A/N: Hello fanfiction readers. This is my first fanfic, so I hope you'll enjoy it. Any suggestions or constructive criticisms are appreciated.
Disclaimer: I do not own pokémon
Luke's Pokémon Adventure: Kanto
Chapter 1: The Journey Begins
3:20 am, January 1, 2013
Pallet Town
Luke woke up with a start. He saw the alarm lying on the table next to his bed and checked the time.
'Damn, I can't get any sleep. I'm very excited for today,' He thought. He was going to start his own pokémon adventure today. He had turned 10 on the 3rd of November. You may be wondering why he didn't get his starter on his birthday. Well, because the starters are given to the new trainers 4 times in a year; the 1st of January, April, July and October. Those who celebrated their birthdays after the 1st of the 4 months, they'll have to wait for the next time the starters are given.
'I think I'll try to sleep. I've got a long and exciting day in the morning,' with that, he slowly drifted to sleep.
7:30 am, January 1, 2013
Luke woke up as the sun's rays fell on his face. He quickly opened his eyes just to shut them again due to the intense light. He got out from the bed rubbing his eyes and got a shower and got dressed. He checked himself in the mirror. A boy about 5 feet with black hair and blue eyes wearing a blue t-shirt with a red jacket on top of it along with blue jeans stared back at him. He went downstairs to find his mom cooking in the kitchen and his dad reading the newspaper.
"Good morning mom, good morning dad." He greeted his parents.
"Good morning dear." They greeted back.
"Now, are you ready to start your own adventure?" his dad asked him.
"You bet!" He replied.
"Luke! The breakfast is ready." His mom called out to him.
"Okay mom, coming!" He replied to her. He ate the breakfast as quickly as possible. He got his bag. It was a yellow one with the pokémon league symbol at the center.
"Good bye mom, good bye dad." He called out to them running out of his house.
"Take care honey!" his mom yelled from the door.
"I sure will." he replied.
8:45 am, January 1, 2013
Professor Oak's Lab
He arrived at professor Oak's lab and knocked on the door.
"Wait a minute, I'm coming!" a voice yelled back to him. After a minute or so, a man with blond hair in his old days came and opened the door. He smiled after seeing Luke. "Ah, Luke! I assume you're here to get your first pokémon?"
"Yeah, professor Oak." Luke said, grinning.
"Great! Come in, come in." he said opening the door and letting him through. It was a large building with many computers and machines along with bookshelves containing books about various pokémon. He knew this place very well. He used to help professor Oak with his research since he was 7 and he learned many things about pokémon. He let him through 3 doors and they reached a big room where beginning trainers usually got their starter pokémon. He looked around and noticed that nobody was there.
"Is Tyson here already?" Luke asked the professor. Tyson was his best friend since their childhood. He was getting his starter today too since his birthday was on October 30.
"Nope! I thought he would come here very early as he is very excited at moments like these." Professor Oak answered him.
They both shared a laugh at that. Just then, the door burst open and a boy with brown hair and red eyes wearing a green t-shirt and brown shorts came inside panting. Apparently, he didn't notice both professor and Luke. "Hey Tyson!" Luke said.
He looked up and a smile grew on his face. "Luke? I thought you would be sleeping until now." He said smirking.
"Oh yeah? I think you're the one who overslept." Luke taunted. "Anyway, have you decided which pokémon to choose?"
"Nope." He replied.
"Come on now children, the pokémon are waiting to be picked." Professor Oak interrupted their talk. He led both of them to a table with 3 pokéballs resting on top of it. He opened the first pokéball and a blue-green frog like pokémon with a bulb on its back came out.
"Bulba!" it greeted.
"This is Bulbasaur, the grass-type pokémon." Professor Oak explained. He then opened the next pokéball and a red lizard like pokémon with a flame on its tail came out.
"Char, Charmander!" it said.
"This here is Charmander, the fire-type pokémon. And lastly, there's Squirtle, the water-type pokémon." He opened the last pokeball and a blue turtle like pokémon appeared out of the pokéball. "Now, which of these pokémon you'll pick?"
"Why don't you pick first?" Luke asked Tyson.
"Okay." He said smiling. "Let's see…" he thought for a moment examining the pokémon and finally said, "I think I'll pick Squirtle!" Squirtle jumped into Tyson's arms.
"I choose Charmander!" Luke said. 'Charmander is one of my favourite pokémon,' Charmander hopped up and down happy to be picked. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Bulbasaur getting a bit disappointed.
"Okay." Professor Oak said returning all the pokémon into their pokéballs and giving Squirtle and charmander's pokéballs to Tyson and Luke. He went to another table nearby and brought a pokédex and a pouch with 10 pokéballs in it. "Here is your pokédex and 5 pokéballs for each of you." He handed the pokédex and the pokéballs to both of them. "As you know, the pokédex contains the data on all the pokémon discovered until now."
"Thanks professor!" They both said in unison.
