Ch-1. New Beginning. My name is Zack. I am a 13 year old, about to turn 14 tomorrow, living in Pallet town in the Kanto region. The current Kanto League champion, Ash Ketchum was a resident of this town too. Tomorrow will be the most important day of my life so far because That's the day I become an official Pokemon trainer! I already have a Pokemon though... He's been with me since I was born. He's a Pikachu I call Piku, and he's no ordinary Pikachu either... Normally pikachus tend to be useless due to their very low energy, but not Piku! My pikus one of a kind with huge amounts of energy and also a different sort of design on his tail. Even though I've already got a Pokemon, I'm not allowed to battle or do anything else a normal trainer is allowed to do because I haven't been registered as an official trainer in the Kanto League. Tomorrow's the day I get to become a real trainer and I am psyched up for that! I'm average height for my age. I've got dark brown hair with foggy blue eyes. My skin is sort of dark toned. Few things you have to know about me... First, I never back down from a challenge, ie, if anyone says it can't be done, I take it upon myself to make it happen. Second, Nothing is more important to me than the people and Pokemon I care about the most. Third, I love adventures however they are! "Zack! Go to bed! You can narrate the story tomorrow! You need your rest! Tomorrow's an important day after all..." "What's up with breaking the fourth wall and stuff, mom? You're not supposed to do that! Anyway, I guess you're right... I should go to sleep..." I set my alarm while replying. "Good night!" Mom said and she switched off the light. "Pika Pika!" My pikachu slipped in through the door and jumped onto the bed and cuddled up next to me as I slipped under the covers. Hugging piku, I went to sleep, contemplating on what Pokemon I should choose.
**Beep Beep Beep** My alarm clock woke me and iku up. I tore off the blanket and jumped out of bed. Piku followed suit as I ran into the bathroom, brushed my teeth, had a quick shower and then slipped into the new adventure clothes my mom bought me. Rugged jeans, A blue top and a white jacket that had a Pokeball design on the back. Piku then jumped on my shoulders and smiled, approving my mom's clothes selection. Sliding down the rails of the stairs, I met up with mom at the breakfast table. "So, how'd you like your clothes?" She asked while spreading Nutella on a slice of bread. "They look great! Piku approves too!" I said and Piku gave mom a Thumbs up. Mom smiled and gave me the Nutella sandwich "I'm glad you both think so...Oh, yeah! I've got another surprise for you!" She said as if she suddenly remembered and she went over to the door and opened it. Dad stood in the doorway with a big box in his hands. "Dad! I didn't know you came!" I said as I ran over and hugged him. "Haha! That's the point of the surprise kiddo!" Mom stood beside me enjoying the happy family reunion. "You look pretty good Zack... you too Piku.." he held me at arms length and observed me. Piku squealed in delight as dad petted him. "Dad, how come your here? I thought you would be held up all month because of that new gang's terrorism..." I asked "Well, the league gave me a day off... it is my sons special day isn't it?!" He replied "Well, before you set off to professor oaks lab to register yourself and get your starter, I have a few things to give you too.." He sat down on the couch and gestured for me and mom to do the Same. Piku kept looking at the box in wonder while dad set the box on the table. He then took off the lid of the box with a flourish revealing a black and green bag with a green lightning bolt coursing down the middle. "This is trainer bag alpha!" He announced with a sparkle in his eyes "That's awesome!" I said, even though I didn't know what was so awesome about the bag. "But, what is it?" My mom asked.
"I'm glad you asked Mia... this bag is the newest and possibly the greatest invention of the Devon Corporation since the Pokegear! This bag has space for more than 3000 items and harnesses special dark void technology to make it feel like like it's empty even when it's full, that is, super light and easy to handle! It also has the standard seperate pockets for different items and automatically sorts any item into their respective pocket! it has an integrated tracking chip that you can use with your cross-tranciever+ to easily locate the bag if it gets stolen! The bag also has an integrated charging station that you can use to charge any device! It is also water-proof, leak-proof, fire-proof, tear-proof, bullet-proof and even proof-proof! Its the best bag on the market!" "Peka peka... " piku appeared stunned due to the amount of features on the bag. "If you didn't make it as an Elite 4 member, you would've made a brilliant salesman John!" Mom exclaimed laughing. I was in awe that a simple bag could have so many features! "Thanks so much dad!" I said and hugged him "it's no biggie Zack... Oh! I also got you a cross-transceiver+ to go with the bag!" He said and dug around in his pocket. He found the cross-transceiver+ and put it around my wrist. The cross-transceiver+ was the Same color as the bag. Black and Neon Green. "I've already registered myself and your mom on it, so you can contact us wherever you are..." "Thank you guys so much! I love all the stuff and I love you guys too!" I said feeling really grateful for such awesome parents. "Now, get out of here and become the best you can!" My mom said and put a hat on my head. "I'll be back soon guys! Come on Piku!" I waved goodbye and ran out the door as I slipped on the bag with Piku following close behind. Professor Oaks lab came into view and I ran for the door... only to slam into someone and fall on my butt. "Watch were you're going, you..." I started but stopped when I saw who it was. Alicia.
