A/N: Heya so probably shoulda had an Author's note in the first chapter. Firstly, I'm excited for this series since its based on my Fire Red team. Second, Chapters aren't consistent they will come out whenever they are finished. Don't worry though, I plan to finish this story and not go on hiatus lol. Anyway I hope you all enjoy it.
The sun began to rise over Celadon City.
Nouva was sleeping when he twitched as something kept touching his nose. It was Voltaro, who was using his long tail to tickle Nouva's nose. He swatted it away, mumbling. He began to get irritated as it kept happening. He opened his eyes and punted Voltaro across the room, sending him into a bookshelf that fell over. He then took a moment to rub his eyes and struggle to keep them open.
"Oh, so it was you. What the hell were you doing?" He drowsily asked.
Voltaro wobbled and began speaking with slurs. "It's getting hot in here to take off all your fur..." He fell over, nearly knocking himself out.
"Nouva!" Queenie crossed her arms.
Nouva just huffed. "He started it!"
Queenie groaned, facepalming. "You two are such children sometimes".
"Spare me," Nouva rolled his eyes.
Voltaro pranced around the room spinning like a ballerina.
"Nouva, we should help…"
Nouva held his hand up, "Hang on, he woke me up for entertainment, now this is payback." He grinned.
Queenie at this point gave up. She'd be lying if she said she didn't find this to be quite enjoyable.
"I like to move it move it! I like to move it move it! You like to-?" Voltaro then fell over again. He got back up and spouted. "I'm to sexy for my shirt, to sexy for my shirt, to sexy for my shirt it hurts" Then proceeded to fall over once again.
"We need to stop this." Queenie cringed, unable to watch as Voltaro kept embarrassing himself.
Nouva said nothing and walked over to Voltaro while he was adjusting his scarf. "Hey fat rat! Get up!" He said using ember to burn his tail.
Voltaro jumped up "Who what where huh!?" He yelled, flailing his arms wildly. He saw Nouva and Queenie staring at him. "You guys be on the lookout! Someone knocked me out!" He then noticed the flame on his tail and was frantically trying to put it out.
"It was me." Nouva said, "You wouldn't just leave me alone, you had to wake me up didn't you?"
Voltaro still putting his tail out spoke "Well, we need to get up early. Our Trainer is going to go to the Celadon Game Corner to play and win a team member. I wonder who the pokemon will be. Totally not a Dratini, those things are rare and expensive."
Nouva then thought after hearing Voltaro say 'Dratini'. He thought about his encounter and kinda felt bad for giving her a cold shoulder. His face saddened just a slight bit. 'Damn, she was sorta nice. I feel like shit for being so nonchalant. Real great Nouva, she's probably long gone and somewhere else feeling sad.'
Queenie, ignoring Voltaro's rambling, noticed Nouva's face. "Nouva? Is everything alright?" She placed her hand on his shoulder.
He pushed it away, "I'm fine, let's just go." He said, his face turning stoic.
Voltaro stepped in front of Nouva.
"You are obviously not fine sir! You are troubled by something or... someone!"
Nouva sweat dropped and just growled "Voltaro, just drop it"
Queenie and Voltaro just looked at each other and followed their friend.
They made it outside the pokemon center and Red followed behind and spoke "Alright gang, I'll let you all stay out of your pokeballs for today."
As they were following Red, Queenie stepped on a coin. She picked it up and held it in her hand. "Neat, a Casino Coin. Red will definitely need that!"
Voltaro chuckled, "My dear Queenie he will need way more than that to win anything."
Queenie shook her head, "Of course, but every little bit counts."
Nouva wondered what the new team member would be. "Hope they don't cause any trouble" He said to himself.
They all stopped at the casino. "Hang on, I can actually get something now, probably a TM. Let's go guys" Red said.
So they go to the rewards building. As Red walked up to the counter, Nouva heard a faint voice. "N-Nouva?"
He looked around looking for the source of the familiar voice. "You've got to be kidding me." He facepalmed.
"Nouva! Thank goodness you're here!"
Voltaro and Queenie turned their attention to the Dratini.
"Oh? Is this the Dratini you saved?" Queenie asked, "If you saved her what's she doing here?"
"W-well I fell asleep around the Casino and I got captured. Again." Her face saddened.
"I literally told you not to get in any more trouble!" Nouva groaned.
"Woah! This Dratini knows you!? Is she your girlfriend?" Voltaro asked.
Nouva, unamused, used flamethrower on Voltaro and simply growled sarcastically. "Haha, you're so funny."
"Nouva? Who are they?"
He crossed both his arms "These are my teammates, the Nidoqueen is Queenie,"
Queenie waved "Hello there."
"And this fool of a Raichu is Voltaro."
"Pleasure to meet you m'lady," He spoke, shaking the soot off of his face.
"U-uh h-hello," She stuttered.
Red came over to his pokemon and then saw the Dratini. "Oh, a Dratini! Should I get that?"
Dratini's tail started wagging after hearing Red's statement.
"Hmm I don't know though," He rubbed his chin.
Nouva then tugged on his trainers' pants. Red looked down and noticed Nouva shaking his head. "You think we should try for this Dratini? Well buddy I trust your judgement," He smiled.
Nouva smirked back, giving a thumbs up.
"Alright time to get this party started!" Voltaro yelled out.
So all the pokemon decided to help Red win the coins as he plays.