"Welcome." Professor Oak said smiling. "Good luck on your journey both of you."
9:15, January 1, 2013
Pallet Town
They went to the outskirts of the town discussing their journey. "You see! I'll become the greatest trainer in the world!" Tyson kept bragging about.
"It won't happen while I'm around." Luke said, smirking.
They reached the outskirts. Luke knew that they had to go their separate ways but their goal was the same. To become a pokémon master!
"I hope we meet again soon." Luke said a bit disappointed.
"Not so fast!" Tyson said smirking. Luke had a feeling what he was talking about. "I wanted to say this for a long time, so here it goes. Luke, I challenge you to a battle!" Tyson yelled.
"I accept your challenge. But don't cry when I beat you." Luke taunted.
"Let's see who beats who." Tyson said. They went to a clearing nearby to battle.
"Go, Squirtle!" Tyson yelled throwing his pokéball in the air.
"I choose you, Charmander!" Luke said also throwing charmander's pokéBall in the air. Both the pokeballs opened with a flash and both Charmander and Squirtle were facing each other ready to battle. Luke scanned Charmander with his pokédex. A male voice came out of the pokédex and said, "Charmander, the lizard pokémon. A flame burns on the tip of its tail from birth. It is said that a Charmander dies if its flame ever goes out." He then scanned Squirtle and the pokédex said, "Squirtle, the tiny turtle pokémon. This Tiny Turtle Pokémon draws its long neck into its shell to launch incredible water attacks with amazing range and accuracy. The blasts can be quite powerful."
"I'll go first. Squirtle, use tackle!" Tyson ordered his Squirtle. Squirtle dashed towards Charmander ready to tackle it.
"Charmander, dodge and use growl!" Luke said. 'I have a plan,' Charmander dodged the incoming Squirtle and growled at it. "Now follow it up with scratch!"
"Squirtle, hit Charmander with bubble!" Tyson said smirking.
'Damn, it can be quite powerful,' Suddenly, Luke got an idea. "Charmander, counter it with ember!" He said. Just as he thought, the ember cancelled out the bubble.
"Squirtle, use tackle again!" Tyson yelled a bit irritated. Luke smiled. 'Tyson can't battle that great when he's irritated,' Squirtle dashed towards Charmander again.
"Charmander, use scratch!" Luke ordered. Charmander also dashed towards Squirtle. Both attacks hit their targets and both the pokémon were forced back.
"Charmander, finish it off with ember!" Luke said hoping that would defeat Squirtle.
"Squirtle, dodge it!" Tyson said, worried. He also knew that Squirtle would be fainted if that ember hit its mark. Unfortunately for Tyson, Squirtle was a bit late to dodge and was hit right in the face. Squirtle growled in pain and fainted.
"Squirtle, return. You did your best." Tyson sighed recalling his fainted pokémon.
"Charmander, take a nice long rest." Luke said also recalling Charmander.
"That was a great battle!" someone said clapping. They both turned around to see professor Oak standing at the side.
"Professor Oak!" Tyson and Luke both said. "Did you see the whole battle?"
"Yeah." Professor Oak replied. "And that was a nice one too."
"Okay, thanks for the battle Luke. I'll be going now." Tyson said. "Bye professor!" He ran towards route 1.
"Energetic as always." Professor Oak chuckled.
"Yeah. So, what brings you here, professor?" Luke asked him.
"Oh I forgot. Well, I want you to deliver a parcel to Lance in Viridian city." Professor Oak smiled.
"What!?" Luke yelled, shocked. "Do you mean Lance of the elite four?"
"The same." Professor Oak said. "So, can I depend on you to deliver this parcel to him?"
"Sure!" Luke said. 'It would be great to see Lance of the elite four personally,'
"Thanks. Here you go." Professor Oak handed him a parcel. "Don't lose it."
"I won't." He took the parcel from the professor and kept it carefully in the bag. "See ya later, professor." He started walking towards Viridian city.
Meanwhile somewhere…
It was a dark room with a table in the darkness. The door to the room opened and the man at the table looked up and smiled.
"Come in." the man said. Three figures, two tall ones and a short one came and saluted to the man.
"I heard that the boss called us?" One of the tall figures asked. It was a girl.
"Yeah. There's a mission for you. We want more pokémon for the storage. So I want you three to attack this city's pokémon center and get me as many pokemon as you can." The man behind the table said.
"Roger that!" the trio saluted.
"And one more thing. Destroy anyone who tries to stop you." The man in the shadows said. "Now, dismiss." The trio saluted for the last time and walked outside.
"Now, my plan to rule Kanto will begin. Hahahahahaha." He laughed evilly when the trio disappeared from the room.
A/N: There ya go! This concludes the first chapter. I hope you all liked it. Who is this mysterious man? And what is his plan?
As I said before, any suggestions or critics are appreciated. Please review. I want to know how well I did on my first attempt. So, please review.
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