This is a rewrite (a longer rewrite) of the first chapter of Rebattling Kanto (now titled Fighting for Nothing). And people, please review this story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Chapter 1: Starting Over
18 year old Red walked happily out of the Viridian Pokemon Center humming as he looks at his new Earth Badge. Red was tall with messy dark black hair, red eyes filled with content. He wore a red vest with two pockets on each side of it and a black shirt underneath. He wore baggy blue jeans, red running shoes and black wristbands. To top it all off was his favorite hat that he received from an old friend. "Wonder how Blue and Green are doing…" the teenager looks forward around town, looking at the greenish bricks that the sidewalk was made of and at the houses that occupied the area-before he heard a familiar voice.
"Yo, Red, what's up?" turning around Red sees Blue running up and hugging him by his neck. "You got all the badges?" Blue was a pretty girl with blue eyes, long dark brown hair that was a little longer than shoulder length. She was younger than Red by a month or so. She wore sleeveless blue shirt cut with a circle, underneath it was a sleeveless black shirt. Like Red, she wore black wristbands. She wore a short red skirt, socks that went a little bit higher than her ankles and light blue running shoes. Behind her was her shoulder bag. Like red, she also wore a cap.
Red smiles as he takes out his silver badge case with seven badges out of eight badges in it. "And here is my Earth Badge," putting it in the last empty spot in the case, before putting it back in his backpack. "Did you get all the badges?"
"Yeah, they're in my bag. Come on, let's go!"
"Go where?"
"To the Pokemon Center of course!"
"But, Blue, I just left the Center…"
"Yeah, but if you haven't noticed, it's getting pretty dark around here." Looking up at the sky, Red stares dumbstruck at the setting sun.
"But, last I checked the sun was right above my head…"
"You must be imagining it; come on, Green's waiting for us."
"Green's in Viridian, too?"
"Yeah, he beat Giovanni first, then me and last but not least-you."
"I'm last? But how? I left Pallet with three Pokemon, yet I'm behind in badge collecting? That's just fucking great."
"Ah, I forgot how cute you looked when you were angry." At that comment the boy's face gets a shade of pink on his cheeks. "How are Bulbasaur, Poliwag, and Growlithe anyway?"
"They're great; they're all evolved all to their last stages. How's Squirtle?"
"It's a Blastoise, now, a powerful Blastoise. Come on, let's go!" Blue quickly hooks her friend's arm and drags him off towards the Center's cabins.
The cabins were constructed of mostly wood and creaked if touched. Lights hang overhead, suspended by old wires. So basically, the place could fall apart at any moment. The two walk down the hall to room with a small '7' on it. "This is it; our room." Red opens the door and looks astounded that Green is sitting by the window reading a book that looks like it has a lot of pages.
Green, like Red, was also a tall boy of 18 years from Pallet Town but a few months older. His green eyes looked through his spiky light brown hair. He wore a collared black shirt with a few buttons unbuttoned. He wore purple cargo pants and purple wristbands. Around his neck was a silver pendant, a present from his two childhood friends on his 14th birthday. He wore black running shoes with a few purple lines. "Red," Green began, setting his book down on a nearby table, "you finally got all eight badges, eh?"
Fuming, the younger boy sits on the couch. "I can't believe, I've been behind on the journey every since Lt. Surge."
"Well, if you didn't have to handle the Rockets half the time, I bet you would still be behind us."
"Oh yeah? How did you manage to stay ahead while catching all those fuckin' Pokemon!"
"I had to trade for some of those Pokemon, you know. At least you caught more Pokemon than your girlfriend there."
"We broke up!" both trainers yelled in unison, blushing. "Now, we're just friends." Blue finishes calmly, still blushing but with a strange look in her eyes. Green looks at Red, then shifts his gaze to Blue, before laughing his ass off. "What's so funny?"
"I…ha…just remember…how much fun…I had…making fun…ha ha… of you two…when you two were in love...hahaha!"
"What happened to you? You used to be calm and cold but now-hahaha!" Soon all three are laughing their asses off, remembering their childhood together. Green gets chosen to cook the food for tonight, while Red and Blue take a walk outside.
"What's wrong, Blue?"
"Well, I've been missing you since we broke up and was hoping that you would want to…go out again?"
"Sure, I've missed you too." Smiling, Red moves his face closer to Blue to kiss her. Blue grabs his neck, pulling him closer, brushing her breast against his chest. Red unconsciously slips his hand under her skirt, when Blue pulls away. "Sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"It's okay, but let's not rush into things…we just got back together…"
"Alright, I won't do that till later then." The younger teen punches the older teen on his shoulder as they walk back to their room hand-in-hand.
Houen Region-
Little Root Town
The sun rises over the Houen region shining light into a small two story house and into Sapphire's room. "Sapphire, wake up, honey!" came a voice from downstairs.