Nouva and Red tried out the slot machines. Red was doing good, getting all 7's in a row. He got a hefty amount of coins. Nouva, however, tried his own slots and only got 10 coins. "Why do I do things? Oh well, every little bit counts."
"Nouva! I got a lot of coins" Queenie handed him two bags full of coins.
"How did you get this?" Voltaro questioned. "You didn't use your body did you?"
Queenie, understandably offended, growled. "No I did not!" she exclaimed. "Voltaro that is very uncouth of you to think that! Besides, I won a few bets. They think a Nidoqueen can't do what a Nidoking can! I tell you it's so incriminating."
"I was making a joke!" He laughed. "But besides, why play the slots when they are clearly rigged?"
"Maybe to win coins, some people like the chance of winning it rather than a gaurantee. Though some argue that the random chances are stupid but the risk is good. High Risk High Reward Voltaro". Nouva said still playing the slots.
"Please, I have a better way!" He said, rubbing his chin smugly.
Voltaro ran to the other side of the line of slot machines and saw a biker with a bag of coins sitting in the chair next to him. "Jackpot!" He whispered. He snuck under the slot machines and the seats, making sure to be careful not to hit anyone's legs. He then pondered. "How can I distract him?" He saw a bird keeper walking and grinned "I know just what to do". He slapped the back of the biker's head and the biker got up and the bird keeper behind him gulped.
"Give me a good reason not to beat your sorry ass" He glared, grabbing his shirt and pushing him towards the wall.
He held his hands up "Woah woah woah man! Take it easy I didn't do anything!"
"Ok now that everyone is distracted," Voltaro chuckled as he took the bag of coins and ran to the other side.
"What the hell are they fighting about?" Nouva sneered.
Queenie squinted "Why do I get the feeling Voltaro is involved?"
"Look at these cool shiny coins! How much more do we need?"
Nouva and Queenie stared at him.
"What?" He shrugged.
"Voltaro… where did you get these coins?" Queenie crossed her arms.
"Let's just say five finger discount... or three fingers?" he looked at his hands.
"Voltaro! That's stealing!"
"Not stealing. It's stirling. Stirling gold. Get it right."
"That's not what I-" Queenie sighed. "You know what, nevermind-"
"Can we like use them fast though?" Voltaro gulped looking at the biker across the casino looking for his bag of coins. "Like right now?" He gulped.
Nouva just rubbed his forehead "Why do I do things? Whatever, at least Dratini won't be cramped up in that box".
"Ok guys... woah, you guys must be good at this!" Red smiled. "Alright- I think I have enough, and with your guys' help it was easy!"
As they were walking towards the rewards building. Red held his coin case and looked down at Nouva. "Hey Nouva, why did you want me to buy that Dratini?"
Nouva just huffed.
"Well whatever the reason, I'm sure it will make a great team member!"
"Maybe" He shrugged.
Queenie repeated the question to Nouva. "Yeah, why did you want to help her? I never thought you would help a random pokemon"
Nouva thought for a moment. "Don't worry, it's just on a whim."
Voltaro whispered to Queenie, "Is it just me or does Nouva actually care about that female Dratini?"
"It would seem so, Nouva probably doesn't want to admit that…" She shook her head.
"I can hear you two" He sighed, annoyed.
They entered the building and Dratini's face lit up seeing Nouva again. "Nouva! I was worried you guys wouldn't come back!"
Nouva adjusted his scarf then crossed his arms "No need to worry, when our trainer says he's going to do something, he does it."
"Hello sir, what would you like to exchange your coins for?" The man behind the counter asked.
Red pulled out his coin case on the counter and pointed to the Dratini. "I'll take that Dratini."
The man smiled, "Good choice, trainer."
He walked over and opened the box with his key and as soon as he did the Dratini jumped out and headed straight for Nouva.
"Oh, thank you so much, Nouva!" the Dratini squealed, nuzzling Nouva happily.
Nouva flinched at the sudden contact, yet made no move to push her off. "Yea, yea, it's whatever," he scoffed, puffing out his cheeks and turning his head away.
Queenie and Voltaro's jaws dropped at how well Nouva was taking her making contact with him.
Red chuckled at the sight and said "Hello Dratini I'm your new trainer, Red! Before I give a name, you're a girl, right?"
She nodded.
"Well then I think I have a good name for you. How about Kirin?"
She began speaking to herself "Kirin? Kirin... Kirin!"
Nouva smirked. "She must be trying out her name. Not going to lie, that's kinda adorable"
"I love it!" She beamed. Red could tell she liked it.
"Well Kirin, glad to have you on board! He touched her with a pokeball. She was dragged into it and it shook 3 times. After the capture was a success he let her out again.
She nervously slithered up to Nouva. "N-nouva! I have a name now!"
"That's good." He simply said.
"It's nice to have another female on the team now," Queenie chirped.
"O-oh well-"
Voltaro interrupted and spoke, "So! How long have you known Nouva?"
"W-we met last night?" she stuttered.
Volataro grinned. "Oooooh so a one night stand eh?"
Kirin blushed while Nouva had veins on his forehead. "Voltaro, clearly you don't know what you are talking about! Now shut up before I burn you to a crisp!" He said, flames spewing from his mouth.
"I'm just joking! Chill out!" He gulped.
"Anyways," Nouva growled, "Welcome to the team Kirin."
"G-glad to be here!" She smiled.
And with that they all followed their trainer out of the building.