Legend of Red.
"Talking"
Thinking
ATTACK
Chapter 4: Not Red's day.
AU: Okay guys, this is where I show you guys the difference from how Red reacts to people when compared to how he does with his Pokemon.
Where with his Pokemon he will seem much more like the Anime Origins version of Red.
WIth other people like him, who he's not accustomed to, he will be more like his VideoGame counterpart. Not very talkative and cold.
…..Hargeon…..
"This place is weird…"
Standing in the middle of the busy streets, Red looked at the people as they went about their daily lives. Unaware that they were all being watched, and studied by the boy. Trying to make sense of this strange world he found himself in.
After that little brawl at the cave, Red went almost as far as Pidgeot could take him. Landing right outside of this town late last night. Red had decided to sleep in the woods, and then walk around the port city in the morning. Which was earlier that day.
At the beginning it was quite clear to Red that this wasn't his world. Mostly because the lack of Pokemon, and that people here used 'magic' in their daily lives. It didn't take long to find the connection between this… 'magic' and the people that had attacked him and his pokemon. Good news, he now knew that this world was called Earthland. Great.
The young boy was lucky that people loved to talk in the wide open. He learned all this info from simply eavesdropping on several conversations. Yet the exact details about 'magic' and what it exactly WAS either wasn't known, or wasn't something that people talked about.
Yet that wasn't all Red had learned. It turned out that while they shared the same spoken language, written language was a whole different story. The words were written in unfamiliar characters. That would prove to be a problem when he would eventually have to go to a library for more information on magic.
The boy had to know all he could, or he might just end up unprepared and beaten. Given his past accomplishments, it was doubtful. Yet Red didn't get that far on maybes. It was clear that they had many different types of magic, yet just HOW many? That was the question.
"Hey, kid." Came an teenaged voice from behind Red. Red slowly turned, keeping his face stoned and a hand near his belt. Yet it seems like the older boy noticed.
The teen was an entire foot taller than Red, with orange hair in a wild manner and seemed to become cat ears at the top. He wore a black tuxedo, with a red tie that hung from his neck. He wore a pair of sunglasses, that slightly glinted in the sunlight.
All-in-all, Red couldn't exactly tell what to think of the older teen. He gave off both a charming yet playboy attitude, while giving off a… weird vibe. Red couldn't quite place what he was feeling, yet it was unnatural, that much was for sure.
The feeling made Red's fingers twitch two the Pokeballs on his belt, only for the man to bring his hands up in a peaceful manner.
"Woah, woah kid! Slow your roll a bit." The orange haired 'teen' said as he slowly walked up to Red. All that accomplished was Red taking another step back as he fully grabbed Blastoise's Pokeball.
"Okay, I see we won't get anywhere at this rate." The man said as he backed off Red. Yet the Pokemon Master didn't remove his hand from the ball on his belt. His instincts telling him that this person was powerful, and dangerous.
"So, got a name kid?" The man asked as he gazed at each ball around the kids belt, trying to figure out what they were. Yet they didn't look like any magical item he's seen before.
"..." Red decided to keep quiet, this man was obviously wanting answers of some kind, yet for what?
"Not a talker, eh? I can respect that." With that, the man turned his back to red, while still keeping eye contact.
"We need to talk, outworlder." That one word set-off all of Red's warning signals. This guy knew that Red wasn't from Earthland?
"Follow me. I'll take us somewhere more private for our future discussion." It was more like an order than a request, yet Red couldn't do anything to refuse at this point. The boy wanted answers just as bad.
"Hn." Red said as both he, and the teen started to walk away from the crowd. Where the man had in mind, Red didn't know. Just that he was finally going to get some answers.
…..Hargeon Motel…..
"Please, have a seat." The orange haired teen said as he closed the door behind them.
"..." Red had remained quiet the whole way, only giving nods and shakes of the head. It irritated the orange haired guy a bit, so that was fun.
He had an idea that this going to be a long conversation, so Red took to setting on the stool off to the side. Comfy.
"Okay then," The teen said as he sat on the recliner not to far away. "Let's get right down to it."
"Hm?" Red rose a brow, wondering just what the cat eared man wanted.
"My name is Leo the Lion. But my friends call me Loke." The now identified Leo said while extending his arm in greeting.
"Red." Was all he said while also taking the hand. WIth a shack on boths part, Leo gave a grin in slight satisfaction.