"Not yet Mom-five more minutes!" hollered a girl from underneath her sheets. The girl puts her head back down as her mother quickly ascends the stairs and into her room. Sapphire's mother was very beautiful and still quite young. Her blue eyes matched her daughter's and her rack was quite large as well. She wore a long skirt, a tight white shirt and red lip stick. She had long brown hair with a few long bangs hanging in front of her face.
"Sapphire, you better wake up, young lady or else you'll miss getting your first Pokemon, for the second year in a row!" The teenager finally wakes up, staring at her mother, sleepily with her hair all wild. "Your father doesn't want you to miss receiving your Pokemon again! That Torchic that you wanted two years ago evolved and is still waiting for you to go and pick it up."
"Combusken doesn't mind waiting-"
"Yes, it does! You should come down and watch the news."
"What, why?" Sapphire asks dully, rubbing her eyes. "Is Norman on TV again or something?"
"No, but Ruby sure is-"
"Say what! You mean, he's beat the Elite Four already?"
"No, but he's fighting Wallace right now-"
"Holy shit! I've got to watch this!" Jumping out of her bed and running down the stairs, the teenager jumps in front of the TV in the kitchen and watches anxiously as the championship battle begins. "Hope he's gonna get his ass beaten."
"And now, the battle will begin-the challenger, Ruby of Little Root Town will challenge the Champion Wallace." Standing on one side of the battle field is an 18 year old boy with white hair and a green bandana around his head. His reddish eyes shine with confidence as he wears a smirk on his face. Around his wrists are green colored wristbands and on his hands are red, fingerless gloves. He wears a black and red collared shirt with black shorts on top of black pants. His shoes are red and orange.
Wallace was wearing a cape and had shiny blue hair. His white shirt had some blue designs on it. "Are you ready, Ruby?"
"I was born ready." Both trainers take out an Great Ball each. "Go, I choose Grumpig!"
"Then I choose my Sealeo!"
The announcer nods his head and begins to announce the rules. "Each trainer may use all six of their Pokemon. First trainer to lose one Pokemon loses. Begin the battle!"
"Grumpig, blast Sealeo with your Psychic attack!" the pig dances around before sending an invisible wave of energy at its sea lion opponent.
"Defend and attack with Ice Ball!"
"Say what?" the lion rears its head as it summons a giant ice ball out of nowhere and sends it against the incoming attack. Then another ice ball is formed, this one much larger than the last. It is send at the pig and slams it into the pig's black pearl. "Grumpig, return quickly!"
"Do you now surrender to my graceful moves?"
"Oh, hell no, I'm gonna win this in one more turn! Go, Hariyama, attack with Fake Out!" The sumo Pokemon is summoned and quickly hits the sea lion, open fisted. "Now, use Vital Throw!"
"Sealeo, use your third Ice Ball!" the water-type summons a HUGE ice ball and send it at the fighting Pokemon.
"All right, now, grab the Ice Ball with your hands and throw it back at Sealeo with your Vital Throw!" the sumo nods and catches the Ice Ball with little difficulty, causing a few pieces of ice to fall off. It then raises it over its head and then throws it towards its opponent and makes impact. Mist covers the field as Ruby looks forward, grinning, but quickly frowns as the mist leaves the field. In place of Sealeo is a happily dancing Ludicolo.
"Surprised, Ruby? Your attack was very creative, but it was a very slow attack allowing me to recall my Sealeo and call out the Pokemon that you see before you. Now, finish Hariyama off with your Hyper Beam!" the dancing pineapple does a backflip and fires a large orange beam at the stunned Pokemon as it completely overwhelms it, giving Wallace the win. "Looks like you lose, but I must admit, you battled gracefully."
"And there you have it folks," the reporter narrates, off screen, "the battle between our champion against his challenger is now over. Thank you for watching and we hope you all have a nice day."
"Wow, did you see that mom? Ruby finally got his ass kicked." Sapphire mutters through her chewing. "These pancakes are really good."
"Don't talk while you chew, dear. It is a shame though, how he lost. He didn't even cause much damage to Wallace's Pokemon," her mother remarks, sipping her coffee.
"Well, guess I'll go get ready for my journey!"
"Wow, you sound so optimistic-"
"Mom, do not ever use big words, okay?"
Shrugging her mother nods as she continues to sip her coffee. "Just remember to pack both of your outfits and bring your Pokegear with you."
"Okay mom!" the energetic girl yelled from up stairs.
After an hour or so, Sapphire rushes down wearing a red bandana with a red collared shirt with a little bit of black. The shirt was pretty tight so it showed her curves quite a bit. She wore really tight black shorts underneath a tight white skirt that both hugged her nice long, slender legs. On her hands were black and white gloves. Her hair was now straightened out and now in a unique style. Her running shoes were colored red, yellow, black and white. "See ya later, mom!" and with that, Sapphire runs off towards her father's laboratory.
