Noises resonate through the air causing Red to wake up as he quickly look around in shock, seeing a huge crowd of people gathering by the Nugget Bridge and cheering on for some event. As he stood up and tried as best as he could to get ready, he walked over to the group to see a competition of sorts. He then witness a battle between a Rattata and a Mankey. The battle came to an end as the Mankey lands a swift Low Kick at the purple rodent, knocking it feet and making it fall to the ground before slamming it on the head with a Karate Chop. The crowd rejoice as the trainer of the Mankey, who is a camper with spiky black hair, returned his Pokeball as he stated to the challenger who is a youngster with a Marill hat on. "Hey, kid. You did great. Next time you might actually win the challenge."

After he stated this, the youngster returns his Pokemon as he nodded, slumped but happy as he ran towards the direction of Cerulean City. The camper then walked in front of four trainers, announcing to the crowd with a smirk on his face. "Is there anyone in this crowd that take on the Nugget Bridge challenge? If you do, you will be rewarded with a surprise!"

"So who's willing to try?"

Surprised and interested by the challenge, Red failed to notice Shinx going through the crowd as it appeared in front of the camper, getting into a battle stance while the challengers look at it with confused expressions.

"Wow, I guess this is the first time that a wild Pokemon would like to try out the challenge." The camper joked, earning some laughs from the crowd.

This snapped Red out of his thoughts as he went through the congregation towards Shinx and the challengers before he glared at the Pokemon, the Electric type looking back at him with an innocent look on his face. The raven haired teen sighs before he then turn his gaze towards the five trainers, wanting to take on the Nugget bridge challenge, much to the five trainers' delight when the camper starts to explain the rules. "Awesome so we got a volunteer. So the rules are simple, you have to fight all five of us without rest and if you beat all five of us consecutively, you win a prize. Easy as that!"

Understanding the rules, Red nodded before the camper steps back and the first trainer approach the teen, with a smirk on his face when he locked eyes with the red capped adolescent. As both trainers get to their side of the battlefield, they then readied their Pokeballs as they both threw their Pokemon, revealing a Clefairy and a Caterpie who both glanced at each other, awaiting their trainers' commands.

"Caterpie, Bug Bite now!" The Bug catcher ordered quickly, his impatient getting the best of him as the Bug-type obeyed, leaping towards the Fairy type, much to the crowd's amusement as they started cheering for their respective trainers. As it got close, Red mutter a command as a smile starts to appear on his face. "Dodge, Clefairy."

Clefairy moved out of Caterpie's way as the bug catcher mouthed another command for the Bug type to continue attacking which it did as its pink adversary dodged its attacks. The green caterpillar then got tired after various failed attempts, allowing Clefairy to lunge towards it before the pink fairy heard a command from Red.

"Mega Punch now." The red capped trainer ordered, causing his Pokemon to wind back its fist as it started glowing before it hit the Bug type, sending it flying past its trainer and skidding through the grass, knocked unconscious. As the minutes went by, the fights ensued, resulting in Red's victory as he continued on his path to beating the challenge, defeating trainer after trainer. It then came the time that he fought the last trainer which is the camper as they both stand at their respective positions before they start their battle. They both released their Pokemon, Red releasing his Beedrill and the camper releasing his Mankey. The battle did not take long as Beedrill proved to be a lot stronger than Red initially thought, the battle ended as he commanded Beedrill to use its newest move: Pursuit which easily knocked out the Fighting type, much to the camper and everyone's surprise.

The challenge ended, resulting in Red getting some money from the trainers along with a Nugget and a weird card from a man, much to the trainer's delight. He tossed and caught the golden item before putting it in his bag, a thought coming across his head. 'I wonder how much would this Nugget cost at a store. When I get to Cerulean, I can find out.'

As he finished his thought and looked out, noticing a cottage by the Cerulean Cape, causing the teen to stop in his tracks as he rubbed his eyes and look again, thinking he was seeing illusions. Out of interest and curiosity, the raven haired trainer made his way to the cape, battling several trainers along the way before he stopped in front of the house, completely baffled as he scratched his head.

