A/N:I actually wrote this months ago (I kept wondering whether or not I should post it and now I finally have) but didn't wind up ever writing any more than this... It's a pretty stereotypical story so don't expect much... I probably won't continue this any time soon but if anyone wants me to then by all means please let me know.

Well I hope you enjoy, and please review (I'll be super happy if you do).


Chapter 1. In Which Destiny Brings Our Heroes Together

"Crap... They're coming," said the stranger next to me. His heavy breathing was proof of how much he'd been running.

Honestly, this was supposed to be a trip to Celedon mall in Kanto, I was going to shop for a bit and then go back home. Of course it couldn't have been that simple, things never are.

How did I get into this situation? Well apparently this idiot mistook me for someone else. He'd ran into the mall then when he saw me he'd grabbed my wrist and kept running. Now we're on the roof and I'm completely confused, it doesn't help that he hasn't even tried to explain what's going on.

"It's team rocket... their back..." The stranger said in a very serious tone, "...Please tell me you have some strong Pokemon with you?"

I wasn't sure if it was a question or just a desperate statement, but whichever it was my answer wasn't very favorable, "I don't have any."

He looked at me with a face that read 'I'm doomed' then started to rummage through his bag, "not good... not good... ok, you can use one of the Pokemon I have with me... but they aren't very strong..."

He held out a handful of pokeballs. At the same moment the door the roof door opened and two people in the most disturbingly unfashionable outfits I'd ever seen stepped out.

"Hurry, pick a Pokemon," said the stranger.

I just grabbed one of the pokeballs and threw it in front of me, "Er... I chose this one."

There was now a cute little Eevee in front of me. The Eevee looked up at me and gave me a look as if to say 'let's do this' before turning back around and leting out what I could only assume was meant to be a battle cry that sounded something like, "kyyun~"

The team rocket members seemed a bit disheartened when they saw the Eevee (which was by no means as intimidating as they seemed to think it was) but one of them steeped forward and threw a pokeball of their own.

I've never been in a Pokemon battle before, and naturally there was no emotion between this Eevee and I but a little bit of blind trust, but the team rocket members had no way of knowing that, which gave me a slight advantage. I knew they were nothing but grunts working for an organization with a big name, but they had no clue who I was and would probably underestimate me.

We managed to defeat that Zubat , which was probably a result of the Zubat just being really weak rather than me and the Eevee working well as a team. Eevee was beginning to look a bit tired, but the other team rocket person looked like they were reaching for their own Pokemon. I probably wouldn't be able to win another battle with what little experience I had -not with out healing Eevee first- I needed to do something. Fast.

"Just who do you think you're dealing with? Don't you know who I am?" I said in the most haughty voice I could muster, "I'm the Ore region's champion, Chrome!"

A complete lie, if you couldn't already tell. I wasn't even a trainer, much less one good enough to be considered a champion -but they didn't need to know that.

"Wha- We've gotta get out of here!" Team rocket grunt 1 said, the other nodded in agreement and the two ran away.

The strange boy gave me an apologetic look, "I'm sorry I didn't even realize the Ore region had a champion... I thought you were..."

"They don't."

"Excuse me?" The boy gave me a blank look as if trying to decide if there was any way to take my statement besides 'the Ore Region doesn't have a champion' -which there wasn't.

"The Ore region doesn't have a champion," I replied, "That was a lie, but I didn't know what else to do about the situation. Everyone knows about the champions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova... but hardly anyone knows much about what goes on in Ore besides the people that live there. I figured that if I were able to pass myself off as a big shot they'd probably get scared. I wouldn't have tried something so risky if you hadn't obviously thought I was someone."

"Then who are you really..." He started to ask, but then he apologized, " Sorry, I should introduce myself first. My name is Stone Thorn, I'm training under professor Oak so I can someday become a Pokemon professor. I love Pokemon but I don't think I'd be able to make it as a trainer like you, I'm not that brave."

"I'm not a trainer..." I said with a forced laugh, "This is actually my first time being in a Pokemon battle. At least I didn't lie about one thing, my name really is Chrome."

"But you look so much like a trainer!"

"These kinds of clothes are in fashion right now, everyone's wearing them," I replied, "Oh yeah, you mistook me for someone else didn't you? ... who did you think I was anyway?"

He looked embarrassed. Should I have not asked?

"Red," he answered with his face downcast.

"Whoa! You really thought I was..." I could help but be shocked, "by Red you mean the Grand Champion of the Kanto region, right? (*Stone nodded*) But Red's a guy ..."

"No, there are two Grand Champions in every region... (except Ore, I think, but I hear they have something like it), a boy and a girl usually, in Kanto both of them are coincidentally named Red," Stone explained, "In Johto it's Silver and Crystal, in Hoenn it's Ruby and Emerald, in Sinnoh it's Pearl and Diamond, and in Unova it's Black and White."

I laughed a little bit, hoping that he was joking, but when he didn't say anything I responded, "They're all either colors or glorified rocks? Besides what are the chances that two amazing trainers from the same region would also have the same name? Don't you think it's a bit ridiculous?"

"Name's with colors or rocks must be pretty popular..." Stone trailed off, "Ah! I know! You'd make a really good trainer! I'm supposed to be taking these Pokemon somewhere, you could come with me. And you could keep that Eevee and help me out again if team rocket or anyone else tries to attack!"

"Well anyway, here. You can have your Eevee back, I'm going to go finish my shopping..." I said as I handed him the pokeball and started walking to the door that led to the stairs off the roof, I mumbled to myself a little bit, "Those grand champions must be using fake names..."

"You can ask them," He said stopping me in my tracks, "These Pokemon are all really rare Pokemon that were given to professor Oak by the Grand Champions so that he could give them to people who wanted to become trainers, Team Rocket suddenly attacked the lab in attempt to get them and the professors research but I took the research data and the Pokemon and ran... And it's not just team rocket that's back, team magma, team aqua, team galactic, and team plasma; they're all back, and they're working together. So I'm going to find the Grand Champions and ask them to defeat those guys again... If you come with me, you'd be able to meet them."

That sounds so clique it's not even funny... there's no way that kind of ridiculous back story could be true. Then why is he looking at me with such an honest expression. He seems pretty desperate too, I bet he wasn't able to survive very well on his own; if there's as much riding on his journey as he says there is then we're in trouble, this kid won't be able to do anything alone.

"Well... I guess 'Chrome' is also a color," I sighed, "Fine, I'll go with you. But I already told you 'I'm not a trainer' so you can't expect me to be able to beat team Rocket or any of those other teams all the time. I have no experience."

"Yeah, but it's better than if it were just me alone," Stone said with a smile.

I suggested that before anything else we train the Eevee a bit in case we run into any more annoying people, Stone agreed that it would probably be a good idea. So we leveled the Eevee (which I had by that point started calling Eve) up by having it gain experience against wild Pokemon, before we headed to the hometown of the trainer rumored to be the strongest of the grand champions, Pallet town, the home of Red.


PARTY POKEMON-

Chrome:

Eve (Eevee) female, lvl. 10

hp 33, atk 21, def 15, sp. atk 17, sp. def 19, spd 19

Tackle, Iron tail, Dig, Sand attack

Stone:

None