Route 1 – The First Catch
It had happened. Red, Blue, and Leaf had finally left the town of which they'd grown fond of. Leaving your birthplace was fairly uncommon in Kanto, unless you were to have a job or family elsewhere. Becoming a trainer who travels for enjoyment was certainly rare. Kanto held many dangers that most were aware of such as wild Pokemon and strong trainers.
Red, however, was quite excited for his adventure to start, which made this small task he was given all the more bothersome.
"Ugh! How much longer 'till we get there?" Red groaned.
"We've only been walking for ten minutes. Viridian City is three miles away." Blue said annoyed.
Red sighed, but then put a smile on, "Man, I can't wait until this is over. I'll get to leave home and go to some place like Saffron City, or Cinnabar Island, or even take a trip to the Johto region!"
"Don't think so far ahead," Leaf said, "There are a lot of things you'll have to do before all that. Pokemon are a lot stronger on the eastern side of the region. You won't be able to get through so easily."
"Bah! I can take whatever this world throws at me!" Red exclaimed.
"You couldn't even beat me," Blue retorted, "and I hadn't even had battle experience."
Red scowled at Blue, "It was just luck. Chances are I'd destroy you in a rematch."
"Oh yeah?" Blue said putting his carrying bag down on the ground and gripping the Poke Ball at his waist, "How about it? A match right here, right now!"
Red also grabbed his own Poke Ball, "Fine by me!"
"Boys! Boys! Calm the hell down and stop being a pain!" Leaf interrupted, "You have plenty of time to fight when it's not on my own time!"
Blue smiled and picked his bag back up, "Well, I suppose it's for the best."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Red asked with an annoyed look on his face. Blue simply chuckled and continued walking down the path.
The three continued on their way towards Viridian City. There was an awkward silence between Red and Blue due to their anger towards one another, and Leaf was stuck in the middle. She was both tired of their bickering, yet annoyed that they remained silent when they weren't fighting. As they progressed, they had noticed a large amount of wild Pokemon, namely Pidgeys and Rattatas. One particular Pidgey flew down closely to the group. Blue stuck out his right arm, signaling Red and Leaf to stop.
"Hey," he whispered, "I bet I can catch this Pidgey."
"Do you even have a Poke Ball on you?" Red whispered back.
"No, but I assume you do ball boy," Blue said back giving another snide smile.
"Hmph," Red grunted and pulled a Poke Ball out of his bag, "Don't waste it," he said, giving Blue the ball.
"Heh, don't worry," He said, grabbing the ball. He took out his own Poke Ball and lunged toward the Pidgey, "Bulbasaur, go!" Out of the ball came Bulbasaur, who looked anxious to battle, "Okay Bulbasaur, use Growl!"
Bulbasaur growled at the Pidgey, which intimidated it. However, it stood its ground and used it's talons to dig into the ground and swiped dirt towards Bulbasaur.
"It's Sand Attack! Dodge it, Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur jolted to the right, avoiding the attack, "Now use Tackle!" Bulbasaur rushed in and collided with Pidgey, sending it flying backwards. It shook it's head and flew up in the air. It let out a cry and began rapidly flapping it's wings to create a strong wind. Bulbasaur was being pushed back while the gusts began to cut into its skin. The attack ended in seconds, though with Gust's super effectiveness on Bulbasaur, it was weakened more than Pidgey, "Dammit!"
"Give it up Blue," Red said mockingly.
"Not a chance! Bulbasaur, hit it with another Tackle!" Bulbasaur regained its footing and lunged into the air, aiming directly at Pidgey. It made contact and pushed Pidgey back down to the ground, causing a hefty amount of damage. It pushed itself off and hurried back to a safer area.
"Alright," Blue took the Poke Ball Red had given him and rushed into the vicinity. He let out a grunt as he huredl the Poke Ball and the weak Pidgey. It erupted into a bright red light that was soon contained in the Poke Ball. It began to struggle for freedom as the ball began wiggling around. However, after three spasms of wiggling, the ball flashed and became dormant.
"Haha! Yes!" Blue exclaimed. He rushed toward his newly caught Pokemon and grabbed the ball. He then pointed at Red, "Told you I could do it! Piece of cake!"
"Awfully excited, aren't you?" Leaf said smiling and folding her arms.
"Must be a weak Pokemon if you caught it," Red said, turning his face away from Blue so as not to show his discontent.
After some more celebration and gloating, the three finally got back to their mission. It wasn't much further to Viridian City, and it was already noon. Once the three finally reached Viridian City, they all let out sighs of relief.
"Welp, we're finally here," Red said.
Leaf began running towards the Poke Mart, which was in eyesight from the entrance of the town, "Come on guys! Let's finish this up and get back home!"