"I never saw this house before when I was here for the tournament, was it hidden or something?" Red thought aloud as he made his way to the door of the house, touching and knocking to see if it was real. To his surprise, it is when the door slightly slide open and the teen enters the house, barely able to see as the room being concealed in darkness. Walking into the dark place, Red suddenly feel a presence, instantly realizing that he is not the only one in the room which caused him to look around, rewarded with pitch black shadows despite the slight amount of light coming from his red eyes. Realizing that his eyes was literally giving some light, he sighed before he shook his head. 'Dad was right, my eyes are like mini flashlights.'

As the teen wandered around the room, he notices something at the corner of the room, looking at him with an intense stare. The teen's eyes widened along with a chill running up his spine as he realizes the creature, stepping back and pulling out one of his Pokeballs, quickly releasing Shinx. The Electric type started roaring as its body glowed, revealing a purple spiky monster at the corner which the teen instantly recognizes.

'Nidorino!'

Seeing the Pokemon, Red was frightened when he commanded his partner to attack the Poison type before it stood on its hind legs, waving its hands and spoke. "Wait! Please stop! Don't hurt me!"

As the Nidorino spoke, both Shinx and Red froze in their tracks, confused and awestruck at what had occurred before them causing the room to be filled with silence. The Poison type then descended on its four legs and walk towards a section in the room, pressing on a switch on the wall which illuminated all the lights in the room.

"D-did it just spoke?" Red thought aloud as he could only see Shinx awestruck nod as they both once again witness Nidorino going up on its hind legs and speaking once again. "Thanks for listening to me. You are one of the first people to come up here and not run away in weeks and I've been trying my best but you know, seeing a Nidorino and attacking it immediately is the first thing that comes to a trainer's mind."

The teen and his Pokemon just slowly nodded as the Poison type continued its speech.

"If you don't mind, could you do a little favor for me please?" The Pokemon asked, causing Red to be knocked out of his stupor as he saw it motioned for him to come forward, skeptically following the purple beast as it leads them to a computer.

"My name is Bill. I was doing some experimentation on how to understand Pokemon and something went wrong with my mind teleporter machine and now I'm a Pokemon. I'm unable to get the machine to work correctly because…I'm a Pokemon. What I would like you to do is to press the Enter key on the computer once I go into the teleporter pod and I'll be able to go back into my human body." The Nidorino explained before it went inside the pod, making a thumbs up as it waited for Red to press the button. As the teen pressed the button, both he and his Pokemon watch as the pods lit up, the raven haired teen picked up Shinx and started retreating as the pod explodes into a puff of smoke that envelop the room. Coughing and looking through the smog for any silhouettes, it only took for the smoke to slightly clear as Red saw a man with brown hair and eyes wearing a purple collared shirt and khaki pants walking up to them, waving his hand.

"Thanks a lot! You do not want to know how annoying it was to be in that body. I was stuck unable to phone my folks for weeks. They must be worried sick-" Bill was interrupted by a crash caught everyone's attention, turning their gaze to see a Nidorino who immediately charges and attack the group. Before it could make contact with the pokemaniac, it was knocked to the side by Shinx. Enraged, it then started to stand and inhale before shooting poisonous needles throughout the room, causing everyone to take cover from the attack. As it stopped and took a moment to breathe and recover, Red got out of the hiding and move around to get its attention before he muttered a command his Electric type partner. "Shinx, use Spark now."

Before Nidorino had a chance to react, it was sent back once again causing it to hit the wall before the teen stated another order. "Great! Now Leer."

Once the Poison type got out of the wall, it then came face to face with Shinx's menacing glare which frightened it before started to lower its head to avoid it gaze and started running towards the Electric type. Due to Red's quick command and thinking, he was able to tell his partner to move out of the way which caused the poison pin Pokemon to crash into a wall, much to Bill's dismay as he runs to another hiding spot. Stuck in the wall due to its attack, the Poison type pulled itself from the wall and inhaled, causing the teen realizing the attack when he quickly pulled out his slingshot. "Oh no you don't."

Before it could attack, it was stopped as it received a hit to the head, seeing a stone fall on the ground. Once it looked at Red, it received another stone while it charged the young trainer, the teen leading it along the room until he got to the door, moving outside as the Poison type and Shinx followed him. When the fight was brought outside, the young trainer dodged the attack before he muttered a command which caused Shinx to rush the Nidorino with a Spark, knocking it into the water. At the moment Bill got outside, scared if the Pokemon is near the doorway. They all watch as the water in the pond bubbling up in the water.

