Slamming a door open hard enough to bounce it off of the wall, a young man of about sixteen entered a room that's floor was made up mostly of discarded clothes and magazines. Shaking his head, he cursed to himself.

Putting his hands into his tan pants, he leaned against the door as he yelled, "Seth! Wake your ass up!" His eyebrow twitched in annoyance, as there was no movement in the room. Pushing off the door, he grumbled as he walked further, trying not to step on anything.

Stepping over a large lump on the floor as he tried to make it to the bed, the teenager found himself falling flat on his face. Blowing the green bandana out of his face, he cursed again as he looked at what he had tripped on. There on the floor was Seth, half buried under a pile of clothes and pokémon magazines.

Lifting himself off the ground, he nudged Seth his foot. "Hey, Seth. Wake up you lazy ass!"

Seth simply rolled over in his sleep, his back to the teenager.

Shaking his head, the young man began to kick the youth on the floor. "Get up! Its time for us to get the hell outta here! We'll be late! Again!"

When there was still no response from Seth, the other boy looked out the window and grinned. Crouching down, he whispered near Seth's ear, "Hey… Ame and Min are undressing! And they forgot to close their curtains!"

The teenager found himself on his back as Seth sprung up and was at the window, looking out of it towards the house next door.

As the youth once more pushed himself off of the ground, Seth turned to him and glared. "Hey… you lied to me," he said simply.

The other boy grinned as he dusted himself off. "Well, I knew it'd wake you up. Today's our appointment with the professor after all."

Seth stared at him, and then at the clock. "Jes… why didn't you wake me up earlier? Ame and Min are supposed to be there today too! We might not get the ones we planned!"

It was Jesse's turn to glare. "Just shut up and get dressed. You don't want to walk in there in your boxers, do you?"

Turning to walk out of the room as Seth scrambled to find a pair of clean clothes in his room, Jesse stopped short of the door and stared at a round object lying at the foot of the door. He bent down and picked the pokéball up and looked inside of it. A pikachu stared back at him angrily.

Turning to the now half dressed Seth, he tossed the ball at him. "What the hell is this?" he demanded.

Dropping his black coat onto the floor, Seth caught the pokéball and brought it to his chest. Holding it up, he grinned. "This was from yesterday. The reason Oak has invited us in the first place."

Jesse shook his head. "No, he invited us because we got the pokémon out of town without any damage… We don't even have pokémon yet. How the hell did you get it?"

Shrugging, Seth pulled on his coat. "I've seen him around town. He's always been on the outskirts, trying to come in. You know how they treat wilds when they come in town… they're hunted and abused. So, I figured I just catch it."

Staring at him, Jesse played with his wristband unconsciously. "That… how did you weaken…" he shrugged, "oh never mind, let's go."

Moving over to his bed, Seth grabbed a pair of yellow lenses goggles and strapped them to his head. He grinned as he pocketed the pikachu. "Heh. We finally get to start out on our adventure."

A magazine smacked him in the face. "Not if you don't hurry the hell up we won't! Get a move on!"

Running towards the door, Seth grabbed the black satchel hooked to the doorknob and threw it across his body, onto his shoulder. Sliding down the banister, he flew down the steps to the first story. Hitting the ground, he ran to the kitchen.

"Mom! We're off to the Professor's!" he called out, grabbing a piece of toast and sticking it in his mouth. He also grabbed a few berries and stuck them in his jacket pocket.

A smaller, dark haired woman wearing an apron peeked into the kitchen. "Alright Seth… you and Jesse be careful!"

Nodding, Seth moved for the front door, the piece of toast quickly disappearing into his mouth. "We will mom!" he yelled, throwing the door open.

"Make sure you two stop back here before you leave on your journey! I have something for you!" their mother called out.

Sighing, Jesse peaked his head in the door as Seth slid out. "We will mom. We gotta go or we'll be late! Later!" Pulling his head out of the doorframe, he grabbed Seth by the shoulder and pulled him forward as Seth shut the door.

Running, they headed for the biggest building in Pallet Town, barely acknowledging the greetings that some of their friends were shouting at them as they passed.

Skidding to a stop, they stood in front of a large sign on the side of a building that said, "PROFESSOR OAK'S RESEARCH LABORATORY." The building itself had many windows that were glazed on the outside, making it difficult to see inside. They moved in front of the large, unglazed glass doors and saw that there were two people already inside, talking to the Professor.

