Suppers!

Sorry for not uploading this chapter on time, but this one was a bigger chapter and I've been distracted for a while (mainly because I've been taking an interest in Pokkén). Anyways, the cool thing about PokéGO in relation to Pokémon GO is that I can make it do whatever I want, meaning it can have all 721+ Pokémon and have the legendaries be really rare.

Also, for the sake of fluidity, I'm not going to show each Legend catching each Pokémon. Instead, I'll show each Legend's team at the end of each section/town/city. Instead, I'll only describe it once and make a list at the end of each section.

One more thing, thanks to minicoopa411 for reminding me that the Orre region exists and I never talked about it. The reason I didn't include Wes or Michael is I never played the Orre games and I have no idea what they're all about. I also never played the Sinnoh games, but i still know what they're all about because they're a core part of the main handheld series and they get referenced all the time. Plus, I can't include every protagonist except for Sinnoh, that would suck for the poeple who's favorite region is Sinnoh. It sucks for fans of Orre too, but I can't do anything about that because if I try to include them I'll make them incredibly OOC and I'm going to have a hard time keeping them canon to their own games. Then I'd have to write them only using pages like Bulbapedia and Serebii for reference, which would slow down my writing process considerably. Plus, I'm already at chapter 30 and I'm already going to introduce the Sun/Moon protagonists soon, so messily trying to fit them in 30 chapters into the story would just clutter the transition from XY to SM.

Chapter 30: CP (Candela's PokéGO)

After finishing Red's mom's supply of Oran-berry cookies, all 14 of us head out on Route 1, heading for Johto. We decided to do this instead of flying there because that way we get to gain exp (or the PokéGo equivalent of it) on the way. Red's goal is to build a strong team while also gaining enough level to stand up to Lyra, who's been playing since teh app's launch. Red and Leaf also want to revisit Kanto to see how it changed, but they're not spending too much time in the cities where Pokémon aren't as rare.

Also, we all already chose our starters, which are the same starters we have in real life.

"So." Red starts the application with his Pokédex, beckoning us to do so as well.

"What's hiding first in Pallet Town?"

Through the screen we all see different Pokémon: Most of us see Rattatas and Pidgeys, but Red and Dawn have each found a Pikachu of their own. Meanwhile, Gold and Krystal have both caught a Hoothoot, a Furret and a Sentret. Ruby and May haveboth caught a Pineco, a Wurmple and a Poochyena, but Ruby caught a Mightyena while May got both a Spinarak and a Ledyba. Dawn and Diamond have a new Plusle and Minun each but Dawn has the advantage of catching a rare Shinx. I only bothered to catch a Pidgey, but all the others decided to wait until a better Pokémon showed up.

"Before we head north, we should head south for the Cinnabar Islands. I feel like we'd waste more time heading back there instead of going to Johto at the end of the trip. Come on."

Red takes out his Blastoise, Leaf releases her Lapras, Gold uses Lanturn and Krystal rides another Lanturn, which turned out to be her ditto in disguise. Ruby then decides to release Kyogre while May hovers above on Latias and Diamond shows off with Arceus while Dawn rides her Empoleon. Black is happy to surf atop his Samurott and Hilda surfs with Hydreigon (which surprised me as well) while Nate and Rosa share a spot on Golurk's shoulders. I use my Greninja and Serena decides to use her Gogoat (which she insists on not including on her battling team).

"Alright then, let's get a move on. And watch out for rocks. They're everywhere." Red nods and goes forth, towards Cinnabar Island

Pokémon caught in route 21:

Tentacruel, Tentacool, Shellder, Gyarados, Magikarp (a ton of them), Lanturn, Chinchou, Buizel, Psyduck, Slowpoke, a gajillion horseas, some Seadras and a couple of Kingler.

"Wow. This hasn't changed a bit." Gold remarks upon landing on Cinnabar Island. The small island is almost completely covered by a red-brown mountain which apparently, had once been a volcano. Only a Pokémon Center remained on the only patches of plain land there were.

After admiring the scene for a moment, Red quickly releases his Blastoise again and points at the other side of the Island.

"Come on, there's nothing to find here."

Which is true, because the radar says there is literally nothing around here.

We surf towards the Seafoam Islands hastily because we don't want to waste any time. Still, I catch myself looking back at the ruins of Cinnabar Island, still curious as to what could have happened over there.

Pokémon caught in Route 20:

Apart from some more of the previously caught Pokémon, there's also a Poliwag (which Red caught immediately), some Goldeens and a couple of Staryus.

It's not long before we arrive on a tiny island that only holds two caves. Without hesitation, we enter the Seafoam Islands.

