Alright, let's see. My first attempt at a fanfic, and I make it Pokemon…well, I could've did Final Fantasy 10, but we're going to ignore the fact that I didn't beat that yet. LET'S GO!!!! (Rayquaza theme starts playing)
Chapter 1: Journey begin
Ring, ring, ring, ri-crush! The small alarm clock that sat next to his bed didn't stand a chance as he brought his fist down on it for one last time, before jumping up and running to his window.
"YES!!! Today I can finally leave this hell hole of a town!!" Kyosuke Ace shouted out to the world from his home in Lavender town.
"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!" A voice right below his window called. He glared down at his mother, Ariana Ace, who held a spatula in one hand, and a butcher knife in the other.
"Screw you, you old hag." He called, before closing his window, luckily avoiding the butcher knife that was now lodged right in the sill of it.
He quickly washed up, brushed his teeth, and went to his wardrobe of twelve of the same outfits. A black sleeveless vest, with no buttons, and black jeans. He already wore his fingerless black gloves, so all that was left was the black pokeball belt which he let hang loosely around his waist. When he got downstairs his mother was standing at the door with a weird smirk. He slowed to a stride, wondering what she had planned for him. To his surprise, she handed him a boat ticket, and pulled him into a tight hug.
"You be careful Kyo. And call me as soon as you get there okay?" She said with tears in her eyes. His head dropped.
"Ah, mom. You're gonna make me cry too." He said and promised to call. She patted his back and sniffed.
"Well? What are you waiting for? Get the hell outta here, go accomplish your dream." She said, smiling proudly at him. Kyo nodded, and walked towards the small car that was waiting to take him to Vermillion.
"See ya mom. Next time you see me, I'll be a pokemon master!" He shouted as the car tore of down the road.
'I know you will you little brat. You always were so persistent, just like your father…'
On the boat…
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO WASH DISHES?!"
"This ain't a charity kid! You ate enough food here for a freggin Munchlax. Either you come up with money to restock, or get your tail in there and wash those dishes!" The ship lead cook, a man with a curly moustache, and pointy beard called while shoving Kyo into the kitchen area.
"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID FREE BUFFET IF THAT'S THE CASE!!!" Kyo shouted back as two young ladies tied an apron to him, and a musty sailor guy lazily dropped a cooking net onto his spiky brownish blonde hair.
"Dammit, why don't they have pokemon doing this anyway?" He grumbled as he began to scrub the seemingly endless supply of dishes.
"Because pokemon do almost everything else for us. We need some kind of way of feeling needed." A boy, looking around the same age as Kyosuke walked next to him, dropping another large pile of dishes into the water as he did so. The boy had brownish red hair, and a purple shirt on beneath his apron.
"Great, more dishes." Kyo whined while dropping his head.
"I felt the same way when I ate the buffet." The boy said and laughed. "By the way, the names Gary. Gary Oak, nice to meet ya." He held out his hand.
"Gary Oak? As in Samuel Oak's grandson" Kyo said slowly shaking his hand and covering it in soap in the process.
"That's me."
"Wow, how'd you end up in a dump like this?" He said, causing everyone else in the kitchen to level cold glares at him.
"Same as you, ate the buffet. Though my Arcanine did help…a lot." He chuckled as Kyo picked up a half burned plate with fang marks in it.
"I'm not even gonna ask." He said and continued the dishes.
"So where are you headed?" Gary asked as he began to help with the dishes.
"To LittleRoot Town in the Hoenn region! I got a note from Prof. Birch, saying that my father asked him to give me my first pokemon."
"Your first? You don't have one already? You look about 14 or 15 years old." Gary asked, gaining a scoff from Kyo.
"My mom is single, and not working. I didn't have time to try to go to Pallet to get a pokemon from your dad, and I was always too busy working for my mom. Dad left us when I was little and went to Johto, and then to Sinnoh. I guess he's in the Hoenn region now, and I can make sure I give him the biggest ass kicking of his life when I see him."
"Well, it must be tough. I have a friend who had a single mom, but my dad helped them out a lot. He's a great trainer, and kind of headstrong like yourself."
"I am not headstrong!" Kyo defended. "Or am I? Wait, does headstrong mean smart?" Gary fell on his face at the last remark.
"So is that your goal? To kick the crap out of your father?" Gary asked, getting back up.
"Actually, no. My goal is to become a pokemon master. Which means, I have to beat any trainer who challenges me, all the gym leaders, the Elite 4, and I have to catch every single last pokemon species."
"Wow, looks like you've got your work cut out for you. I hope me and you can battle one day, so I can say that I've battled, and of course beat, a pokemon master." Gary said with an arrogant smirk.
"I look forward to it, but I'll be the one winning!" Kyo said and with that, the boat pulled up to dock in Slateport.
Once he had exited the boat, he looked around at the bustling streets, and many people. Even somewhere far away, he could here a pokemon battle taking place. He began to grow eager.
"Aw man!! How long will it take to get to LittleRoot? I want to start my journey!!" He yelled leaping into the air.
Gary walked next to him and smiled. "If you're headed to LittleRoot, my Alakazam can teleport you there."
"Oooooh! You have an Alakazam? Lemme see lemme see!!" He said, literally drooling on the pokeball that Gary took from his belt.
"Alright, alright. Alakazam, show your stuff!" He called while tossing the ball into the air. In a flash of red light, Alakazam appeared in front of them. Kyo began to cry.
"THIS IS SO FREGGIN AWESOME!!!" He produced a polaroid camera from nowhere and began to flash pictures of the Alakazam.