"So thats your name. To think I was going to give you that as a nickname anyway." Red didn't seem to react at the friendly jab, which annoyed Leo a bit. But the Lion had decided to drop the conversation, in favor of the real reason the boy was brought here.
"You're from another world entirely." It was blunt, and to the point. Just like Red wanted.
"Yes." Red at first didn't really want to admit it, but how else did you explain it?
"Are you here of your own violation?" He got a shack of the head in response, letting him know that it wasn't intentional.
"Do you know why, or how you're here?"
"I have a few theories." The first actual sentence he's said to Leo.
"And they are?"
"Private." Red had learned from his time fighting against Team Rocket, never trust sensitive info with people you don't trust.
"I see." Pushing his sunglasses up, Leo leaned back into his seat. Already having a headache from dealing with the mute kid.
"Well, ask away kid. I know you must be curious about all this." Loke had most the information his boss, The Spirit King, had wanted from the kid, and the rest wasn't going to come out of his mouth anytime soon.
"How did you know i'm not from here?" No one else knew, so it made no sense that this man would know. Unless more of that magic stuff was responsible.
"Well, i'm not exactly human. And while I won't explain it all now, all of my kind felt the hole that ripped right through Earthland. It wasn't that hard for me to find you. You're practically soaked in the same energy as the rip."
"So, do you know a way for me to go back through this… rip?" Red's eyes filled with a little hope at the prospect, which sadly died with Loke's next words.
"No." Red's world shattered at that.
"The hole was gone, almost as fast as it showed. We don't even know where it came from. Which is the most important part." The Lion explained while looking sympathetic at Red.
"Darn." Red would need to take his frustration out on something later. Right now, he had one more question.
"What now?" Loke looked at the kid in confusion, before realization sat in.
The kid was alone now. Shit.
"Well, I can't exactly say for sure. You're considered an under aged around here, so you can't just wander around on your own. And even then, there are a lot of bad people out there."
"I can take care of myself just fine." Red replied , his face returning to it's stone expression.
"I can tell. But, if I may give you a suggestion…"
"What is it?" Red didn't know what the orange haired teen had in store, but he would need help adjusting to this new world. Until he finds his way back.
"In this world, there are groups of people that come together and form Guilds. These usually belong to a single city, and have an HQ located in their city. The people that gather at these guild are usually-"
"Wizards. People that can use the magic in the air to do unbelievable feats. I've met a few." While Loke was annoyed at being cut-off, he was impressed with the kids knowledge. The rip only happened yesterday in the afternoon. Which means this kid had a little over 24 hours to gain all this information.
"Yes, them. In these Guilds, they gain request. These quest present a job to those in the Guild. Usually for the Wizard themselves to choose which job they go on." Red nodded, getting the jist of the quest system in Guilds.
"All that aside, Guild are also places for people that have none. There, Guildmates slowly become friends, then family." Leo knew from personal experience. There wasn't a single person in his own Guild, that he wouldn't lay down his own life to save.
"So, you want me to join one of these Guilds?" The boy asked with skepticism.
"Not just any Guild, the best Guild. I want you to join Fairy tail."
…..Three Days Later…..
"So, we're back here. Hows that for full circle Charizard." The boy asked the Dragon underneath him.
After his little chat with Leo, Red decided to give the Guild thing a try. The weird thing was, they were going back to the city that was near them when they first arrived in the world. Magnolia from what Leo said.
"Char!" The Pokemon replied as it lowered to the ground, it's wing letting them glide to the ground.
"Yeah. I hope we don't run into them to." The last thing the Pokemon Master needed, was another fight with those weird people. Sure, his Pokemon had healed since then, but the boy wasn't looking forward to another confrontation with them.
Especially the woman that could control swords. Red and Pidgeotto were lucky to have got away when they did, or she could have done some major damage.
"Okay, this looks like a good place to land." Red commanded as he pointed to a familiar clearing. Hearing the trainers orders, Charizard flew in low and slow, so that he could come to a stop.
Coming to a stop, the two landed with a resounding 'thud' and some dirt picking up. Charizard gave a small huff, at having to fly so far. Flying Red somewhere was usually Pidgeotto job.
"Good job big guy. Rest for a bit, it won't be long now." Bringing up the Pokeball, Red recalled Charizard back into the ball.
With a sigh, Red looked to the city. Already moving in it's direction.
"Hey kid!" Or he was... Now what? Red turned to the feminine voice.
"Hm?" Looking over his shoulder, Red saw probably the strangest group of people since Team Rocket.
A group of three, in the middle is a blue haired petite girl wearing a simple orange dress, with matching orange sleeve.
