I've decided to re-write the current chapters of this fic and then continue it from where I left off. I put this fic on hiatus because i was busy working on The Chronicles of Kurosaki Hiroshi and The Way It Has To Be and then unforutnate events that accord during that time. I have writers block for the story The Way It Has To Be so I've decided to return to this fic until I find a way to get the plot moving again for The Way It Has To Be
Chapter 1: A Journey Begins
The sun rose over a small field with little white houses nearby and began closing in on a white barn-like labortory built upon a hill overlooking the town. It was a peaceful town, surrounded by lush greenary. Then an averaged-sized blue house came into view with a little garden out front filled with yellow flowers and red roses. A window opened up and inside the room was that of a boy's, a ten year old boy's room that is. A standard room for this boy's age. A bookshelf in one corner that was filled with books about battle stragedies and battles themselves. On the other side of the room was a desk with a desktop computer and even more books. Near the window was a bed with the covers all twisted up as if a tornado hit it. The boy with messy blonde hair was getting dressed. The messiness of his hair was due to just waken up from a nice long night's sleep. He carefully put on his jeans and quickly threw on a black t-shirt and then a jacket. He combed his messy hair to make it look a little nice, he put his hat on and ran out the door. This was Kevin, he just turned ten and was heading for Professor Oak's labortory to get his very first Pokemon. Kevin ran out of the house and hit something and fell over. It was not a what he hit but a who and it was another boy of his age with black hair. He too was wearing a jeans and a black t-shirt but the difference was this boy's had a red stripe in the middle. This boy was Kevin's best friend Mike and they grew up together in the small and peaceful Pallet Town. The two were heading over to Oak's lab.
"Ouch," said Kevin, rubbing the back of his head.
"That was smart," responded Mike as he picked himself back up. Kevin didn't realize it was his best friend he had ran into just yet, then he did.
"Oh hey Mike! Going to get your first Pokemon?" he asked.
"Yes and I can't wait! Do you know what you're going to get?" Mike asked excitingly.
"Yes I do," Kevin responded. "What about you?"
"Of course!" Mike exclaimed and the two ran off toward the hill where the lab with a spinning windmill was located.
They reached the front iron gate which was slightly open. Both Kevin and Mike took a look at the stairs that led to the front door of the building.
"I'll race you up the stairs!" shouted Mike and he took off running. Kevin groaned and ran off too trying to catch up to Mike. The two boys reached the stairs and Mike had won the race while Kevin was huffing and puffing to catch his breath like he just ran a ten mile marathon or something to that effect. Mike pressed the doorbell button on the frame around the door. A short moment later a man in his late 50s with grey short hair wearing a white lab coat, brown slacks and black dress shoes opened the door.
"Yes?" asked the man as he looked and saw Kevin and Mike standing on his porch. "Ah, you must be Mike and Kevin?"
"Yes sir," they both answered in unison.
"Heh heh," the older gentlman laughed. "There's no need to call me sir, you can call me Professor Oak."
The two boys smiled.
"So I take it you two are here for your first Pokemon?" asked the professor.
"Yes, Professor Oak," answered Kevin.
"We sure are," followed Mike.
"Well come on in then," said Oak, motioning the two boys to come inside. The boys walked into the house and into a hallway that was painted green with green tiles layed across the floor. The house had a high ceiling and the boys couldn't believe how big the house looked inside since the outside looked so small.
"Come this way, I'll show you the last two I have," Oak said, motioning the boys to follow him down a blue hallway with blue ties.
"Two you have left?" asked Kevin in disappointment. Thoughts started circling in his mind that the Pokemon he wanted might have already been chosen.
"Yes," answered Oak. "Another trainer got to start her journey yesterday and picked one of the Pokemon already."
"Jeez, hopefully they didn't take the one I wanted to pick," said Mike.
The professor lead the boys into a room full of high-tech machinery that were too much for the ten year olds to comprehend at the moment. Oak led them to a table in the middle of the room and sitting on that table were two creatures eating. One had a round head, a lizard like body and a tail with a flame burning bright on the tip. The creature was red-orange while his belly was just pure orange. The other creature was a hunter green color with dark green spots all over its body and on its back was a green bud. The two boys admired the two.
"Well these are the one's I have left. Here we have Charmander, it's a fire-type Pokemon." Oak started, while pointing at the orange lizard. "And this is Bulbasaur, a grass-type Pokemon."
"Char-man-der, Char!" yawned the fire-type.
"Bulbasaur!" smiled the grass-type.
"Awesome! That trainer didn't take Charmander." yelled Kevin, full of excitement. "Professor, I'll take Charmander!"
