A Kanto Story

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any characters related to it, I only own the storyline and original characters

A/N: Hey guys, this is my first fanfic so please be kind. Well anyway I hope you enjoy it and I would some feed back so I can make the next chapters better

Chapter 1: A new beginning

It was a clear sky in Pallet Town on a warm Monday morning; Pidgey's and Spearows flocked together and flew overhead. It was just an ordinary day for the town except for this was a special day for a fifteen-year-old boy named Cale Summers. He was about to receive his first Pokemon from Professor Oak and start on his journey to become the world's greatest Pokemon master. Cale was starting late because his parents thought it would be better for him to attend the Pallet Town academy for upcoming trainers; he did very well there and graduated ahead of most of the others his own age.

'I can't believe I'm getting my first Pokemon today' the teen thought to himself as he walked down the main street towards the professor's laboratory 'but which one, hmm. Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle.' he continued, ignoring his surroundings

"Hey!" A feminine voice called out from in front of Cale who had had his head down. Cale looked up at the girl, she looked about the same age as him and her hair was long and brown with brown eyes that matched. She was average height and slim. She wore light faded blue jeans with a green top with floral patterns on it. "Aren't you Cale Summers from the academy."

"Yeah, Well I've graduated now." Cale replied, "Hey your Kassandra aren't you."

"I prefer to be called Kassie but at least you remember me" She smiled "Are you on your way to the prof's lab?"

"Yeah I am."

"Mind if I tag along? I'm heading there too."

"Yeah I don't mind." Kassie smiled and joined Cale. The two continued towards the professor's lab, which was still about ten minutes away.

Cale and Kassie were fairly quiet on their way there. Cale was still thinking about which Pokemon he would pick.

"So Cale, have you decided what Pokemon you want yet?" Kassie asked, breaking the silence between them.

"No, not yet. I'm sorta leaning towards Charmander. What about you?"

"I'm picking Bulbasaur, hands down." She replied sounding proud at her decision.

"Well then I guess I'll be taking the Charmander then."

When they arrived at the professor's laboratory, there was a huge crowd out the front. The crowd was mostly filled with reporters and a few towns' people. Cale frowned at this. He didn't really want to be made a public display of before he left. Kassie on the other hand, didn't mind this.

"Come on Cale." Kassie had picked up her pace hoping to get an interview.

"Nah, I think I'll go around the back."

"Oh, come on. This is nothing compared to our graduation. So don't be wuss." Kassie grabbed Cales arm and dragged him towards the lab. "Besides, there's no entrance in the back."

Cale just groaned and went along with his new friend.

To Kassie's disappointment the reporters had left just before the two teens had arrived at the gate, Cale on the other hand sighed in relief. They made their way up the steep pathway to the front door of the lab.

"Well we're here." Kassie said, "You wanna knock or should I?" Cale just looked at her blankly before knocking loudly on the door. It was a few moments before a young man answered the door. He looked in his late teens, early twenties. He wore a light green shirt with orange shorts; he had an orange headband just beneath his fringe.

"Can I help you?" He asked.

"Um, we're here for our pokemon." Kassie replied. A little sarcasm was in her voice.

"Oh yes of course. Sorry you're a little early." He answered sound a little stupid "Come on in." The young man led the way for the two. "My names Tracey by the way."

"I'm Kassie." She introduced herself "and this is Cale." As they walked through the hallway into a large room Cale was amazed with the many computers and technology in the one room.

"Ah there you are." A fairly familiar voice spoke. "I've been expecting you but you're a little early." An elderly man said with a smile

"Yeah, I was just too excited about this day that I couldn't wait professor, so I left early and bumped into Kassie on the way." Cale replied.

"Hmm, just as eager as Ash was not to mention your father." Professor Oak said with another slight smile. "Well let's not keep you waiting much longer. This way." He led the two into another large room. This one had several shelves with many red and white poke balls lined neatly in rows.

"Wow, who do these pokemon belong to professor?" Kassie asked in astonishment.

"We keep those that are sent here from every trainer that has received their first pokemon here. We keep them safe in storage until their trainer calls for them. Of course we let them out every now and then to feed them etc." Professor Oak stopped at small table, holding three poke balls on it.

"Here we have three pokemon for you to choose from, Bulbasaur, the grass type, Charmander, the fire type and Squirtle the water type. Think your decision over carefully."

"We've both decided before we came here professor. I'm choosing Charmander." Cale said proudly

"And I'm going with Bulbasaur."

"Ah, good choices you've made." The professor picked up two of the three poke balls and handed them to Kassie and Cale. "Open them and meet your new partners." Kassie was the first to do this. In a bright flash of white, Bulbasaur came out

"Bulba. (Huh?)" The small animal slowly opened its eyes cringing at the light.

"Hello Bulbasaur, I'm Kassie nice to meet you." She kneeled down to her pokemon

"Bulba, Bulbasaur! (Hello Kassie!)" It growled quietly.

"Guess it's my turn. Come on out Charmander." Cale called out his new pokemon. With another flash of white, the small lizard pokemon came out with the same reaction as Bulbasaur. "Hey Charmander I'm gonna be your trainer from now on, ok?"

"Char, Char. (Yeah, yeah.)" Charmander sighed. Cale exchanged glance with Kassie and the professor after seeing Charmanders reaction. The professor chuckled slightly

"Don't worry, just spend some time with it and you will soon be the best of friends." He reassured. After the pokemon were returned professor Oak explained everything about the gyms, contest halls and the battle frontier before the two headed out on their journey.

It was a good half hour before Cale and Kassie had left the professors lab. The sun had begun setting as they left Pallet and headed out onto the road.

"So…" Kassie started.

"So, what?" Cale replied, looking at her.

"You wanna travel together seeing we are heading the same way? It's okay if you don't want to."

"Yeah okay. It'd be great to have someone to talk to." Cale said with a smile.

"Great." she said, jumping with excitement. The two new friends made their way towards Viridian City. Who knows what adventures await these two trainers.

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed this. As said before please R&R as I would greatly appreciate feed back though nothing nasty.