'What's going on? Oh no is it evolv-" Red was stopped as he saw the Poison type flew out of the water, landing on the floor as it started to pant. When it was about to get up, something else jumped out of the water, surprising everyone as the thing graciously descended and tackled the Poison type. The battle ensues, the raven haired trainer took out his Pokedex, gaining Bill's attention as he let the device scan the creature before it started processing and was rewarded with nothing as a screen popped up saying 'No Data found', much to the teen's frustration. The crimson eyed trainer sighed as the thing shot a stream of purple flames which knocked Nidorino past a tree and into the grass. As the Poison type got up, it then scurried away into the wild with a slight look of fear on its face. Red then turned his gaze to the Pokemon that emerged from the Water, a purple fish with darker spots on it as it flopped into the water. Noticing the individuals in the area, it glared at the young trainer before both of them saw Bill walking towards them.

"Thanks again, man. I thought I was a goner." The brown haired man thanked the teen before he turned his gaze at the Pokemon in the water before continuing. "That Pokemon is a shiny Feebas. I'm surprised that there is one in this pond, they're usually hard to find and mostly native to the Hoenn and Sinnoh regions."

The Pokemon, known as Feebas then hopped out of the water as it released purple flames out of its mouth at Red, much to everyone's surprise before the teen evaded the attack and Shinx leaped forward and tackled the Water type. It went back into the water before it arose again, its body glowing as the water in the lake starts to rise, forming a ball of water which it then shoots at Shinx as rings of water trails behind it.

"It knows Water Pulse and Dragon Breath?!" Bill commented incredulously as the ball then collided with Shinx, causing it to feel slightly disorientated as it shook its head and looked at its opponent.

"Bite now." Red muttered as the Electric type nodded, sprinting towards the Pokemon, baring its fangs. Feebas who swiftly evaded the attack. The Electric type then went into a burst of speed which made its opponent barely able to react when it bit the Water type before slamming it down on the grass, causing it to flop around before it retaliated by quickly flopping and collided into the Electric type, causing both of them to fall into the pond.

"Oh no." Red thought aloud as he witnessed the fight. Noticing the situation and quickly thinking, the teen run to the pond and then yell at the top of his lungs for his partner to use Spark. After a moment of silence, the pond started to glow before it erupted with electricity and light, causing Red and Bill to shield their eyes until the light faded. As they were able to regain their sight, they both witness Shinx coming out of the water, spitting out Feebas out of its mouth before it descend to the ground, panting heavily. The crimson eyed teen picked up the Electric type, hugging it as he quietly stated. "I'm glad that you're alright and safe, buddy. Nice work."

They stopped celebrating as they saw Feebas barely flopping as it struggled to move. Feeling bad for the Water-type, Red took out a Pokeball, ready to throw the ball until the Pokemon started to glow, shooting another Water Pulse as it knocked out a bunch of different types of Pokeball from the teen's bag. The purple fish then tried with all its might to flop to a Great Ball as it slapped the button on the capsule, causing it to open and absorb the Pokemon into the device. Everyone watched the ball shake before it clicked, much to the teen's confusion before he started gathering the items that spilled out of his bag until he took up the ball, looking at it as he scratched his head and turned to Shinx. "Guess we got a new member of the team, huh?"

'I need to be in this because you will soon know how great I am. I have an eye for people so don't make me regret choosing you.' A voice stated in Red's mind, causing the teen look around, his partner looking at him with a brow raised. Bill applauded the young trainer, getting his attention as he went up to the trainer and eyed the device before he made his comment. "That was a nice battle, man. Plus, you got a Feebas, and a shiny one no less. Feebas are not easy to come by here in Kanto so I hope that you will take good care of it. Also, I have a present here for you saving me…"

The brown haired man searched his pockets, his expression changing to one of worry when he went inside his house and inspected the place, volunteering for the teenager to sit down and enjoy some food as he turned the house upside down before he finally found the item. When he descended down the stairs, he sighed in exhaustion before he saw Red and Shinx looking through his files and pictures which caused him to smile as he walked over to the teen and his partner. "That was me back when I was still a trainer. I don't think I was much older than you when this happened."