Oak began laughing, "Okay then, here's Charmander's Pokeball, it's all yours." Oak then handed Kevin a round ball, with the top half red and the bottom half white with a white button in the middle.
"Yes!" Kevin exclaimed. "Charmander, return!" A bright red light came out of the middle of the red and white ball turning Charmander into energy and right inside the ball.
"At least they didn't take Bulbasaur," Mike said to himself, relieved that he got the Pokemon he wanted.
"I assume you'll be taking Bulbasaur?" asked the Professor.
"Yep, I sure am," Mike said flabbergasted and the professor handed Mike the Pokeball and Mike returned Bulbasaur. The Professor then grabbed some other gadgets off another nearby table.
"Now boys there's two other things I want to give you," said Oak with a smile.
"Oh," said the boys in unison, wondering what else they were going to recieve other than their Pokemon.
"Here you go," Oak said giving them each and red electronic device with a blue glass ball in the top right corner along with five more Pokeballs.
"Awesome, more Pokeballs!" Kevin exclaimed, then looked at the gadget he recieved. "But what's this?"
"That device is called a Pokedex, it will give you information on any Pokemon you see on your journey," explained Oak.
"Cool," Mike said as he stared at the device elegantly. "I'm ready to go out and start my journey!"
"So am I," added Kevin. "But first I need to go back home and pack the rest of my things and say goodbye to my mother."
"Oh crap! So do I," Mike said in a slight panic. The two boys then ran out of the lab heading back to their homes so they could finish preparing themselves for the long journey that awaits them.
Oak laughed to himself, "I believe those boys will make fine trainers."
Kevin reached his house and of course he was out of breath. He walked inside to see a middle aged woman with brown hair up to the shoulder wearing a blue t-shirt and black capri pants wearing a white apron as she washed the dishes that were piled in the kitchen sink.
"Mom, I'm back from Professor Oak's lab!" shouted Kevin. His mother than walked into the living room where he was sitting on the brown couch.
"Oh," she said with a smile, "So what Pokemon did you pick?"
"I'll show you!" Kevin said excited to show off his new Pokemon to his mother. He grabbed the Pokeball off his belt and pressed the white button in the middle which expanded the ball. He pressed it again and with a white flash, Chamander appeared on the coffee table.
"Charmander, Char!" the lizard spoke.
Kevin's mother looked at it with sparkles in her eyes, "Aww it's so cute! I'm sure the two of you will become the best of friends."
Mike walked into his house to see his mother waiting on the couch. The mother had long black hair and was wearing a house coat, she was laying on the couch taking her mid morning nap.
"Mom, I'm home for a bit," he said as he walked into the living room. The living room was a nice set up, a nice black leather couch with a glass coffee table in the center of the room. A flat screen TV hanging on the wall in the front of the couch. Two black tables with a nice copper lamp on both on each side of the couch. His mother then moved from the couch sitting up.
"Oh hello dear, care to show mommy what Pokemon you picked?" she said with a smile.
"For the last time, don't say 'mommy'!" Mike said embarrassed.
"Sorry dear," she said with a sad tone. She knew her son was growing up.
"Alright Bulbasaur, come on out!" yelled Mike as he threw his Pokeball across the room. It hit the floor space behind the couch and opened up with a white flash revealing the green grass Pokemon.
"Bulba," it said as if it was bored.
"Ah!" Mike's mother screamed with excitement. "It's so cute! I just love it!" She then started hugging on Bulbasaur which in turn looked at Mike as if to say 'please get her off me'.
"Uh, Mom? You're choking him," Mike said in order to get his mother to lay off Bulbasaur.
"Oh!" she screamed and let him go. "I'm so sorry Bulbasaur!"
Bulbasaur looked at the woman with an angry kind of looked and growled some form of a faint 'bulba' at her.
"I didn't mean to hurt you, honest," she said with a soothing tone and a smile.
"Now how about something to eat before you leave?" asked a woman ready to cook.
"No thanks," the boy said until his stomach began to growl loudly. He then laughed nervously. "Well, I guess I have to eat something after all."
The woman smiled and began to cook.
Kevin sat on the couch and let his mind wonder. 'I can't wait until I start my journey with Charmander on my side. There's no doubt I'll be able to go all the way.'I
What seemed like a few minutes was actually a good hour. Kevin was shaken out of his thoughts.
"Honey, the food's ready!" yelled the woman from the kitchen.
"Okay mom," Kevin yelled back as he walked into the kitchen and sat at the dining room table where a plate with a big cheeseburger and fries was sitting awaiting for Kevin.
