Reading the reviews and thinking about how my story kinda just drops you in. I thought it would be best to write about events that happened during Red's time to help you understand what's happening now and what may happen.

First off: Ash and Red were born exactly a year apart. What this has to do with anything is that there is an age limit to when you can become a trainer. Which at the time was ten years of age. So Red started his journey one year before Ash.

Second: It took Red 364 to complete the league. Beat the Elite Four, and defeat the Champion. The reason this is important is because that was the day that the entire Kanto region suffered a shutdown of all Goverment and League run functions. The shutdown was over the next day. The League announced shortly after that, that all it's operations were to be shutdown for the following year as they revised the rules for Trainers and challengers of the League. So Ash, at the age of ten, was not allowed to become a trainer.

Team Rocket: Throughout his journey. Red had, while not destroying them completely, put a huge hole in their plans and stopped them from progressing for years to come. However, this put a target on Red and they kept track of his movements and whatever he did. And when he challenged the League, Team Rocket found it to be a great opportunity to attack and try and reclaim all they had lost. This is the cause of the shutdown. Nobody except for the Elite Four, the Champion, a referee that was there to judge each match, and Red are the only ones that know what happened that day. After failing to take over the League, Team Rocket disappeared for several years. The first real sighting of any Team Rocket members after that day is four years later when Red finds a wounded Pokemon and becomes pursued by them. Red did not recognize them because of different uniforms as well as motto and members.

Third: After a year of being gone the League returned with a new set of rules.

1# The new age limit for becoming a trainer and challenging the League is fifteen.

2# All matches must be observed by a third party or will be deemed unofficial and a crime. (It proved difficult to keep an eye on all trainers so the League came up with adding a feature to each Pokedex that allowed matches to be recorded. This way all matches of trainer vs. trainer were official and if any trainer met a criminal the correct authorities would be alerted at once.)

3# The limit of Pokemon allowed to be carried at any time by a trainer is determined by the number of badges that trainer has earned from Pokemon Gyms. The maximum being twelve.

4# The number of pokemon allowed to be used during any battle is to be determined by both trainers before hand. A full Battle is still a max of six Pokemon however. (A new term "Max Battle" is introduced at a later date for trainers that wish to do a twelve vs. twelve battle.)

5# Challenging the League now requires that you defeat each member of the Elite Four in a best 2 out of 3 battle. Because doing each battle one after another can wear on the trainers mind easily, the battles are fought over the course of a week.

6# All trainers currently under the age of fifteen are not allowed to challenge any Gyms or the League. (After four years this rule wasn't required anymore and was removed.)

These rules were passed on to each other region with a list of events that caused the Kanto League to revise them. Most regions took to these rules immediately while others took some time as well as events that were very similar to the ones the Kanto League described to change.

Fourth: All soon to be trainers and all trainers under the age limit, with nothing to do, spent the next several years learning more about Pokemon. Increasing their general knowledge about the creatures they traveled with. Because of this, the quality of all battles was greatly increased due to trainers having a better understanding of how Pokemon can move and what their powers can do. As well as more rational thinking due to being older.

So there is all that for background. There may be things in here the mess with the first chapter. That is because the first chapter started as an idea I liked. And then when I wrote it all I really liked it and thought I would post it. Because of reviews and the fact that I just dropped you into things I felt I should provide some background. I'm going to go look through the first chapter and make sure that everything fits with the new image I have in my mind. After that I will continue with chapter two.

Aside from the second chapter which I plan to finish within the next week. I don't know when you can expect updates. It's been quite a while since I last watched the anime, which this is for the most part taking after. So I will have to do research and figure out the order of events and how I want them to take place and even if I want them in there.