"Alakazam, use teleport to send this guy to LittleRoot." Gary called.
"No wait! I'm not done ye-" But it was too late as Alakazam rose its spoons in the air, made its eyes glow, and a light surround Kyo. He vanished in seconds, leaving a relieved Gary Oak behind.
"Man, that kid sure was weird." He said, his Alakazam agreeing. "But I have to admit, his goal sounds like a good one. I look forward to that battle with him."
In LittleRoot Town…
"Not done yet!" Kyosuke yelled, as he fell to his back. "What the heck just happened?"
When he sat up, he saw that he was right in front of a large building, much larger than most of those in Lavender, besides the freggin cemetery tower.
"Is this…Prof. Birch's lab? Sweet! First Pokemon, here I come!!" He jumped up without using his hands, and ran towards the door. As soon as he burst in, he shouted.
"LET'S GET STARTED!!!" However, the only answer was a very angry looking Mightyena staring at him. He gulped, realizing that the pokemon probably saw a rather delicious looking piece of meat standing only ten meters away.
"OH SH-" Kyo was screaming until the Mightyena fired a shadow ball his way, sending him right back out of the lab. He coughed, feeling the pain from being hit directly in the chest. If he hadn't been lifting weights for a while, he'd probably be seriously injured by such an attack, but he wasn't helpless. He stood up and swayed a bit, still a little shook from the attack. He was smirking however.
"Alright…that's how you want to play it. Come on then!" He yelled and ran back towards the building. The Mightyena ran at him as well. Right before the pokemon could lunge for him, he jumped towards it. He placed one hand on its head and flipped over it, continuing his run inside the building. He looked back, sticking his tongue out at the even angrier pokemon. It charged after him again.
'Alright…now!' Kyo thought. Right when the Mightyena got a few feet behind him, he back flipped over it, allowing it to run right into a cage and lock itself in.
"Haha! Man once again conquers over beast! Who's ya daddy!" He jumped back when the Mightyena began to thrash and lash out towards him, making the cage rattle violently.
"Wow that was impressive!" A voice called to him. He looked over to see a middle aged man with brown hair sitting by a computer.
"When did you get there?" Kyo demanded angrily.
"I've been here the whole time." The man said.
"THEN YOU COULD'VE CALLED OFF THE MIGHTYENA!!!"
"I may have…" The man chuckled seeing the growing look of anger on Kyo's face.
"Okay okay! I should've called it off. But I can make up for it. You're Kyosuke Ace right?"
"Yeah. Are you Prof. Birch?"
"That's me."
"GIVE ME A POKEMON!!" Kyo shouted grabbing Birch by the collar of his shirt. Birch sweat dropped at his eagerness.
"Fine, just calm down. Follow me back here to choose."
He led Kyo into the back room, allowing him to see several pokeballs, lab equipment, and even pictures of his wife. A large poster sat on the far back wall, and it instantly drew Kyo's attention.
"Top ten most wanted pokemon, number 4? Rayquaza…" He looked in awe at the large green dragon, that appeared to be a blur, most likely using extreme speed. He couldn't help but stare at it, seeing as the photographer was most likely to be lucky to take this picture. A group of people were standing in front of some type of pillar, taking a family photo. Rayquaza was cutting across them.
"That's the only picture anyone has of that pokemon."
"Whoa…that must be the strongest pokemon ever…"
Birch smiled. "I don't know about that, but it is one of the most mystical. Only one in existence, that's why it's called a legendary pokemon."
"Legendary…like Zapdos and the others?"
"That's right. There are dozen of legendary pokemon, only one of each though. There was once a time where we thought that legendary pokemon could reproduce but we were wrong. They constantly travel the world at great speeds, that's why we didn't know that there were only one of each."
Birch looked at Kyo and saw him looking at the ground with his fist clenched. He was about to say something until Kyo looked at him with the most serious glare he'd ever seen in his life.
"I will catch it. I will catch Rayquaza and any other legendary pokemon out there! I will go to space and further to complete my goal! You can count on that!"
He looked at the Rayquaza postrt once more before facing Birch.
"I like your spirit. Here, take this pokedex along with you. It'll help with any pokemon you need to locate, and catalog all of those you've caught already. Now, are you ready to choose a pokemon?"
"Of course."
Birch went into a locked cabinet and brought out three pokeballs.
"These three pokeballs contain three pokemon that have to be specially breeded in pokemon labs around the world. They are extremely rare, so we only give them to people that are either taking the pokemon league challenge, or the Evergrande city pokemon contest. Which are you trying to achieve?"
"I want to be a pokemon master, but becoming the champion will have to come first."
"Good. Then choose. The grass pokemon Treeko, the water pokemon Mudkip, or the fire pokemon Torchic." Birch said, releasing all three from their balls.
"That's an easy one. Torchic, I choose you!" He called, made the pokemon return instantly to one of his own pokeballs.
"This is it Kyosuke. Once you step foot outside that door, your journey has begun. Along the way you make friends and rivals, and you will go on an adventure that will be both hard and fun at times. Are you prepared for this and are you willing to trust in your pokemon?"
Kyo nodded, feeling anxious about the situation.
"I hereby register as an official pokemon trainer, and pokemon league challenge participant. Here are five pokeballs to get you started, and four potions. Good luck."
Kyosuke turned from the Prof. After hooking Torchic's ball onto his belt, twirling the pokedex and sliding into a specially made pouch on his side, he tightened his glove and ran for the door, officially starting his journey.