To her right is a man with black hair that seems to sprout like a plant. He wears a white shirt, with brown pants. On his chest are two yellow belt with pouches all over.
The man to her left, has orange spiky hair, with a brown fur coat over a purple button up. He has brown dress pants, and a pair of sneakers.
Weird group.
"Uh… yeah?" Red asked with hesitance. Not sure why they would have…. Oh no.
"Sorry to ask, but was that a Dragon just now?" Arceus dammit.
The female then began to stare at Red's Pokeball that held his Charizard. Looking at it with a kind of… twinkle in her eye.
"Sorry, but he wasn't a Dragon." Maybe they would go away-
"Are you sure? It looked just like how I imagined a Dragon to look like. Only much smaller." She said as her friend nodded in agreement.
"Not a Dragon." Not wanting to get caught up in conversation, Red turned to go the other way.
Only for the trio to cut him off. Oh, come on.
"Can we see him? Please!?" She practically begged, making Red consider actually showing him to them. Nah.
"Sorry, he's sleeping now." The girl looked slightly disappointed, yet perked up in a second.
"I'm Levy! This is Droy, and Jet." The blue haired girl said while pointing to her friends.
"What's your name?" Asked Droy as he walked up.
Red considered not answering, but decided against it.
"Red." The boy said while tipping his hat to them. Scanning them with his red eyes.
"So, what's those red and white balls on your belt, and how did it suck up that Dragon?" She asked while looking at the devices on his belt. Her bookworm coming out at the unknown.
"Sorry, but I have to go." Red tried as he walked around them. Yet the persistent bluenette got in his way once more.
"Where ya goin'?" Levy asked, trying to keep her eyes away from the Pokeballs. Yet failing miserably.
"To the Fairy Tail Guild Hall." What could be the harm in telling her? Wasn't like she had any connection to the Wizard Guild.
"Hey! We're a wizard team there!"
Me and my big mouth. Red berated himself, clearly not liking where this was going.
"We were on our way there anyway! We'll take you there!" The two behind her sighed as she took the boy's arm.
"Oh, um… that's not necessary miss." He tried, only for the older teen to start dragging him in the direction of the Guild.
"Sorry, kid. But you got her in 'Levy Mode' as we call it." Said Jet as he walked behind them. Content with letting Levy do what she wanted.
"What's 'Levy Mode'?" Something told Red that he wouldn't like the answer. Trying to wiggle his arm out of the abnormal grip of the girl, the boy almost gave up.
"It's when she's interested in something SOOO much that she can't take no for an answer." This was bad, Red didn't want to be stuck with these people any longer. Guess he had no choice…
Grabbing the Pokeball off his belt, Red threw it up into the sky. While they watched, no one would have guessed that a lightning bolt would have shot out of it. Making a loud, BOOM as it hit the ground.
The lightning having made Levy let go of Red, who now had enough time to distance himself.
"Pikachu." The boy said as the image of both the Pokeball, and a small animal started to fall from the sky. More lightning coming off the small animal, getting crazier and more sporadic as it got closer.
"Pika!" Landing on Red shoulder, Pikachu gave a smirk as it did a little dance. Enjoying it's first time out in FOREVER!
"What is that!?" The blue head said with new found curiosity. Yet she didn't get far, as red pointed in front of himself.
"Iron Tail on the ground." And with little to no hesitation, the Pikachu used the Tail of iron to smash the ground, creating both a crater and smoke screen.
"Let's go." Red said as he was hidden in the smoke.
"PIKA!" And in a zap of lightning, the dust, smoke, boy, and creature were nowhere to be seen.
…..END…..
PIKA PI! PI CHU!
…..Oh, don't give me that look! You knew I was going to put Pikachu in this! I had to! That aside, This chapter was meant to set up Red having a reason to go to and join Fairy Tail. Does it feel rushed? I feel like I rushed it too much.
And I don't think I added enough to this chapter. Next chapter will defiantly be MUCH larger.
The conversation with Leo? Well I believed that Celestial Spirits would have known SOMETHING about it. And some may bring up that they didn't know about the Animas. And to that, I will make up some BS that ties it all together and make sense of it all sooner or later during the whole Edolas arc. And to you few that would complain about going that route, there will be plenty of thought put into it.
Red's team so far. Charizard, Blastoise, Pidgeot, and Pikachu. 2 left, which of the original Pokemon will it be? You'll have to wait and find out.
JTD3 Signing OUT!
