their kids off Torterra as they waited to see what was coming. However before the Pokémon appeared, Musharna floated over to the bush. Mizuki turned back, "Mom, why is Musharna going to the bushes?"

Mizuki's mom watched, both with anticipation and uncertainty, "I don't know honey. Maybe she knows something we don't."

The Pokémon finally broke through the bush to reveal itself to be just a Snivy. "Snivy?" The lonely Snivy continued into the campsite as it walked past Musharna and Torterra, giving Torterra an equally terrifying glance before completely walking past him.

"That's odd. Snivy are only native to the Unova region. What's one doing out here in Sinnoh?"

Taiichi's mother took a closer look, "There's no signs of a battle and no restraints to suggest a poacher held this Snivy captive…maybe it got separated from its trainer."

"But there shouldn't be any trainers in the immediate area. We had this section of Mt. Coronet sealed off from trainers."

Snivy however didn't seem to care about them as they all talked amongst themselves. The Snivy was interested in Taiichi, going so far as to jumping up and into his arm. As the Snivy started to snuggle up to him, he got a flash from a memory. "I remember you! You and I played with each other in my dreams!"

"Doctor Fennel?"

A scientist with long black hair, a pink flower hair pin and square top rimless glasses moved to take a closer look at the Snivy. "Fascinating…a Pokémon who came from a dream!" Fennel quickly turned to Musharna, "Oh Musharna did you have something to do with this?"

The sleepy looking Pokémon floated over to Snivy, "Mu. Musharna."

Fennel started to fantasize with glee, "Oh the scientific possibilities! Is seems possible that there is a world formed from dreams where Pokémon and people can meet," Fennel grabbed Musharna in a hug, "And Musharna could be our link to understanding that world!"

"Miss Fennel?" Taiichi was uncertain as to what she was saying.

Fennel quickly released Musharna as she started to pat Taiichi's head, "Oh don't worry about a thing. I just want to do a few tests with Snivy, but he'll be all yours."

"Sni!" Snivy quickly turned away from Fennel, almost as if insulted.

Fennel paused at the odd behavior for a moment. "Oh, I'm sorry. You're not a boy Snivy, you're a girl Snivy."

"Snivy," turned back to Fennel, keeping her nose up as though she was still offended by her.

Taiichi smiled to Snivy as he stroked her back, "It's alright. Miss Fennel won't hurt you. And she won't make that mistake again."

She happily smiled to Taiichi, "Snivy!"

After that day, Taiichi and Mizuiki's parents, along with Doctor Fennel, started studying Snivy and Musharna whenever they could to learn more about her and how she came to be. Taiichi would also start spending more time waiting to play with Snivy, much to Mizuki's displeasure.

"Hey Taiichi, my mom said we could play with Metang for a bit today. I know how much you wanted to go exploring the caves with him."

Taiichi however just remained seated in the grass, "You can go ahead, Mizu. I want to wait for Snivy first. We'll catch up."

Mizuki checks were swollen now as she was upset with Taiichi, again. "Fine! Good luck trying to find us!" She then stormed off with Metang following in confusion.

It took roughly half an hour before Snivy was allowed to leave as she and Taiichi were now trying to find Mizuki and Metang. "Mizu!"

"Snivy!"

Taiichi and Snivy both stopped for a bit to get their bearings, "Where do you think they went, Snivy?" Before they could look any further they heard a scream coming from one of the caves. "Mizu! Come on Snivy!"

Without hesitation the two dove into the cavern as they started to hear the banging of rocks. As they continued Snivy stopped Taiichi with one of her vines as a Graveler was sent flying into a wall, almost crushing him. "Machoke!"

Several other Machoke were fighting a group of Graveler, possibly a territorial dispute and it would seem Mizuki accidently got in the middle of it. "Come on, we have to find Mizuki!"

The fights seemed to be centered around a Golem and a Machamp, probably the leaders of the two groups and the instigators of all of this fighting. It seemed the Machoke and Graveler were too preoccupied with one another to even notice Taiichi and Snivy as the two continued to scourer the area for Mizuki and Metang.