As the raven haired teen turned to him, the man looked at the screen seeing three birds, each surrounded by their respective elements and causing weather changes due to it before he closed his eyes and reminisce, continuing. "The Kanto's Legends… The three Legendary Birds. Pokemon powerful enough to literally create storms and change weather patterns by their presence alone. Powerful forces of nature that can barely be controlled."

The man paused, seeing the look of curiosity and anticipation on Red's face before he then went over to the pictures as he pointed on each, resuming.

"Their names are Zapdos, the bird of Lightning. Moltres, the bird of flames. And Articuno, the bird of ice." The man stated as he identified each Pokemon.

Seeing the look of awe on the teenager's face, he felt a bit of pride as he sat down and explained some of his discoveries with the teen, showing pictures and videos, much to Red's curiosity and interest. As they finished their conversation, Bill gave the young trainer a ticket which the teen's eyes widened as he read the words on the piece of paper before looking at Bill. 'Isn't this an SS. Anne ticket? These can only be attended by rich people and superstars. Why…'

"You can take it. Those fancy parties aren't really my thing. The only reason I even go to those events is usually because of my wife." The man said, waving his hands in the air before continuing. "Take that as my thanks for your help. You deserved it. If it wasn't for you, I'd be dead meat."

Red then looked at the ticket again before thanking the brown haired man who laughed it off. As minutes of conversation passed by, they say their goodbyes as the teen made his way back to Cerulean City with Shinx and a new member on their team on their conscience. As the teenager made his way to the Nugget Bridge, the Electric type went to his belt, releasing Clefairy as they both leaped off the teen and went ahead towards the route to play, much to their trainer's surprise when he ran after them. As they happily played, going across the bridge and almost a couple footsteps away from the city, Red caught them in one fell swoop.

"C'mon guys. Enough playing for now. Let's stop by the Pokemon Center. We can play then along with Beedrill and Feebas, sounds good?" Red stated as the Pokemon nodded in agreement before they nuzzled their cheeks against the trainer, tickling him as they all laughed. When he got up and looked forward, his eyes widened as it took all of his might to not lose grip of the two Pokemon he was holding from the immediate guilt that erupted in his stomach which nearly made him vomit. The person in front of him gasped, stepping back before they glared at him. His scarlet eyes meet their dark greenish yellow eyes as the person uttered one word with their voice shrouded in shock.

"R-red…?"

'Y-yellow…' The teen thought, his body literally starting to shake and sweat profusely.

'Oh no. Please no. Not this again.' Red thought as he shook his head and stepped back before the blonde yelled with hatred coated in her voice. "Don't you dare run away!"

Red was not able to do anything when he saw a bolt of electricity hit the place that he was going to, causing him to not stray from one spot before he looked at the person who was once his friend as she had a Pikachu beside her, its cheeks flaring with electricity which caused the teen to be hit with another wave of guilt as he saw the Pokemon. As the memories from previous events started to flood his mind like a mental tsunami, his eyes immediately started to water while his mind unable to process anything. He was barely able to be knocked out of his guilt trip, hearing the few words that came out of the blonde's mouth as she held out a Pokeball towards him.

"I don't know how you escaped jail but I'm putting you back in." Yellow said with venom in her tone as she glared viciously at the red capped teen who could only stand frozen before both Shinx and Clefairy leaped out of his arms as they prepared for battle. "Now that I think about it, I wanna know how strong I am. Let's see if you can win a battle with me. You might get the chance to escape, you damn demon."

"I won't let you escape again. You will pay for your crimes." Those were the last words she stated before Red blanked out.

'Why…?' That was the last word he thought before he was suddenly attacked by another electrical shock, forcing him to a battlefield as he prepares for his match for the future.

This was a point in the story that everything was different than it initially was supposed to be and I can only inform you guys about this as the chapters goes by. This chapter, for example, a lot of things were changed from what was the initial story. One was Bill, it was actually supposed to be both Red and Leaf that was supposed to meet him and not Red alone in the initial story. Also, there were not supposed to be a fishing competition and the Nugget Bridge in the rough draft, it was supposed to be tossed aside and the story continues. However, I decided to put it in, these characters going to be important later on. Also, hope you guys like Red getting a Shiny Milotic in the future which is literally Gyarados' opposite from the previous chapter. Also, also hope that you guys enjoy the chapter and the story so far and thanks for taking out your time to check it out and please be safe. Next chapter is coming pretty soon. Enigma out!