Daughter of another Elite 4 member, Bruno. Me and Alicia were born on the Same day... May 16th. But Alicia was born 5 minutes earlier than me making her, technically, the older one. Piercing black eyes, Dark brown hair and brown tanned skin completed her general appearance. Me and Alicia knew each other from the day we could speak... growing closer with each passing year. Today, she was wearing an ensemble similar to mine. An adventure suit, but for females. In attitude, I've never known a more gutsy and positive female before even though she's shy around people she doesn't know . She calls it like she sees it. Another thing about Alicia is that she loves adventure. Ever since I can remember, she was the one always getting us both in trouble with her challenges and whatnot. She has her own Pokemon too... an Evee named Sweetie. Pretty silly name if you ask me... "I knew I would bump into you today... didn't know it would be literal though" she said and laughed. I got up and offered her a hand. She grabbed my hand and pulled herself up . "So, you ready to start an epic journey?" She asked "Heck yes! Been waiting for this for a long time haven't we?" I replied "Mm hmm" she replied with a hum. "Ladies first... " I said and gestured towards the door "Haha! You know I don't like that sort of talk" she laughed and playfully hit me on the shoulder "Precisely why I'm doing it" I grinned. "Why don't we go in together?" She asked "Sure, why not?" We both stepped into the surprisingly low-tech lab.
"Welcome children!" Professor Oak shouted from the other side of the room. We walked upto him and greeted him. "Now, let me see, are you a boy or a girl?" He asked looking at me. I felt pretty weirded out at that and I was scared there was going to be an awkward silence while I thought of an appropriate answer, but thankfully the professor didn't allow the silence to linger. "Haha! Just messing with you!" He said slapping me on the back. I managed a weak smile and gave Alicia a look. She was looking at the professor like he was a weird Pokemon. "Whew! Okay... so you two must be here to get your starter Pokemon and register yourself in the league, am I correct?" He asked wiping tears off his face from laughing too hard. Alicia replied before I could, "You're absolutely correct professor!" She said brightly "Ah... Okay then! First of all, you need to pose for a picture..." We both looked at each other and then at the professor "... it's for your trainer card" he explained while getting his camera ready. "Can both of us be on the picture?" Alicia asked... I didn't know what to think about that, so I just kept quiet. "Oh no! That can't be done... we require individual photos for individual trainers..." professor oak replied while adjusting his big camera. "Jeez... That's a shame... it would've been Nice to have a trainer card with both our pictures on it... that way, we wouldn't miss each other.. " Alicia murmured. I smiled at that, happy to know she would miss me. But, then it occurred to me that I would miss her too and my smile fell. "All right! Pose for the picture young man!" Professor Oaks voice stopped my train of thought and I snapped back to reality. "Hmm... how should I pose?" I wondered out aloud, trying out different poses. Alicia looked at me and laughed at my current pose which made me sheepishly stop posing. "That's not a good pose silly! Here, let me help!" She walked over to me, giggling all the while. "Do you have a Pokeball?" She asked "My dad probably kept a few in the bag... it should be in the balls pocket" I replied thankful that nobody else saw that weird pose. "Oh Wow! Is this the Trainer Bag Alpha?! I have one too! My mom got me one!" She exclaimed and That's when I noticed her bag. Light Pink with a flower growing gracefully down the middle, it was the exact Same bag except for the design. "Is your dad here?" I asked as she checked the Balls Pocket. Me and Alicias Dad never saw eye-to-eye and he didn't like me hanging around with his daughter one bit. He was an Elite 4 member which made him even more difficult to cross. "No, he had to leave on some urgent mission to Viridian city..." I breathed a sigh of relief hearing that. She took out a pokeball and put it in my hand. "Now hold it up and make that determined expression I came to lov.. live with" she changed her words quickly as if there was something she was hiding. I did what she said. I stood there in that pose, wondering what she was hiding, while the professor took my photo. "Lovely! And you young lady?" Alicia seemed distant but was brought back to reality by Oaks words. Whatever she was hiding, it seemed to shake her enough to make her forget to pose and she ended up with weird poses like me. I dismissed the matter from mind and started laughing. "Here! Let me help... " I finally said walking over to her.
