08- Pikachu
In an unknown location, about a year before invitations were sent, two entities of unknown alignment discuss their brilliant plan...
"... and then, once a champion has been decided, they'll have to fight you, and you can finally your goal!" Said a large, fidgeting glove.
A more collected hand floated in silence as he listened to his brother's idea. "I... Suppose that could work..." He said with notable caution in his tone. His brother wasn't exactly all there in the mind, but this plan didn't seem particularly insane. "But how will we get the fighters here? You know we can't leave our realm." He said sternly, happy to challenge his brother's idea.
"Ah, that's the best part!" The unstable one responded. "I know a perfect minion for you, guaranteed to follow your every order!" He said back in a joyful tone. His brother was still skeptical, however.
"Well, maybe we can try it... But if one single thing goes wrong, the blame will be entirely on you! Now... Summon that servant."
"Gladly!" The first hand said with a snap of his fingers.
Viridian forest was as noisy as always, filled to the brim with Caterpies and Weedles that made all sorts of chirps and squeaks, along with the Pidgeys that came to hunt all the bugs.
However, among the usual crowd in the forest, one outcast little mouse slept on the soft grass, trying its best to ignore the sounds of the nature around it.
Pikachu were very rare in the Kanto region, as it was far from their native home. The only ones that ever came around here lived in the big, abandoned powerplant in a far off part of the region. For whatever reason though, a sole mouse pokemon lived here.
Few people in the area have seen it, but most trainers have heard the rumor that there is an extremely powerful and rare pokemon hiding in Viridian forest. Pikachu tried his best to avoid these people though. He'd seen countless pokemon around him be captured by trainers, but he wanted no part of it. Even though most of the humans he'd seen treated their pokemon with respect and kindness, he didn't enjoy the idea of being owned by anybody.
Right now though he chose not to think about this, trying his best to fall asleep. Just as he was about to dose off... A blinding light enveloped him.
When he awoke, he saw two enormous human hands. They began talking to each other, arguing judging by the tone and volume. Pikachu understood none of it, staring in fear and wonder at the beings. Not knowing what else he could do, the little monster charged up its cheeks before shooting a bolt of lightning at one of them.
-About a minute ago-
"What IS that thing?!!" The more imposing hand snapped at his brother. "Did you give me a wild animal? How is this a faithful servant?!" He questioned angrily.
"Worry not, brother." The twitchy hand replied back. "I've done much research, and these creatures seem to be very easy to train, not to mention their immense strength."
"You don't even know how to research, you imbecile!" The pair bickered on for a little longer, until the angrier of the two felt a sharp pain in his side.
He turned slowly to look at the small creature. He was surprised, but more excited than upset. It was no easy task to cause any real damage to him, and he never would have suspected that kind of power from a generic little monster.
"Well... It seems that I may have some use for you afterall!"
After that initial meeting, the two had a very interesting partnership. For the most part, Pikachu lived in his own world, exploring the regions and getting stronger. His master needed a strong assistant for what he had in store, and he figured the best way was to have his pet gain more experience was to fight as many other pokemon as he could. And that he did, traveling from one end of Kanto to the other, defeating countless powerful opponents.
After about a year's time, the small Pikachu had become one of the most power pokemon in the region. And not all alone. Technically being his trainer, the hand periodically summoned the mouse, training and playing with it, until the day they were ready.
After about a year of preparation, Pikachu stood in a clearing near the far end of Kanto, hearing his master's booming voice in his head. "In a matter of moments, I will transport you to an unfamiliar land. Are you prepared?" The hand reminded, and the mouse nodded in confirmation.
In an instant, a blue light surrounded him. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see a ball of pink rapidly coming closer. However, before he could turn his head, he was in a new location and the shape was gone. Shrugging it off as a product of the teleport, the pokemon sped off, letter in hand, towards the large mushroom house in the distance.
AN: Why does my brain do this to me... I can't even muster up a thousand words for Fox and Samus' chapters, two of my favourite Nintendo characters, but I can write all this about Pikachu??? I don't even like the Pokemon games!! Whatever though, what's done is done. A couple quick explanations first though. The initial idea came about as I was writing the Fox chapter (the first one I actually wrote) I was thinking to myself "how is fox gonna find out about the tournament?" and at the same time i thought "if I do all of these, what's Pikachu's story gonna be? This is based of the games, so it can't be Ash's..." then I mixed the two ideas together, along with my personal fascination with non-linear story telling, and boom! Daddy Master Hand. And yes, since I'm not doing any shipping, or including romance of any kind really, I should at least be able to call him that in my side notes. Anyway, another thing, using my very limited knowledge of the first gen games, I somehow remembered that Pikachu very rarely shows up in Viridian forest, so I decided to make it a plot point for fun. ALSO also, I needed an excuse as to why Pikachu is roughly as powerful as Mewtwo in Melee, so I came up with the "traveled the region" thing so he can be as strong as a legendary. Last thing now, I promise... I thought it'd be fun to personify the two hands. I honestly don't love they way it turned out, but I really couldn't think of anything better, so I hope I grow more used to my own interpretations as I use them more. Anyhow, as always, please leave constructive criticism and suggestions in the comments! Next up, finally the secret characters!!