**IMPORTANT PLEASE READ**
I DO NOT OWN POKEMON! That said this fanfic follows the story of the games as close as possible. Meaning anything that happened in the games is canon in this fanfic. All protagonists from all the games will make an appearance at one point or another though their importance will vary. Other characters will appear as well. Like the summary says there will be A LOT of shipping going on since so many characters will be introduced. The only ones I'm sure of are the ship between my original characters RedxCynthia and HilbertxHilda. If you have suggestions with the other characters feel free to post it on the review.
Future
"Damn. How long had he been out," he wondered? He began to get up but the most he could do was roll over onto his back. He lied there as the world around him fell apart. A liquid began to run down the side of his face. Hoping it wasn't what he thought it was, he wiped it with his left hand and looked at it. Red. His left hand was all red.
"Great. I'm bleeding, my body's numb, and worst of all my friends and all my pokemon are all fighting for their lives while I'm lying her in the mud." The boy thought as he stared up at the sun, or what little of it he could see. Smoke from raging fires and explosions had all but covered up the rest of the sky. He began to wonder how he even ended up where he was in the first place. For all he knew his friends could have already been dead. Just then a shadow cast over him…
Present
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!The alarm rang angrily. It was the third time it had to ring for the morning, its owner refusing to wake up. It would have had to ring for a fourth time had its owner not missed the snooze button which he previously hit the first three times with great accuracy. Lying on the bed with his right arm outstretched, listening to the alarm furiously beeping, the boy realized it was already the third time the alarm had woke him up. He fumbled his fingers around the clock till he found the off switch, silencing the alarm for good.
The boy sat up on his bed, placing a hand on his forehead and running it through his jet black shoulder-length hair. After letting out a long sigh, the boy decided he was awake enough to start his day, the start of his day being 9:30 a.m. He walked over to the bathroom and began brushing his teeth. After a sufficient amount of brushing he began to rinse.
Just then he heard a large thud outside of his room followed by the door bell. He ignored the bell the first time but on the second, no third, fourth? The doorbell began ringing furiously. The boy realized he was all alone at home and that he had a pretty good guess who was at the door. Making his way to the door with little hurry, even as the doorbell and banging continued and became louder, he called out, "I'm coming already!"
Finally reaching the door, he began to open it but as soon as he unlocked it, the door opened with great force slamming him into the wall.
"Man Nick what took you so long!" the girl cried out not realizing said Nick was currently being crushed. The girl looked around for Nick finally releasing the door.
Feeling the force on the door lessen, Nick was about to exit and reveal himself when the door slammed into him once more, then a second, then a third.
"Nick where'd you go~!?" the girl cried out, banging the door in hopes of coaxing out her friend.
All of a sudden she felt the door push back on her and at the same time heard, "I'M RIGHT HERE YOU IDIOT!" Nick pushed back with great force so that the girl was now pinned on the opposite wall.
"Oh! Ahaha. Didn't see you there." The girl replied, trying to sound as innocent as possible. Nick finally released the door, allowing the girl to enter and closed it behind her.
"What do you want Nicole?" Nick asked, rubbing his head. Nicole's eyes then lit up. She lunged towards Nick causing both of them to fall. Nick once again was pinned to the wall, this time by Nicole.
"THAT'S RIGHT! Where were you!? I was waiting for you, you dummy!" she questioned lightly banging her fists on his chest. Nick wondered at first what the girl was talking about, grabbing both her wrists in the process. Then he remembered.
"I thought that was at 11:00?"
"No~, it's-" the girl stopped. She looked at her watch and continued, "a half hour from now. But we have to get there early so we can get first dibs!"
"Alright then-"
"No time! Let's go now!" With great strength Nicole grabbed Nick's right arm, lifted him to his feet and dragged him outside. As they exited his house, Nicole could no longer pull Nick as he began to resist with all his might.
"Are you stupid Nicole!?"
"What are you doing Nick we have to go now!" she spoke through gritted teeth, pulling with all her might.
"Nicole I'm still-"
"We have to get the good Pokemon so we can start our-."
Just then a wicked blow clocked her on the head, at the same time hearing "Nicole I'm still in my boxers!" All of a sudden she was bending over on the ground, holding her head with both of her hands. She looked over to Nick who had just closed the door to his house, but not before seeing the outfit his friend had been wearing. Nick had been wearing nothing but a black tank top and blue boxer shorts. She looked at the ground embarrassed, her body shaking, holding in her emotions. Finally she burst and screamed up at the sky. "AT LEAST PUT SOME CLOTHES ON BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE DOOR!"