Even though she seemed pretty dazed, she seemed thankful for the help, but didn't say anything. I put my Pokeball in her hand and asked her to do what she made me do before and hold the Pokeball up. "Now the other hand on your hip... yeah! Perfect! Hold it right there... Now imagine you're doing something you're not supposed to do..." As soon as I said that, I guess she came back from wherever her mind had wandered, and her face twitched into that naughty smile I know so Well. Professor Oak took the picture and then said "Now, you may pick your starter while I fix up your digital trainer card.." and went over to the computer. There were three Pokeballs on the table next to us, and figuring That's where the starter Pokemon were, we walked over to it. There were plaques in front of each of the Pokeballs with information on what Pokemon was inside, it's Pokedex entry and a picture of the Pokemon. "I've already decided what I'm about to pick.. what about you? " I asked Alicia as my hand reached out for Charmanders Pokeball. "Yep... I've thought it over all night!" She said and grabbed Squirtles Pokeball. We brought out the Pokemon inside and Piku jumped off my shoulder to socialize with the other two Pokemon. Alicias bag opened up and Sweetie jumped out to do the Same. We watched as our Pokemon happily chatted away. This was a little like how the conversation went... "pika pika?!" "Char... char?" "Squirtle Squirt!" "Eeve eve..." "char char!" "Squirt..." Professor Oak came back just as the Pokemon began to talk about the chair in the corner. "Here are your trainer cards and your individual Pokedexs! " Professor Oak said as he handed us the Same. My trainer card was red and had my picture on it with a space for my achievements and badges. It also had a map of the kanto region on it... though miniature, it would probably come in handy... the Pokedex was like a big slim phone that would extend when the Pokeball in the middles enlarge/shrink/release button was pressed. Pretty decent tech I would say. "This is the start of our biggest adventure yet... and I'm already loving it!" Alicia said beside me. "Well, May Arceus be with you and good luck on your journey kids!" Professor Oak announced and then went back to the computer. "Guess we'll be going our separate ways then, huh Alicia?" I asked, knowing the answer before I asked the question. "I guess... I'm catching a ferry to cinnabar island to challenge the gym there... you?" "I'm off to pewter city to challenge Brock... I heard he just came back after going around the world with Ash Ketchum, my idol..." I said as we walked out the door of the lab, our Pokemon closely following, still chatting away. We both looked at the sun for a while before looking at each other again. "Well... I guess this is it then..." Alicia said with a smile on her face, even though her voice had a tinge of sadness about it. I retrieved my Charmander. Alicia did the Same with her Squirtle. "I'm pretty sure we'll 'bump' into each other on the road sometime... till then... to dreams and hopes!" I said and held up my Pokeball feeling pretty positive. "You're right! To dreams and hopes!" Alicia replied returning to her usual peppy demeanor and held up her Pokeball too, ready to bump with mine.
Just as we brought our Pokeballs closer, both our cross-transceivers started ringing.
Startled, we both dropped our hands and checked who called, interrupting a beautiful moment. On my cross-transceiver+, my dad was calling and I peeked over and saw that Alicia's dad had been the one who called her. "What's up dad?" I said in a peppy voice, trying to cover up my disappointment in missing that moment. The image on the cross-transceiver+ was shimmering, like an old TV with a bad connection. My dad's face looked tired and worried, "I called to warn you Zack... do.. **zzz** come...**zzz**.. viridian city today! The place is crawling with team... **zzz**..grunts! Go... **zzz**.. the... **zzz** don't...**zzz** ..pallet... **zzz** **zzzzz**" the line went dead and I was left staring at a screen which said *connection unstable*. Alicia seemed to be in a similar situation... staring at her cross-transceiver+ dumbly. "We need to get to Viridian city now!" We both said, looking at each other.