The first thing I notice when we go down a stage is how the islands got their names. The ground is a light shade of blue, creating the illusion that the ground is made of seafoam. We were going to go further down to see what Pokémon where in the caves, but as soon as we descended our devices lost connection.

"Well that's not realistic. Come on, let's go meet Blaine."

We go up the stairs again and climb up the ladder to enter a dimly lit room with a couple of trainers inside. As opposed to the lower caves, the ground is the correct color and we can actually catch Pokémon here. This is great, because we're all about to reach lvl. 5 and Blaine has a PokéGO Gym too. As we catch our last Pokémon in order to reach level five, we can hear yells of joy and laughter from the middle as well as the voice of an old man grumbling. Could it be Blaine?

"Got it!"

Red (as always) is the first one to reach level five.

"Wow! It looks like you've caught a lot of Pokémon and gained a ton of experience as a Pokémon Trainer, huh? Great work!"

The voice of professor Willow, PokéGO's Pokémon professor, comes out of Red's Pokédex.

"It looks like you're about ready to start participating in Pokémon battles!" He smiles and takes a step back.

"I have three excellent assistants. They each direct a team, and each have a slightly different approach to researching Pokémon. Part of their research is conducting Pokémon battles at Gyms. They're apparently excited to have you joining as a team member."

The white-haired man disappears off the screen and a young energetic guy with yellow hair, black pants and a black jacket over an orange shirt takes his place.

"Hey! The name's Spark-the leader of Team Instinct. Pokemon are creatures with excellent intuition. I bet the secret to their intuition is related to how they're hatched. Come on and join my team! You never lose when you trust your instincts!" He shows off a grin, points to himself, and takes a step back.

"I am Blanche, leader of Team Mystic." A serious-looking woman with white hair and a blue long coat over a white shirt introduces herself.

"The wisdom of Pokemon is immeasurably deep. I am researching why they evolve. My team? With our calm analysis of every situation, we can't lose!" She nods and takes her spot next to Spark.

"I'm Candela-Team Valor's Leader!" A dark-skinned woman with brown hair and a white jacket surrounded by red practically shouts her introduction.

"Pokemon are stronger than humans, and they're warmhearted too! I'm researching ways to enhance Pokemon's natural power in the pursuit of true strength. There's no doubt that the Pokemon our team have trained are the strongest in battle! Are you ready?" She smiles and stands next to the others as well.

"Time to choose a team I guess." Red frowns. Those who didn't catch as many Pokémon are taking the opportunity to catch up while he thinks.

"Well Instinct stands for Pokémon hatching and the element of Instinct in battle. Mystic prefers wisdom on the battlefield and searches for the mysteries of evolution. Valor represents the more youthful approach: the bond between you and your Pokémon is the most important, but you have to train to be the very best. Hmm." He looks indecisive. This time let the others catch up, as they're now listening to the same introductions.

"Either Mystic or Valor." I think this is another moment of his youth clashing with his maturity. Had he made this choice when he was a kid, I'm sure he would've chosen Valor in a heartbeat. However, he now stands for Team Mystic's view of it all. He's now deciding wether to act on emotions or act on analysis.

He's still choosing when all the others start shouting their new team.

"Instinct!" Gold, Krystal, Dawn and Nate yell almost in unison, high-fiving each other. Makes sense.

"Team Valor!" Now Ruby, May, Black, Hilda and Rosa are the ones to shout. Leaf, Serena and I join in as well. Team Valor sounds exactly like my type of training.

"Team Mystic represent!" Diamond shouts with all his confidence, unaware that he's all alone.

"Guys?"

The others laugh as he slouches his shoulders in disappointment.

From the sight, Red chuckles and chooses Mystic.

"Come on, Diamond, we're gonna show them who's boss." He puts his arm around Diamond and confidently walk past Team Valor, who had previously been proud of having the most members.

As Red heads for Blaine, Diamond looks back and sticks his tongue out at Nate, who does the same.

"You're all babies, I swear." Black walks past him with his team as well.

"Grr. I'll show you mr. grouchy pants."

"We're not here to challenge the gym." Red dismisses a trainer who had preemptively taken out a pokéball.

"We're just here to visit Blaine."

"Oh yeah? Who asks? You can't just meet the Gym Leader willy-nilly." The young man looks Red up and down.

Red frowns.

"Really?" He points to himself.

"I don't know who you think you are, but you're going to have to get through me to meet Blaine!" He releases a Growlithe.

Red sighs and releases Mewtwo, who Mega-evolves and one-shots the Growlithe with Psystrike.

