A/N: Alright, so this is a Pokemon fanfic that my friend and I are writing together! I write the Kanto side of the story, and my friend (his username is Pandasaur17) writes the Johto side. He's an expert on everything Pokemon, so expect to see some really awesome stuff. Also, his writing style is a bit different from mine, so it will be really interesting. So yeah... Enjoy!

Kanto

I was fifteen when I joined the Kanto Force.

The world was different then. Kanto and Johto had gone to war for unknown reasons, and although large peace movements fueled by Team Rocket (which back then had a much nicer, different leader) seemed effective, the war continued without notice.

Hundreds of people and Pokemon died in the fights. Most weren't even from battle, but from the horrible conditions around Mt. Silver.

It all started one fateful day...

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"Carter, get up! The Pallet Town celebration is today!" A voice come from downstairs.

I turn over and stay under the covers of my bed.

"Just five more minutes, Mom..." I yell back.

"We only have around five minutes to be there!" she comes into my room. "Now get up before Riolu comes up here and Aura-Spheres you!"

"If you insist..." I say as I get up and open my eyes. I see a fleeting glance of my mom closing the door, and get up to get ready. I hurriedly put together some mismatched clothes before rushing out of the door in pursuit of my mom.

"Ri-Riolu!" I hear as I go out the door.

My Riolu angrily comes out with me and stands next to me. "Oops... Looks like I almost forgot you," I say.

Riolu has been my companion since I was ten years old, when Professor Oak got him from one of his friends in Sinnoh. We've grown so close by now that we understand each other nearly perfectly.

"Ri-Ri!" He points to my friend Autumn's house across the road.

"I know, she'll be there too. But we need to get going!"

We run off in the direction of the parade, not knowing how our lives would change so much that day...

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Lieutenant looked over the carnage in disgrace.

The battle of Viridian had not gone well. Although the Kanto Force still won, casualties numbered over three hundred people, and the Pokemon had lost even more. The Johto Army was pushed back to Pewter, but the Kanto Force had no more people or Pokemon to use.

Lieutenant looked down at his pikachu. It had saved his life multiple times, including that day.

"Lieutenant! Lieutenant!" A messenger riding on a Rapidash yells urgently. "We have a message from your spies in Pewter!"

"Alright, spit it out!" Lieutenant replies. "What's so important?"

"Pallet town... Pallet town is being flanked! We've been tricked!"

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The Palet Town Celebration was going perfectly. Autumn and her Nidoran battled me, and after a sastifying victory using our vacuum wave stratigey, we healed up our Pokemon and helped ourselves to some food.

"These caramel apples are great!" Autumn says. "If only we had something to drink... Nido, can you go find me some water?"

"Ni-Niran!" her Nidoran scurries off and soon come back with a bottled water.

Soon enough, Professor Oak, a fifty year-old Pokemon professor, steps up on the stage.

"Ladies, gentleman and Pokemon!" he begins. "We have gathered today to celebrate the Kanto Force's victory in Viridian City!"

Cheering and clapping erupts from everyone.

"However, we must still be alert. You never know when an attack might hap-"

BOOOOMMM!

A cloud of smoke rises from the other side of town.

Everything immediately descends into chaos. I somehow manage to stay with Autumn the whole time, and we somehow manage to make it back to my house.

My mom was nowhere to be found. We kept everything shut and locked, and Riolu and Nido both stood protectively next to us while we hid.

Bang Bang.

Someone bangs on the door.

Bang Bang.

I hope they don't get-

Bang bang CRASH!

Professor Oak runs in hurriedly.

"Why did you lock the door? Never mind, we must go!" the Professor and his Rhydon guide us through the violence outside of the town.

I watched as people in uniform with strange looking Pokemon attacked innocent citizens. My mom could be in there...

"Come, we must get you to the Kanto Force! They will protect you until someone else can come get you."

"The Kanto Force?!" Autumn exclaims. "You want us to join the Kanto Force?!"

"Not join," Oak says. "Just stay with them for a while, until I can find somewhere safe for you to go. Now hurry! We haven't much time!"

And as we ran away from the destroyed Pallet Town, I knew that our lives would never be the same...

Johto

Yesterday sucked. I lost to Sara (again), I got drafted into the military to fight against the Kanto Force, and all the Bug Catchers were back and wanted to battle (they suck, especially against Shiny, my Murkrow). Sara has been my best friend and rival since we were little. Let me explain how it happened, right from the beginning...

"Wyatt! Battle me!"

"That must be Sara." I thought, as I awoke from an awesome dream.

"No, screw you!" I said. "You just woke me up from an awesome dream! All you can eat pizza and ice cream!"

"Oh come on, your always so boring!" she teases.

"Am not!" I shot back. "Who won the tournament yesterday I ask?"

"Shut up, it was all full of Bug Catchers, and Aipom kept getting poisoned and couldn't fight!"

"Excuses excuses..." I say. "Fine, I'll battle you."

"Yes!" Sara exclaimed. "Let's get on with it already then!"

"Fine! Just give me time to take a shower, ok?"

*20 minutes later*

"Let's do this Aipom!"

"Shiny, come on out! You're gonna regret this," I told Sara. "Shiny, use Aerial Ace and Steel Wing now!"

"Ah, ah, ah. That won't work on me! Aipom, DoubleSlap while it's flying towards you then jump on it's back and crash it into the ground!"

...To make a long story short, she won.

So we decided to go to the Pokemon Center. Little did we know our future, and possibly Johto's would change because of one simple mistake...

"You can go first, Sara"

"No you go. Shiny fainted."

"Shaddup!"

"No."

"Fine, I'll go first."

"Well aren't you just a fine gentleman!"

"I strive."

A few minutes later, Shiny is just fine.

"Oh look, Shiny's better! My turn." Sara says.

*5 minutes later*

"Let's head back to your house," Sara suggested.

"Na, let's go catch some more Pokemon. I've been wanting another partner, and also Shiny gets bored when I'm gone."

"Okay!" Sara replied.

As we were leaving some big guys blocked the path.

"Hey what's the big deal?" I asked

"You just joined the military is the big deal," one replied.

"What! No we didn't!"

"What were you doing right there then?"

"Healing our Pokemon, that's what!"

"You just registered them as well as your self in the Johto Army."

"Frick."

"Orientation is in three minutes. Settle down."

And that's not even the worst of it...

Awesome! Chapter one starts off with a bang... literally. And by the way, these chapters may take longer than my other story, so maybe only once a week or so. So yeah... bye!