Kevin and his mother ate in silence. The boy was too busy thinking about the journey he was so egar to begin while his mother was thinking how she couldn't believe how fast her only son was growing up and now he was a beginner Pokemon Trainer, starting a journey just like the boy's father did at his age. After a while Kevin finished his food and placed the dishes he had used into the sink went into the living room and grabbed the back pack full of clothes, supplies and other essentials needed for his journey and headed for the door.
"Well Mom, I'm heading off now," he said, anxious to begin his first Pokemon journey.
His mother sighed, "Okay but you be careful, you hear?"
"Yeah Mom, I'll be fine," Kevin said. He kissed his mother goodbye and raced out the door only to run into something again in the same fashion he did earlier in the morning.
"Ouch, not again," groaned Kevin as he rubbed the back of his head.
"We really need to stop doing that," Mike said, laughing.
"You're telling me," replied Kevin.
There was a bit of silence as the two walked down the road heading for the edge of town but Mike broke it. "So where are you headed?"
"I guess I'll go through Viridian City to Pewter City," replied Kevin. "I believe that's where the first gym is. What about you?"
"Same most likely," Mike responded. "Man, we've been best friends since God knows when and now here we are with our first Pokemon ready to start our journies as Pokemon Trainers. I never thought we'd be going our seperate ways like this."
Kevin was silence at first but then responded. "Well, we don't have to."
"Huh?" Mike had confusion written all over his face.
"We're both going the same direction and since we are best friends and done pretty much everything boys do while growing up, why not travel too?" explained Kevin.
"Hmm," Mike thought about the offer because he did want to travel alone and learn as much as he possibly could about Pokemon.
'But I might not see my best friend again for a long time.'
"Oh what the hell, why not?" answered Mike.
The two made it to the edge of town and walked out onto the main road toward Viridian city. The two stopped and quickly looked back at their home town, remembering all the good times they shared in peace. Kevin sighed.
"Goodbye, Pallet town," he said and the two boys began walking away from their home town to start their journey as new Pokemon Trainers.
The boys had been walking toward Viridian City for a good hour now and Mike was absorbed in the guide to Kanto and that's when he noticed Pewter City gym was a rock-type gym which then he turned to Kevin.
"I really don't know how you're going to win the gym battle with Charmander since according to this guide book, Pewter Gym is a rock-type gym and if I'm not mistaken but rock-type Pokemon have the advantage over fire-type Pokemon."
Kevin turned to Mike, "That's true, but sometimes advantage isn't the best way, strategy can go a long way at times."
"And how would you know that?" Mike asked vaguely.
"It's simple, I've ready a lot of magazines and books about strategy and battling," Kevin said proudly.
"Hmm," Mike turned to think about what Kevin just revealed to him. 'What a nerd.'
The two then heard something russling in the bushes. "What was that?"
"What was that?" Kevin asked just as soon as Mike finished asking the same question.
"It's coming from the bushes over there," Mike said pointing at a foliage of bushes some few feet from where they where standing.
"Well, go check it out," Kevin said pushing on Mike with some fear etched in his voice.
"No!" Mike yelled. "What if it's something big like, like, like, well big!"
Kevin then stood up straight. "If it was big, we would be able to see it smart one."
A sweat drop slid down the back of Mike's head and laughed it off. "I guess you're right."
Then a purple-furred rat came running out of the foilage. It had rather long incisors and a curling tail. The purple Pokemon just looked at the two trainers and began eating whatever it had just gotten out of the bushes.
"Hey, it's only a Rattata," Kevin said amsued.
"Eh, it looks weak," Mike said unamused by the small rat Pokemon.
Kevin took out his red electronic device out of his pokcet and opened it up. The blue glass ball in the top corner lit up, flashing, as a picture of the Rattata appeared on the screen and shortly an electronic voice began talking.
"Rattata, the rat Pokemon. It will eat anything that it can eat. It's small and very quick and will bite anything when it attacks. It's a common sight in many places," the Pokedex voice explained.
"Maybe I can get some training in," Kevin said as he grabbed the Pokeball off his belt and threw it. "Go Charmander!"
The ball opened up with the white flash and Charmander appeared. "Charmander!"
It was ready to battle and Rattata got into its battling position albiet probably just to protect the berries it was eating.
"Wow man, that Rattata looks ready to battle," said Mike, finally amused at the rat and ready to see his first Pokemon battle in person.
"Alright Charmander, use your Scratch attack!" ordered Kevin. The red-orange lizard Pokemon charged for the small purple Pokemon with its claw in the air ready to scratch the rat when the time was right. When Charmander got close enough, he tried to scratch the purple Pokemon, but it dodged the attack fairly quickly.