Jesse cursed, pushing the door open. Many heads turned as the string of curses grew in volume, until they were clearly audible. Seth followed behind him, his face red from embarrassment. Scratching the back of his head, he apologized to each of the professor's assistants they passed, receiving a harsh look for all of them.

Professor Oak handed over two pokéballs to the two women that were standing in front of him before turning to look at the brothers. "Seth! Jesse! You two are late! These two came in on time, so I already explained everything to them, and gave them their own pokémon!"

Forcing himself to smile, Jesse turned to look at the two girls. "How good for you…" He clenched his fist, making the scars on his knuckles pure white.

Turning around to look at him, the first girl tilted her head and grinned. "Aw… are you mad we got here first? You guys should be faster next time! You're only an hour late!" She spun the pokéball in her hand, before clipping it to her belt. Shrugging, she let an orange backpack fall to the ground, and pulled out a pokédex, just to flaunt it.

Taking a step closer to her, Jesse raised his fist. "You want to fight already Ame? Let's do it!" Ame grinned, stepping closer to him.

"Children, please!" Professor Oak said, putting his arms in-between the two and pushing them away from each other, "You can fight later! I need you all to at least behave until you leave this lab! Right now, get along!"

Placing both hands behind his head, Seth looked past the professor and at the small table behind him. Noticing two pokéballs on it, he walked past the arguing duo and picked one of the balls up. Bringing it close to his face, he looked inside of it. Grinning, he brought the other pokéball out of his pocket and brought it next to the other. "Hey, Pika… look! It's a turtle… a… Squirtle, I think…"

Moving from the stare down between Jesse and Ame, Professor Oak put a hand on Seth's shoulder. "Yes, that's a Squirtle. I was going to let you and your brother pick one of these pokémon… but if he has to pick a fight every time something disagrees with him I might change my mind…"

Immediately, Jesse was beside his brother. He grinned up at the professor, who sighed. "Go ahead… the two girls didn't pick the one you wanted anyways Jesse… If you'd have just looked, you would have known that…"

Grinning, Jesse picked up the last remaining pokéball. Immediately, he pressed the button, letting the bulbasaur out of its ball. Dropping one knee to the floor, Jesse put his hand on the bulbasaur's head. "Hey… I'm Jesse…" he said, with a grin.

Turning to look at Oak, Seth asked, "Professor… I caught this pokémon yesterday while taking care of things… is it still alright for me to take this one?" he gestured to the pokéball in his hands.

Oak nodded. "Yes, its fine. You guys deserved it after yesterday, after all. You all got the angry pokémon out of here without anyone getting hurt." Reaching into his large lab coat, he pulled out two pokédexes and placed them on the table. "These are for you as well."

Standing up, Jesse grabbed the one nearest him as Seth flipped the one open that he had picked up. Looking up at Oak, Seth asked, "What exactly do they do?"

Oak grinned as Ame sighed. "You guys really should have gotten here on time so we wouldn't have to hear this twice…"

Ignoring her, Oak started his explanation. "These are pokédexes. When you see a pokémon, it records the data on it and allows you to view it again. If you capture the pokémon, the pokédex gets more detailed information. The more you see or catch, the better a trainer you'll be. It also has a few… special features… heh. After yesterday, seeing how you all acted and knowing you all wanted to leave Pallet Town and prove your worth… I figured this would be just the parting gift."

Grinning, Seth looked at the pokédex and found both of his pokémon's data recorded. Flipping it closed, he set it into his satchel. "Wow… thanks Professor. I don't know what to say…"

Nodding, Oak grinned. "Just do me a favor and send me a copy of the information you record in the pokédex."

Calling bulbasaur back to his pokéball, Jesse nodded. "Will do…" he turned to Ame, "Now… how about that battle?"

Rolling his eyes as Ame grinned, Oak groaned, "Just take it outside! I don't want my lab trashed again!"

The other girl nodded at Oak, before grabbing both Ame and Jesse by the wrists and leading them out of the lab. Seth hooked the pokéball onto his belt before following them outside.

Both Ame and Jesse already had their pokémon out. Ame's pichu stared at Jesse's bulbasaur, puffing itself up to make it look a little taller. Jesse couldn't help but smirk at it.

Grinning, Seth leaned against the side of the Laboratory to watch when the other girl threw her own pokéball to the ground. "What, you honestly don't think we're just going to stand around and watch as they battle, do you?"

Shrugging, Seth pushed himself off of the wall. "Well… I had hoped…" He reached onto his belt and brought up both pokéballs as if deciding which to use first.