Kanto Region-
Viridian Pokemon Center
The three Pallet trainers had had their dinner and had went to bed very sleepily. In the lobby of the center, there was a commotion going on. Nurse Joy was arguing with a green-haired man, wearing a cloak.
"I'm sorry, but I can't give you that information!"
"Well, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to rape you then."
"Don't you dare!"
"Hahaha, don't worry, I won't, you're not worth my energy…" the man grins and takes out a knife. "But I do have the energy and time to kill you…" the man leaps over the counter and gags the young nurse before stabbing her stomach. "There, now for the three young trainers…" the man hacks into the center's database and searches for some specific information. "Bingo, hehehe." A bright rainbow aurora fills the night sky and many stars fall…
The next day begins with heavy rain. Red wakes up and looks around sleepy eyed noticing that his companions are already eating breakfast without him. "Hey, save some for me!" Both trainers look up with grim looks on their faces. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Nurse Joy got stabbed last night," Green answers, messing with his cereal. "Someone also came in and also jacked our badges."
"Our Gym badges?" Aw, hell no! The badges can't have been stolen! We worked so hard for them…did he say Nurse Joy got stabbed? "Well that's all they took or did they take anything else?"
"Yeah, a crap load of our money and items from our bags are now gone."
"Great, just great...what are we going to do now?"
"We're going to have to re-battle the Gym Leaders again."
"But we can't, Giovanni left the Gym after I beat him-"
"We'll have to go to either Johto or Houen to get the last badge that we need."
"We'll leave for Pewter after the it stops raining or at least when it stops pouring so heavily," Blue adds in quietly. The three eat their breakfast quietly trying to figure out a solution for their current situation. An hour or so the rain seems to stop pouring and the three decide to go then but on their way out they meet up with the local police who are currently in the lobby.
"Stop right there you three. I need to ask you some questions before you leave."
"The hell, you're not asking us anything. We know nothing except that Joy got stabbed late last night." Green crosses his arms and makes an attempt to walk pass the young officer but is stopped when she grabs his arm and pulls him back.
"But it's true, that person also took our-"
"Your what?" Jenny asked moving closer to Red.
"None of your business." Green points his index finger at her. "If you have any questions, ask my grandfather, Professor Oak."
"Fine, but you three are coming with me." With much reluctance, the three walk over to a video phone booth and Green dials the professor's number.
"Hello, who is this?" a voice came from a blank screen. "Hello, anyone there?"
"It's us grandpa."
"Green, is that you? What did you mean us?"
"Yeah it's me and to answer your other question; I meant me, Blue and Red. We had to call you because this bitch here is basically forcing us to do so." The blank screen suddenly shows the professor's startled face.
The old man immediately notices the fourth person and falls out of his chair. "What did you three do that got the police involved?"
"Nothing gramps but she thinks that we had a part in the Nurse Joy of Viridian's injury."
"What, what in the world happened?"
"Well-"
"Last night, the nurse got stabbed in the stomach by someone. I believe that these three teenagers had a part in this vicious attack."
"With all do respect, Jenny, I think that you're making very rash decisions about this incident. These three are very good in terms of behavior-most of the time and I do believe with all my life that these three would never do such a thing."
"Yes, I understand. Please excuse my rash actions."
"Whatever, you're still a bitch." Red and Blue snicker as Jenny turns around with a vein popping out of her head.
"Green, please stop with the insults. If you are now done with your interpretation officer, I would like to talk with the children now." Jenny bows before walking off, silently cussing under her breath. "Now, obviously you three have other news I take it." The professor quickly smiles hoping to hear the good news.
"Well, gramps, um, how do I put this. Well I have good news and bad news." The man on the screen quickly frowns. "The good news is that we beat the eight Gym Leaders of Kanto-"
"And the bad news?"
"Some bastard jacked our badges…Gramps, you alright?" Blue and Red quickly turn around and see the man's pale face.
"They-they were stolen? It'll only be a month or two before the tournament begins and you three are going to miss it…"
"We'll go to the next tournament, stronger than ever," Red reassures smiling weakly.
"Don't worry Gramps, it'll be alright, we'll just go around and go get the badges again."
"We'll get them faster this time too, since we'll be able to fly-"
"No, you can't fly!"
"What, why not?" Green asks startled by his grandfather's outburst.
"You just don't need to understand, things have gotten very unpredictable lately. Now, I want all of you to log onto separate computers and insert your pokedexes into the computer so that I can upgrade to national." After completing the task, the three say their farewells to the professor and head off to Route 2.
"National dex, huh? Wonder what it's for…" Red wonders out loud looking at his pokedex curiously.
"Probably so we can catch Pokemon from Johto and Houen. Hey, look at that big blue beetle!" Blue points at the large bug with an oversized horn.