Snivy pointed her vine toward a corner where Metang was on the ground, unable to defend itself as multiple Machoke continuously kicked him. "Come on Snivy, let's get rid of these bullies!"

Snivy's vines extended out to the group as she started to harass them with Vine Whip. Unfortunately it only seemed to serve to anger them further. One of them tried to use Scary Face on the two, but Snivy and Taiichi weren't going to back down. Taiichi noticed that even though Snivy wasn't frightened by the move, she seemed to actually be moving faster than when they were running into the cave.

As Snivy deftly dodged the Machoke and their various attacks, Taiichi ran over to aid Metang. He had several cracks forming on his body from the severe beating. "Metang, where's Mizuki?"

"M-M-Me-tang…" Metang barely had enough strength to point her out, a small crevasse in a wall where several Graveler were standing near.

Taiichi only had a single Potion on hand and sprayed it all over Metang's body. He quickly looked back to Snivy who seemed to be keeping the Machoke at bay with her vines. "Metang, think you can help clear the Graveler for me?"

Metang started floating again as he pumped his arms, "Metang!"

"Alright. I need you to use Confusion on a few of them so they start attacking their buddies. Keep them busy long enough for me to get to Mizu then all four of us get back to our parents before anyone gets worried."

"Tang!" Metang's eye started glowing light blue as it targeted half of the Graveler in Taiichi's way. The confused Graveler started to use Rock Blast all around, hitting the others and angering them to use their own Rock Blast against the group.

In the chaos, Taiichi snuck past them and found Mizuki curled away trying to stay as far away from the opening as possible. "Mizuki!" She seemed unresponsive, and unfortunately the crevasse was too small for Taiichi to try and squeeze in himself, however that didn't stop him from trying with an arm reaching out to her, "Mizuki, we need to get out of here. Mizu…"

She finally looked back to him, shivering in terror from the experience. Just as she was about reach out to him, her eyes widened, "Taiichi, behind you!"

One of the Graveler noticed him, readying one of its fists to strike from above. Before the fist could make contact a storm of leaves blew in and knocked the Graveler against a wall and away from Taiichi. "Snivy!"

Unfortunately Snivy left herself open to a Machoke as it grabbed her and slammed her to the ground with a Vital Throw. Metang countered the Machoke with a Zen Headbutt, knocking it back to another Machoke. Taiichi reached his hand out to Mizuki again, "Come on, I don't think they can hold them off any longer!"

She grabbed his hand as the two were now running together through the mayhem. With Snivy in Taiichi's arm and Mizuki holding his other hand tightly, Metang was using Confusion and Metal Claw to clear their path back to the entrance. As Taiichi and Mizuki ran out the entrance, Metang used one of the Graveler to collapse the entrance so the Machoke and Graveler couldn't chase them, if they even were.

Once they had cleared the area, Taiichi finally stopped running as he looked to Mizuki. "What happened back there? Why did you go so far in the cave alone?"

Mizuki was looking to her feet, unable to look Taiichi in the eyes at the moment. She even started to tear up a bit, "I…I wanted you to come with me, bu…but you wanted to wait for Snivy…I don't know…"

Taiichi was only confused even further now as Snivy started to regain consciousness. "Mizu, we'll always be friends." Taiichi threw out his right hand with his pinky extended out. "Come on, let's promise that we'll always be friends and to travel together again after we start our journeys, no matter how short it might be."

Mizuki was wiping the tears from her eyes as she looked to Taiichi. She was slow to accept, but eventually she wrapped her pinky finger around his to complete the promise, "You better remember."

One of Snivy's vines was now wrapped around the two pinkies, "Sni!"

Taiichi smiled, "Looks like Snivy wants you to too."

A/N: Yes Serperior/Snivy has the Contrary ability. And I don't like how they are teasing us about Snivy having that hidden ability and not releasing her(I prefer female Snivy). I'm going to do a bit more background stuff before the Kanto journey actually begins.