Knowing the urgency of the situation, we both ran through route 1 dodging wild Pokemon and staying out of tall grass. As soon as Viridian city came into view, we understood that there was something terribly wrong.
The grass and road was upturned and there were fires in random areas around the city. People were running around scared and there was an old man lying on the floor, seemingly unconscious. There were uniformed men and women all around the city wearing flak jackets and camo pants with camo paint on their faces. They wore black biker gloves and wore an ammo sash lined with Pokeballs. The women had a camo headband too. The most commotion was in front of the gym. There was a huge circle of these uniformed men crowding around the entrance, but something or someone was stopping them from entering. Bursts of light, the sound of punches, explosions, and shouting was heard from there. Two uniformed men noticed us and started running towards us while un-clipping a Pokeball from their sash. Understanding what they were about to do, I took out my Pokeball and threw it, "Charmander, come on out!" In a flash of light, my Charmander appeared . Following my lead, Alicia brought out Squirtle just in time to meet the attack of two poochyanas. Since both our dads taught us to battle early on, we knew what to do.
Effortlessly teaming up, we read each others movements and planned our attacks accordingly, covering up each others weaknesses and working on each others strengths. Once we defeated those two, they appeared to be stunned at our battling skills. "Tell us what's going on here?" I demanded. "You ain't getting nothin outta me!" One of the grunts exclaimed. Charmander growled at him and he suddenly started sweating. "All right! alright! Just call your Pokemon off!" The other grunt seemed pretty scared too. "Charmander return.." I said holding out my Pokeball. Charmander disappeared in a red bolt of light. "Our boss told us to steal the red and blue orbs kept in the basement of the Viridian gym. When we reached, these two really strong older trainers blocked our way into the gym and told us to scram. Our admins didn't like being told off like that so they brought in reinforcements to fight those two, but we havent beaten them yet...they're getting tired though" the goon ended and ran off with the other goon into the Pokemon centre. Me and Alicia knew who those strong trainers were... and we intended to do anything to help them. We went into the cover of the trees to avoid being spotted. "Pika pika" Piku sounded worried. "How can we help them out Zack? We only have two Pokemon who aren't powerful enough to take out that many people..." Alicia asked while petting her eevee to keep it calm. I had no clue what to do but I had to come up with something. That's when I got what to do! "Alicia! Does your eevee know moonblast?" I asked, my plan slowly coming into shape in my mind. "Yeah... Why? What are you planning?" "And your Squirtle knows water gun right?" "He just learnt it.. Zack, what are you planning?" She asked, curious to know what im going to do. "The reason our dads aren't winning is because they've got too much pressure on them. They're being attacked from all sides, which gives them no other choice but to defend themselves and that leaves no room to attack... I'm guessing if we give then some breathing room, they can beat these guys easily..." I explained. "So what are you suggesting?" She asked looking pretty skeptical "A diversion.. big enough to get all their attention for a few seconds, at least. But first.. I need to make a call" I said and turned on my cross-transciever+ and prayed to Arceus this would work. Thankfully the call went through and dad picked up. I could feel Alicia watching behind me. "Dad, ready Dragonites hyper-beam... Me and Alicia are gonna give you a 5-second window to take out these guys!" I shouted over the noise around the place. "You two are here?! I thought we both told you to stay in pallet town?! Dragonite! Watch out! Use protect!" Dad was battling all those people while talking to me. "Dad, listen! We can help! Just ready a destructive move and tell to do the Same! We're gonna give you a distraction, but you guys shouldn't get distracted!" I told him and ended the call. "So, how are we gonna distract these many people?" Alicia asked with a sparkle in her eye and a crooked smile. "Come on... I'll show you".