The girl shook her head, her dark hair moving slightly into her face. "Use the one you picked up from Oak." Her charmander was at her feet, looking at her strangely.

Grinning, Seth pressed the button on his pokéball. "If you insist Min…" the squirtle he had just obtained from Professor Oak appeared on the ground next to him. Seth squatted so that he was around his squirtle's height. "All right… I don't know if you've ever fought before… but you up to it?"

The squirtle didn't make a sound, just nodded, staring at the charmander.

Min's charmander ran at squirtle first, its claws outstretched. Before it slashed at the small turtle, squirtle shrunk inside of its shell. The claws didn't make a dent in the shell.

"Charmander…" Min said simply. Charmander backed up and took in a breath. Putting its tail in front of it, it blew. As soon as it's breath hit the flame on it, it turned into a stream of fire. It hit the shell, some of the flames spilling over closer to Seth.

Jumping back, Seth grinned in surprise. "It can already use flames…" he stepped on a stray flame. "Alright… squirtle! Hit him with your shell!" The shell started to spin, aided by the flames striking it.

"Stop." Min said simply, putting her hands into her red tank-top hoodie. The charmander stopped exhaling, and instead hit the ground just as the squirtle launched itself into the air at where the charmander had been standing. Min's eyes grew as the squirtle flew into her, knocking her over.

Running over to both his pokémon and Min, Seth picked the squirtle off of her and placed him on the ground next to him. Touching Min's shoulder, he asked, "Erm… you alright?"

Staring up at him, Min pushed his hand off of her. "Yeah, of course I am! It's going to take more than a dirty trick to beat me…" she said, pushing herself off of the ground.

Shaking his head, Seth turned to his squirtle. "You did good… nice job!" Placing a hand in his pocket, he pulled out a few of the berries he had taken from his house and offered a few to the turtle. He grabbed them, and ate them quickly. Pulling out the other pokéball, he brought out the pikachu. "You two eat these… get to know each other. I want to see how Jess' battle's doing…" he dropped the berries in-between the two pokémon, stood up, and walked towards the two still battling.

Min turned and looked at him. "Hey… our battle isn't done!"

Grinning, Seth said, "You got knocked down. That's a point in my book!" He chuckled as Min said something else that he didn't hear. They didn't need to continue the fight here anyways… She might have charmander burn part of the building next time.

Looking at Jesse and Ame's battle, he was surprised that his bulbasaur was holding onto Ame's pichu. Wasn't that dangerous? He got his answer as pichu's cheeks glowed slightly, and electricity ran down the vines until it hit the bulbasaur. The vines immediately let go of the small mouse and shot back into the bulb.

Ame laughed as Jess gnashed his teeth. "You may have a slight type advantage… but mine's faster…" she said, teasingly.

Looking at the pichu, Jesse stopped gnashing his teeth. "Saur… try it again." Ame laughed as the vines lashed out at the pichu once more. Pichu's cheeks glowed slightly once more as the vines hit it. Electricity shot down the vines again, stunning the bulbasaur slightly. The pichu however, fell over, exhausted.

Ame's looked at her pichu, and checked its heath on her pokédex. "It… fainted? But you barely touched it!"

Jesse just grinned. He recalled his bulbasaur and shrugged. "You need to pay attention more…" It was Ame's turn to gnash her teeth as she began to read the info in her pokédex.

Ignoring her, Jesse turned to Seth. "How'd it go with you?" he asked, clipping the pokéball on his own belt.

Shrugging, Seth just laughed. He turned to look at his own pokémon. The pikachu was staring at Jesse. Jesse opened his mouth to say something just as a shock hit him.

Jumping, Jesse turned and glared at Ame. "What the hell?" he shouted. Ame, however, was still reading her pokédex.

Still chuckling slightly, Seth recalled his pikachu. "I don't think he liked you beating up that pichu…"

Grumbling, Jesse stuck his hands in his pockets. "Whatever… let's just get home…"

Shrugging, Seth recalled the squirtle and looked at Min and Ame. "I guess this is it until next time?" he said with a grin.

Looking up from her pokédex, Ame glared at him. "You better believe it… and next time you won't walk away so easily!"

Min flicked her in the back of the head. "So violent…" She looked back up at Seth. "Just get stronger… You'll have to beat us if you want to get to the top."

"I'm counting on it," Seth said simply.

"Hurry the hell up! I'm not waiting for you again!" Jesse shouted. Turning, Seth ran after him.