"Rattata, you've just met your demise," Kevin said to himself as if he knew what he was doing. "Charmander, use your tail to hit it!"
Charmander stared down the running Rattata and swung his tail, hitting the small purple rodent into the ground.
"Ratta," it said weakly.
"Great! Now finish it off with Tackle!" ordered Kevin and Charmander charged toward the rodent, who was strugglying to get up, and contact was made. The purple rat then ran off into the woods outlying the road.
"That was great Charmander!" Kevin yelled with laughter and happiness in his voice.
"Char!" it said excited from his first battle victory.
"Wow, you must of really studied those books long and hard, huh?" asked Mike who was amazed on how well Kevin battled for his first time.
"Yep, I made sure when I became a trainer that I would want to at least know what I was doing," Kevin said, proud of himself.
"I should of done that myself but i did watch Pokemon battles on TV, so I do know a little about battling," Mike said trying to boost his own ego.
Kevin looked around to see if he could find any pokemon to see what Mike could do. He then noticed a Spearow in a nearby clearing.
"Well, let's see then," he said pointing at the Spearow who was grazing in the grass. Mike saw the bird the brown, black and white bird and took out his Pokedex and scanned the bird Pokemon.
"Spearow, the Tiny Bird Pokemon. This Pokemon is very protective of its territory. It will flap its wings busily to dart around at high speeds." the Pokedex said.
"Ah but it's a flying type, Bulbasaur won't..." Mike began before he was cut off by his best friend.
"Remember what I said, it's not always about advantage. Some times you're backed into a corner like this so you'd just have to take the offensive anways," Kevin explained.
Mike sighed, "Alright then." He grabbed his Pokeball. "Bulbasaur, you're up!" and he threw the Pokeball, revealing Bulbasaur.
"Bulba!" he said, ready for action.
"You know, that Spearow isn't paying attention," said Kevin, giving his friend the heads up.
Mike smiled. "Good then we can make the first move. Bulbasaur, use your Vine Whip to grab that Spearow."
Bulbasaur nodded its little head and two green vines came out of the bud on top of its back and stretched all the way to where the Spearow was grazing, pecking the ground for insects. The vines grabbed the bird, which was caught off guard and became confused to the situation it was put into.
"Spear!" it yelled, confused and angry now.
"Bulbasaur, toss it against the tree!" Mike yelled and Bulbasaur swung its vines that were wrapped around the bird and as the vines let go, the Spearow was sent flying through the air, heading for a tree. The Spearow, however, used the momentum to its advantage and bounced off the tree and flew faster than it ever possibly could on its on at Bulbasaur.
"It's coming in for an attack," warned Kevin.
"Bulbasaur, use Razor Leaf to slow it down!" Mike ordered and Bulbasaur began shooting razor sharp green leaves out of its bud on its back. The Spearow was pelted with the razor leaves and began slowing down.
"Now slap it into the ground with Vine Whip!" ordered Mike and Bulbasaur released its vines once gain, slapping Spearow hard across its body, throwing the bird Pokemon straight into the ground, hard.
"Spearow!" it screamed as it got up and flew away.
"Alright Bulbasaur, we did it!" yelled Mike as he and Bulbasaur celebrated their first victory against a wild Pokemon.
"That was great," said Kevin, congradulating his friend and Bulbasaur on their victory. "I think we'll do just great."
"I think so too," responded Mike.
The sun was beginning to set in the countryside horizon. The sky was filled with different shades of reds and oranges, it was truely a beautiful sight to see to almost anyone. Kevin looked west and saw the sun setting which he admired for a while then turning back to Mike.
"Sunset already? I can't believe the whole day has gone by already," Kevin said, still admiring the sunset.
"Yeah, I guess we should make camp right here for the night before all daylight is completely gone," Mike responded, not really caring about the beautiful sunset.
"Yeah," Kevin said as he looked into the guide book map just to see how close they were to Viridian City. "I think we'll make it to Viridian City by tomorrow."
"Great!" Mike said, anxious. "We'll be that much closer to Pewter City!"
"Yep," Kevin said as he grabbed his back pack and took out his sleeping bag, which was rolled up. The two boys continued to set up camp as the sun slowly set further closer to the western horizon. The built a nice fire and set their tents and when they finished, began cooking their dinner. After eating their dinner and feeding their Pokemon, the two trainers crawled into their tents and into their sleeping bags and drifted off to sleep. They both couldn't wait for the morning to come so they could continue their journey toward Viridian City and Pewter City.
The re-write of Chapter 2 is coming soon.