We walked out from the side and came to the middle of the town. Everyone was too busy battling our dads to notice us, so we were pretty safe. "Keep your eevee there... your Squirtle here... Charmander, you Stay here... and Piku, right there!" I arranged the Pokemon so that they would form a cross . Piku opposite to Squirtle, Eevee to the south of those two and Charmander opposite to Eevee. "Piku, Squirtle and Charmander... use your ranged attacks and make them hit each other at a single point above you, in-front of Eevee... and Eevee you... " "use moonblast when the mixture in-front of you explodes..." Alicia finished, catching on quicker than I expected. "Fireworks... I like it! You've been watching the Pokemon contests on TV havent you?" She asked winking "Hehe... Yep..." I managed a sheepish smile and then readied the Pokemon. "Alright! Piku thunderbolt! Charmander ember! Squirtle water gun!" All of the Pokemon obeyed and did what I told them to do, resulting in a flash of red, blue and yellow light. The flash hovered in the air for a few seconds. "Sweetie, ready your moonblast !" I heard Alicia command. The flash of light exploded and I heard Alicia shout, "Sweetie, now!" I was so fixated on the flash cloud and it's explosion, that I didn't see Eevee actually performing the move... but I did see the pink ray of light that hit the flash cloud just as it exploded. The result was spectacular . The half exploded cloud shrank to a tiny speck of color and then exploded in a miriad of brilliant colors. The explosion caused concussion waves and also went bang. Me, Alicia and the Pokemon fell down due the concussion waves coming from the improvised bomb. The thugs were caught off guard and they all turned around to see what happened. I got up and saw dads dragonite launching the most powerful hyper beam I've seen so far. 's steelix fired a spectacular flash cannon. The hyper beam and flash cannon met at a single point and fused into a single beam of power. The beam sent the thugs flying and that was the end of the battle.
Alicia came up beside me and asked ,"We did good, didn't we?" "We did real good.." I said and smiled. Retrieving our Pokemon , we walked over to the gym. Our dads were both sitting down on the grass in front of it, resting. "I would punish you for disobeying me and coming here, but im too grateful to you for causing that distraction... So let's just call It a day and enjoy that beautifull sunset shall we?" Dad motioned for me to sit on the grass beside him. just stared at Alicia like she was some sort of normal type Pokemon. 's relationship with Alicia and her mother is pretty strained. He mainly speaks by grunts and bellows. His main method of communication is through his body language. Even though everybody knows he doesnt care about anything or anyone as much as he cares about Alicia and , he never shows it. He would do absolutely anything to keep those two from getting hurt, that being the main reason he doesn't like me. He believes I'm the main reason for all the trouble Alicia gets into. He's also a man who stresses on discipline, which both me and Alicia have very little of. If he tells someone to do something he expects it to be carried out to the letter. That's why he was staring at Alicia like he was doing now... because she didnt follow orders. Thankfully, my dad stepped in before it got too awkward. "Alicia, you did Well too... you just got that pokemon, but it already seems to like you a lot. Since you both helped us out a lot, I don't think we can scold you... so sit down and take a breather. Enjoy the sunset!" Alicia seemed eternally grateful to my dad. Her eyes told the whole story. Only when I got an indication that she was about to sit, did I sit down. "Pika pikachu!" Piku rolled around in the grass happily. Alicia sat down next to me and gazed at the sunset. said nothing . I considered putting my arm around her, but quickly dismissed the idea due to the fact that was sitting so close. "Did you feel it zack? When we battled those goons?" Alicia asked softly, not taking her gaze off the sunset. I thought back to the battle we had as a team. We shared this unspoken bond between us, knowing what the other was going to do before they did it and planed our moves accordingly. It was almost like we were were one person and not two. "Yeah, I did..." I replied just as softly, understanding what she meant. She didn't reply, but I felt her lose the tenseness she had since meeting up with her dad. "We're gonna have to leave now kids... it's getting dark and the league needs us back. Come on Bruno... let's go." Dad said getting up from where he was sitting. gave me a look and then got up, grunting. "You kids should probably get to a Pokemon centre before it gets dark... spending the night there would be a good idea. Coming Bruno? Dragonite! Let's fly!" With that Dad and left us all alone in a destroyed city. "You're going the other way right?" I asked pointing in the general direction of cinnabar. "I guess so..." Alicia said, getting up along with me. She put on a brave face, smiled, waved goodbye, and turned around to leave.
As she started walking away, I decided that we were meant to be on this journey together.. and I reached out and grabbed her arm. "When we battled those goons, I felt a bond deeper than anything I've felt before... and I want to feel that bond more and more. So, I'm asking you, Alicia... will you go on this journey with me?" She turned around, tears in her eyes, and hugged me! "Yes you idiot! Yes! You have no idea how long I've waited for you to say that!" That moment... was the most special one for me that day... and with that, the start of our biggest adventure began. "Pika!"