"I beat this place years ago! Let me through!"

Suddenly not as confident, the kid releases a rapidash.

"Oh-oh yeah? Well where's the p-proof? Huh?"

Red practically slaps himself in the face.

"I left my badges at home." Of course he would, It's one of his most prized possessions. Once Nate tried to pull a prank on Red and tried stealing his Thunder Badge. An Onix burst out of a nearby pokéball and hit the roof of the room, creating a huge racket. They caught Nate in the act and Diamond had the time of his life using Palkia to repair the damage. It was two painful weeks of no pancakes for Nate.

"I got this." Gold presents his Volcano Badge and the young trainer steps aside, grumbling to himself.

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE ME OLD MAN!" The same voice that was shouting earlier belongs to a familiar-looking trainer challenging Blaine with a smile on her face.

"This makes no sense. I should have the advantage already!" He grumbles.

"You're just not good. Maybe you'd have better chances if you left this crummy old cave once in a while."

"Stop calling my belongings old! I'm not that old! I'm only 60 years old!"

Red shakes his head.

"This isn't good. Blaine is usually cool and collected for a fire-type gym leader."

"I won! Yay!" The girl puts her arms in the air does a victory dance with a screen in her hands and turns around to see us.

Now that we can see more than her back, I realize why she looks more familiar.

"Candela?"

She immediately widens her eyes once she sees us and grins.

"Oh my god it's the Pokémon Legends!" She squeals.

"I've been wanting to be like you since I was a little girl!"

She gets close to us and smiles with her device turned towards us and hits a button, making a click sound.

"Spark will never believe this." She says as she furiously continues to tap her screen.

"Uh, hello?"

She seems to be caught off guard by the fact that Red can talk.

"It's great to meet and all, but what are you doing here?"

She sighs.

"I've just been going around the globe, challenging the gyms I couldn't beat before in a PokéGO battle instead. It seems everyone is enjoying it!"

She apparently disregards the fact that Blaine's sulking in a corner.

Red frowns.

"Ugh." Candela groans and puts her device back in her pocket.

"I'll just explain the whole thing because despite being the sole creators of PokéGO, we're relatively unknown. We (the Team Leaders) are all childhood friends from a small region far off the west of Unova. We've always wanted to Pokémon Masters, but we didn't have the skill over all the technical aspects of actual Pokémon combat. Once we were old enough and skilled enough in programming, we decided to work together to create a Pokémon experience that everyone could equally enjoy, no matter how much experience one had over the other. After the game's launch we started to travel around the world to have the Pokémon journey we never had as kids."

"Wait." Despite the explanation, Leaf frowns as well.

"You said you've wanted to be like us since you were a kid, but you look pretty old to be a kid when we were popular."

Candela laughs.

"Oh, we're all the same age, dummy! All that time up there give us time to grow older while you time slows down for you!"

Leaf and Red's face of confusion quickly turns to fear.

"We're...27..." Their actual age hadn't dawned upon them until now.

They look down as if they've just been told Santa isn't real.

"Oh my god we're almost 30." Red puts a hand to his head.

Leaf and Red decide to join Blaine and sit in the corner.

"I think we need a moment."

Candela rolls her eyes and turns to Gold and Krystal, who are laughing at the Kanto Legends' disdain despite the fact that they're both 26.

After recovering, Gold takes out his PokéGear with a look of determination and points at Candela.

"I want to battle you!" He smiles.

Candela does so as well but raises and eyebrow.

"I don't think that's a good idea. All your Pokémon have CPs of around 300 or 400, which is only impressive if you've been playing for 15 minutes."

Gold shrugs.

"I don't care. I trust in my Pokémon and they've never failed me before. Isn't that your thing? Natural power?"

Candela chuckles and takes out her device again.

"True. But those are numbers on a screen, not living beings. Besides, no one has ever beaten my Moltres before."

The two hot-headed trainers proceed to choose their Pokémon and face each other.

Candela chooses her 3240 CP Moltres and Gold uses his 482 CP Typhlosion.

Something tells me this is going to end well for Gold. Then again, I'm pretty sure he's just doing this for fun.

There you go! That was a doozy. Halfway through planning the next few chapters I decided I wanted to include the PKGO Leaders and I found out a way to fit them in without messing anything up with my continuity (which is hard to do in the Pokémon franchise). I was going to continue their fight and end the chapter after it, but then I'd have to plan the battle and that would take even longer, so I decided to just leave it here.

Anyways, (as always) please leave your comments below so I know if I'm doing good or if I have to fix something!

P.S: I just realized I officially have 30 chapters and over 50, 000 words! Success!