"The dex says that its name is Hearacross and its usually found only in Johto and Houen. Meh, go Arcanine!" The large dog comes out in a brilliant white light. "Go, Flamethrower!" The dog fires its attack and hits the bug. "It's almost out of health so go, Ultra Ball!" the yellow ball is chucked at the beetle but is slapped away by the beetle's hands.
"Red, it's also a fighting-type so be careful."
"Don't worry-" the beetle jumps high into the air and rams its horn into the ground causing the ground to crack and rocks to fly into the sky. "What-Arcanine, Extreme Speed!" the dog rushes in but is stricken by Hearacross's large horn and then the fallen rocks come down, trapping it. "No, go Ultra Ball!" the ball hits Hearacross unexpectedly as it is forced into the ball. The ball falls to the ground with a thud and Red jumps up and down enthusiastically. "All right, you did a great job Arcanine, now take a nice rest."
"Good job, Red. But I'm still confused about what happened with the falling rocks…"
"It was a different kind of Rock Tomb or Rock Slide," Green answered walking the path by the large Green Forest. "Either way, it sure beat Arcanine pretty badly. Say what!" Green stops and falls back.
"What happened, Green-holy shit! RED GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE AND LOOK!" Red rushes over and opens his mouth wide open at the sight of Raticate, Pidgeot, Fearow, Metapod, Butterfree, Kakuna and Beedrill along with the other little Pokemon that usually live in the area. "What, how?"
"I think that it's best not to ask questions right now. Come on, we should hurry to Pewter before it starts to rain again." The two companions look up and nod before rushing by surprisingly unnoticed.
"Guess they're to busy to notice us…"
The three pass Digglet's Cave while hearing strange noises inside. They shrug it off and head into Pewter and head straight to the Gym. Inside the gym are rock pillars and large rock formations on the battle arena in the middle of the field. A few Hiker and Youngster trainers are seen working around the gym. "What are you three doing back here?" came a familiar voice.
Turning around, Red answers happily but with a tone of seriousness. "Our eight badges are gone so we're going around re-challenging the Gym Leaders. Then we'll go to another continent to get our last badge."
"Oh really, ha, that must really suck-"
"You suck dick don't you?" Green asks mockingly.
"I'm damn straight!" the leader clears his throat and motions for a nearby Hiker to be the judge. "Anyway, we'll battle me against you three one at a time. I'll use three and you guys use one each." The young man walks over the other side of the field and chooses his first Pokemon, a Kabutops. "Just remember that if any of you lose, you all will have to redo the battle."
"I'll go first," Blue grins confidently. "Now, let's begin, go Blastoise!" the large tortoise is summoned onto the field and gives its usual battle cry. "Start things off with your Surf!" Blastoise nods obediently and slams its fist into the ground as a large waves comes out of nowhere. The wave makes contact with the fossil Pokemon as it falls down.
"No, you're all stronger than I thought. Kabutops, strike it with your Slash!" the fossil Pokemon jumps and aims its scythe-like arms at the tortoise.
"Finish it with your Hydro Pump!" The turtle nods again and releases gallons of water from its cannons causing the prehistoric Pokemon to fall back and crash into a rock formation.
"What! Nice job, Kaburtops, return." Blue walks off as Red walks onto the arena. "Now, go my Sudowoodo!" in a burst of light, a tree-like Pokemon is dancing on Brock's side of the field.
"The hell-anyway I choose Hearacross!" the beetle appears and slams its horn into the ground sending a small tremor throughout the gym. "Hey, don't do that! Go, use Brick Break!" the beetle lunges forward and slams its fist into the tree's face causing it to faint instantly. Green sweatdrops at the quick victory as Blue looks on dumbstruck. Red rubs the back of his head and chuckles nervously. "Hehe, good job, Hearacross." Green walks onto the field and summons his Golduck.
Brock finally comes back into reality and switches out Sudowoodo for his trademark Onix. "Go, Earthquake! Then use Dragon Breath!" Onix stays in its place growling. "What's wrong?"
"I had Golduck use Disable on your Onix so that it wouldn't move. Now, Hydro Pump!" Golduck lunges the stream of water and causes Onix to faint instantly. "Your as weak as ever…looks like we win." Green walks towards Brock with Red and Blue quickly following.
Frowning, Brock hands over the three Boulder Badges and walks off in silence. "The hell, oh well, let's rest go to Mount Moon since that wasn't really a challenge." Blue offers putting her badge in her bag. The other two nod and head out the Gym.
The Gym battle was rushed and so was Ruby's battle but oh well. I will try to make future battles longer and more exciting but I just didn't feel like it in this chapter.
Well this was the rewrite of the first chapter, hope it was better than the original. If you read it (whether you like it or hate it) please review and give me any advice you might have. Thanks.