After a few minutes the door once again reopened revealing an appropriately clothed Nick. Nicole had been sitting on the steps of his porch, waiting impatiently for him to come out. At the sound of the door opening Nicole had sprung up and turned to greet him with a big smile across her face. The smile then turned into a frown.
Seeing this Nick questioned, "What?"
"That's what you're wearing?"
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Nick was annoyed now, once again rubbing a hand on his head.
"Come on we're about to start a Pokemon journey and all you're wearing is a shirt and shorts!?"
"Who said anything about a Pokemon journey?" Nick realized what he had just said and anticipated the answer.
"You-"
"And don't say I did."
"But you did!" She began to whine, stomping her foot.
"Nicole that was when we were just little kids." Nick replied still rubbing his head albeit harder now.
"But you promised! And it's not like we can't. My parents and you're parents have all agreed to allow us to go on a Pokemon journey." She retorted no longer whining. Nick sighed. "Where are those stupid parents of mine," he wondered.
After a moments silence he replied, "Fine." Nicole stood triumphant with a smile on her face.
"Good now go change." She commanded, pointing a finger at his door.
"Into what?"
"Something like my clothes." Nick examined her clothing for the first time. The girl's outfit consisted of white and black sneakers, black stockings, a blue short skirt, a grey long sleeve pull-over hoodie with a white pokeball symbol on the front, a grey messenger's bag with a similar symbol on the opening flap, and finally a blue beanie hat with a visor. Her long red hair (natural) reached just past her shoulders and was styled so that it went over her right eye. Seeing that Nick was examining her, she got into a pose with her feet stretched apart, her left hand on her hip and her right outstretched toward him, making a V sign.
"…So what you want me to wear a skirt?" Nicole bent over, tired.
"We're wasting time just come here." She said grabbing his hand and entering his house, leading him up to his room.
"You can't just enter another person's room."
"Oh please, I know this room inside and out. It might as well be mine." Proving her statement she began skill fully pulling clothes from drawers and the closet with ease. It disturbed Nick how well she knew his room. Then again he knew her room pretty well. As he was imagining in his mind where all of her belongings were in her room Nicole had already placed his would be outfit on his bed.
"Right. Now put all these clothes on."
" 'Kay." With that Nick began to undress. Pulling off his shirt, Nicole let out a yelp and covered her eyes taking a step back.
"Wha-Wha-What're you doing!?"
"What you told me to," he replied as calmly then in a smooth tone told her, "You can look you know." Nicole spread her fingers apart and peeked at him catching him starting to take his shorts off. After finally taking off his shorts leaving him in nothing but boxers, he was surprised to see Nicole still standing there. "Enjoying the view?" he asked. Seeing the smile on his face, she knew he was just teasing her. She finally put her off her eyes revealing her face was a bright red but she was not at all pleased.
"Why do you always have to tease me you dummy!" she cried out. With that she rushed out of the room slamming the door on the way out. As Nick began to put on the clothes she laid out he said to himself, "I'm teasing am I?"
After a few short minutes Nick finally exited the room. Nicole was crouched in the hallway looking down at the floor but looked up upon hearing the door open.
"Waaah." She let out, a huge smile on her face, "now that's what I'm talking about! You look good Nick!"
Nick smiled. It was always like her to switch emotions so easily. "You're not gonna fall for me are you?" Nick jokingly questioned.
"N-n-no!" she replied turning away from him and muttered "dummy" as she walked back down the stairs. Nick followed suit.
Nick's outfit now consisted of the same black and white sneakers, black pants, a white sleeveless hoodie with a grey shirt underneath. He wore black fingerless gloves and had on a black beanie hat that was tight around his head. On the rim of the beanie was the same pokeball symbol on Nicole's hoodie and bag.
As they exited the house, the two pulled their hoods on. Looking over at the other, they each gave a nod and smile and made their way to their destination, Professor's Oak's Laboratory where they would receive their first Pokemon and begin their Pokemon journey.
"Oh you're back." The professor said aloud as the door to his office opened. A young man carrying a box of gadgets entered. "You can set those down right over there," he pointed to a table to the side of the room.
"So how much longer will you be staying?" The young man shrugged. After waiting for a verbal response the professor knew wouldn't come he then continued. "I was surprised to see you you know. Where have you been? Don't tell me you're still training at that mountain." The boy shook his head slightly, walking over to the professor's table. "Well you know a couple trainers will be coming today to receive their first Pokemon, you should meet them and give them a few tips. How long has it been since you started your journey? 6, 7 years?"
"8." Red responded, with a tilt of his hat and a smirk.
Thanks for reading! Officially Red started his Pokemon journey at 11 making him 19 in this fanfic. I'm probably going to ship the rest of the video game protagonists with their respective counterpart or not at all unless someone says otherwise.
