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I'm also answering the anon's question in the review section. Thank you for the question!
Guest: Who is Ruru? Is that Sapphire's? I thought Ruby's was Rara
Ruru is Ruby's Gardevoir. That's what she's called in the original Japanese version. Viz changed it into Rara because Ralts. (Not sure if this is the reason why Viz changed it but that's just my speculation.) I'm kinda used to calling her Ruru more since that's what I got used to so yeah.
Chapter 2 - The Johto Region
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Gold stopped in his tracks. He gave the bag of groceries to the young woman, who's presumably around his age, and took a step back. He smiled. "You sure do buy lots of Poke Balls, miss."
"Well," the girl with crystal-like eyes smiled, holding the bag closer to her chest. "I wanna catch every Pokemon, so I have to be prepared."
"Ah, I see," Gold grinned. "You must be good at throwing those Poke Balls, then."
Crystal laughed. She was somewhat flattered with his words. It was quite charming now that she thought about it. "I am an expert, so yes. My arms are very powerful."
"Well then," Gold chuckled, bowing at the young woman. "I'm glad I was able to accompany you. Until next time, miss."
Crystal smiled and nodded. "Until next time."
Gold turned around and walked away from Crystal's house. It was a bit far from his home, but it didn't matter. The girl was having a hard time carrying that bag of Poke Balls all by herself, and he couldn't just ignore her. The thought of him helping the girl was enough to bring a smile on his face.
He definitely enjoyed helping others. He couldn't wait to tell his mother about it.
The thought of it made Gold ran faster. He wanted to go home as quickly as he could; his mother may need his help, after all.
Once he took a step in Newbark Town, his eyes widened as his jaw dropped. He gulped.
He didn't recall that there was a Team Rocket member walking freely on the street. What were they doing here?
"Hey, what are you looking at?!" the Team Rocket Grunt complained, his tone was cocky and the smug on his face was clear as crystals. Gold averted his eyes from the man and focused his vision on the ground.
"Sorry, sir," he mumbled meekly. The Team Rocket member grumbled.
"You should be!" he snapped and intentionally bumped his shoulder onto the young man. He walked away from him and grabbed his phone from his pocket.
Gold was silent. His breathing was hasty and his legs were starting to get limp like noodles. That was scary. He heard that Team Rocket took over the Kanto Region and the Johto Region being right next to it was scary. No one was permitted to enter the Kanto Region once they reached the bourders unless they were a member of Team Rocket or someone close to their boss. Even so, he was glad that not a single Team Rocket member stepped into Newbark Town considering how close it was to the Johto Region.
That is, until today.
Like a twig snapping when one stepped on it, Gold realized something he was afraid that may happen.
"MOM!" he yelled, running towards his house. "MOM!" He opened the door of his house, only to see his mom tied up on a chair. There were a few Team Rocket members around the house, catching every baby Pokemon in a net and one with a different uniform and a red hair. His sweat fell from his forehead just by looking into the redhead's silver-like eyes. He gritted his teeth.
That different uniform must mean something, and he could only think of that man as either an admin or worse—their leader.
"Who are you?" the silver-eyed man spat coldly. He stared at him from head to toe.
Gold was never a reckless boy; he was taught to think before he could act. But, in this scenario, he knew words wouldn't stop this man. Without even thinking, his body moved on his own and tackled the redhead down on the ground. He placed both arms on the redhead's wrists and glared at him.
"Get. Out. Of. My. House." Gold stated angrily. His hold on Silver tightened.
"You must be the son," Silver replied, ignoring Gold's remark.
"I SAID GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
"Take him," Silver commanded and four Team Rocket members removed Gold from Silver's grasp. He was later tied in a chair along with his mother, but his eyes never stopped glaring at Silver. How dare they do this to his mom and those baby Pokemon!
"You will pay for this!" Gold growled, as he tried to move his chair closer to Silver but a Team Rocket member smacked his head with a bat. The force made Gold's head bleed once it reached the floor and lose consciousness. Silver just watched Gold's blood leak on the floor while his mother cried for help.
"Get all the baby Pokemon and leave the mother behind. We need to teach this boy a lesson once we reach HQ." Silver commanded and the four Team Rocket members nodded, as his eyes remained on an unconscious Gold.
Whether he was dead or not, he couldn't just let this boy run freely. To think he had guts to stand up on Team Rocket's soon-to-be leader was something rather impressive. He would make a great asset like that trainer named Red from the Kanto Region.
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Red's eyes widened. His new boss wanted him to what? He wished he could speak, but the only words he could utter were commands to his Pokemon. If he spoke other words besides Pokemon moves or anything related to it, the chip in his body may shock him.
And he had enough of it. He went through so much hell just to become a member of Team Rocket despite the fact that he didn't intend to join it in the first place. He only joined because Giovanni defeated him in a Pokemon Battle fair and square. He was forced to join Team Rocket after his defeat. He sighed, folding his arms across his chest as two Team Rocket members dropped a chained boy on the ground. He had messy black hair and gold-colored eyes. From the looks of it, this boy was the same as him: forced to join Team Rocket.
He was guessing that this boy defied Silver's commands, which explained why he was so beat up. He felt bad for the boy.
Red tried to speak. Any word. Any single word. But, he was too frozen to speak. He sighed, shaking his head and just approached the boy. The boy didn't pay heed when Red placed his hand on his back. He just glared at Silver.
"Keep on glaring at me or we'll torture your mother, and we know you wouldn't like that," Silver warned, making Gold avert his eyes at him. "Discipline him, Red." the redhead said, before leaving the two alone in the terrace.
Silver didn't understand why he was so cold lately. Usually, he would just do what his father told him to do as Team Rocket's future boss, but doing things out of his father's commands was new to him. He accepted his fate of being Team Rocket's future leader once he was rescued from the Masked Man, but was this what he really wanted?
Silver shook his head, punching the wall.
He chose this. It was his fate to be Team Rocket's future leader and there was nothing else ahead of him other than this road.
"Son," Giovanni came in and smiled at him. "Our next target is Goldenrod City," he approached his son and removed his fist on the wall. "Are you ready?"
A moment of silence passed. Silver only lowered his head and clenched his fist. He looked at his father's eyes. He knew what he had to do. "It's my destiny to do this, so, of course, father."
Giovanni smirked proudly. "I'm so proud of you, son."
I despise how this chapter started and no matter how many times I've written it, I just couldn't change it into something I'm really satisfied with. The beginning was the most "okay" version but not something I will call "good". Also, it's hard to fit Crystal into this so she just made a cameo. :/
Ideas are easy to come up with but it all comes down with the plot and how will you incorporate that idea into the plot. It's difficult. It's tough. It's hard. God, I hate myself.
So, basically:
- Gold never went on that journey. He's a responsible guy and a gentleman (*laughs in Spanish*)
- Crystal never fell off from that cliff. She doesn't work at the orphanage. Basically no leg momma (Honestly, this is probably the most normal idea I've had)
- Silver accepted his fate and becomes the next leader of Team Rocket. He is not a weebo (I will never forgive myself for coming up with this. We need weebo Silver...)