A/N: FINALLY I make a new chapter to this. Thanks to KirbyHalo83 for giving me the inspiration to start up again. Speaking of which, a new OC created by her is introduced in this chapter. So let's begin!
"Sorry to keep you waiting!"
Joseph sighed, "Seriously we've been waiting here forever. It felt like it took you 2 years or something to get here."
The gang had arrived at Viridian Forest, the usual starting forest for new trainers. It wasn't really all that big... or unique. It looked really plain actually.
"Just like Route 1!" Matt had said as soon as they actually got in the forest.
"You know... I think we should split up from here." Scarlet suggested.
"B-but isn't this supposed to be some epic adventure of friendship and togetherness?" Matt was a bit shocked to hear her say that.
"Have you ever heard of a single master that had a journey like that?"
Matt was about to disagree, but he decided that if he was going to become a Pokemon Master that he would have to learn how to do things himself. "Fiiiinnnneeeee... If I'm going to become anything like Red or Blue, then I'm going to have to journey myself!"
"That's the spirit!" Joseph finally said.
The group decided to split up. Because Matt is obviously the protagonist to this story, we will talk about his adventures and not the others, because who cares about them? They're rivals.
As Matt explored the maze-like forest he had encountered many Pokemon along the way. His Bulbasaur and Pidgey gained plenty of experience, and he was very close to getting out of the forest when...
"Wait is that what I think it is?!"
Yes it was. Matt had gotten sight of a very rare Pikachu.
"Sweet! If I catch this then I'll definitely have something cool to show Scarlet and Joseph! Go, Bulbasa- POW!"
Someone had run into Matt out of nowhere and the Pikachu ran away.
"Argh! What's the big idea!? Pikachu's are really hard to find, you know?" Matt was very angry at the trainer that ran into him.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't see you." The trainer was a female, but that's all we really know at this point.
"You could at least say something before running into someone..." Matt had turned away from her, Who is this girl? Although, I do admit. She's kinda... cute. Argh, this isn't the time to think of that! Just turn back and talk... "Who are you anyways?"
"My name's Lily. I'm 14 and I'm from Hoenn! Or... somewhere. I do live in Hoenn!"
"Hoenn? Why are you in Kanto?"
"Yes, I'm from Hoenn. And, if you're wondering why I'm in Kanto, I'm looking for a specific Pokemon that's native here."
"Which one?" Matthew was intrigued.
"Well, I heard there's a Pokemon here that looks like something I like a lot. I heard there's a sort of pink... and puffy Pokemon here."
"Oh, you're looking for a Jigglypuff, I see. Sorry, but you're in the wrong place for one. They're in Route 3, which is just past Pewter City. And if you're wondering where Pewter City is, it's right outside the exit to this forest."
"Jigglypuff is what it's called? I'll be sure to remember it~! As thanks, let's battle!"
"Hmph, it's been like 10 minutes since I had a battle against a trainer. Let's do it!"
Matthew vs Lily!
"Go, Bulbasaur!" Matthew called out his Pokemon.
"Torchick, light 'em up!" Lily brought out her Hoenn-native Pokemon.
"Oh I see. If you're from Hoenn, then that means you've got Hoenn Pokemon!"
"You don't say... I'll be glad to see your Bulbasaur get burned to de-I mean fainting!"
This girl seems a bit... strange. Guess you don't judge books by their covers. "Alright, Bulbasaur. Use Tackle!"
Bulbasaur slammed itself into Lila's Torchic. It did some damage, but not much.
"Pfft, do you really think a Grass-type can beat a Fire-type? Torchic, use Ember for me."
"Torchiiiccc!" Torchic used Ember on Matt's Bulbasaur, and it dealt a lot of damage. Bulbasaur was now at critical health.
"Shoot, I almost forgot about that. Well I'm not giving up! Bulbasaur, use Tackle again!
Bam! Bulbasaur managed to score a critical hit on the Torchic. It fainted.
"Oh yeah! Told ya I wasn't going to lose!" Matt celebrated with glee.
"You forgot something. I have a second Pokemon!" Lily stated to Matt.
Dang it. I guess I should expect trainers to be at least a bit challenging. And have more than one Pokemon. Whatever, what's she got?
"Go, Poochyena!" Lily threw her second PokeBall. The Poochyena was released, and as usual with battles, was told what to use. "Use Bite!"
Poochyena bit Bulbasaur, and caused the weak Pokemon to faint.
"Dang it! Now I have to go to Pewter City ASAP... Whatever. Go, Cptn. Falcon!"
The Pidgey was released into battle and used Gust (woosh). It dealt little damage to the Poochyena.
"That was so weak. Doesn't your Pidgey have Wing Attack?"
"It almost does!" This girl seemed so nice before. Now she's mocking. That's quite the change. Matt was a bit... muffled. Or something.
"Well I hope you're ready for this! Poochyena, Bite it again!"
CHOMP! The bite dealt a decent bit of damage, but it was not enough to faint Pidgey.
"Good job, CF! Now then, hit it with another Gust!"
WOOSHY WOOSHY! The Gust hit the hyena-wolf-dog again. It was still pretty weak, but it got Poochyena in the yellow.
Lily's Poochyena replied with a another Bite, putting Pidgey in the red. More repetitive Pokemon battle stuff ensues, and then the two Pokemon were both in the red.
"Alright... Whoever hits first is the winner. One hit, one faint."
"I'm not going to lose to the first trainer I battled in Kanto! Come on Poochyena, use Bite one last time!" Lily yelled with all of her determination.
"Counter that with a final Gust! We can't lose!" Matt was pretty determined too.
The two Pokemon used their usual attacks against each other. Pidgey managed to outmanuvuer the dog and used the Gust projectile against it. Poochyena had fainted.
Lily fell to her knees in shame. "Ah man, I was so close too. If only I..." Lily had started to cry for a bit. Matt had noticed.
"It's alright. You can't win everything. You just gotta keep training and trying again and again. I liked battling with you. It was fun!" Matt smiled and hugged the sad Lily.
Lily got up. "T-thanks... You're right. I just gotta keep training harder! And next time I see you, I'll be sure to try as hard as I can to beat you! Just you wait!" Lily was filled with determination.
"Well it's good to see you happy," That was a quick change of heart, "I'll be sure to try and beat you again, too. Now then..."
"What?" Lily asked.
"My Pidgey's almost exhausted and Bulba's wiped out, so could we head to Pewter City together?" Matt asked, although he might have been a bit shy in saying it.
"Sure! Anything to make sure you don't have to run through a ton of random wild Pokemon, and to reward the first person I battled in Kanto!" Lily was filled with cheeriness, once again.
Seriously. One second she's mocking me, the next she's sad, and then she's cheerful again. She's just so gosh darned adorable though. Might as well take this chance. "Thanks. Let's go to Pewter!" Matt and Lily walked out of the forest and towards Pewter City. They talked about various Pokemon things and such, and when they arrived at the Pokemon Center the two separated.
*sigh* That was an interesting experience. Now then... *Looks at the Gym* Looks like we have the first major obstacle in my journey to face.
"HEY MATT!" Someone yelled towards Matt while he was walking towards the gym. It was Scarlet and Joseph. "Did you really think you could just go and face Brock without us? He's the first Gym Leader! We have to share this moment together!" Joseph said to Matt.
"If I'm gonna be anything like my brother, I'm gonna have to beat Brock down hard with my little Charmander." *looks at PokeBall*. "Thankfully it knows Metal Claw AND I caught a Pikachu, so this should be a lot easier than when Red did this!" Scarlet was very excited for the obvious challenge that was waiting for her.
"Well if we just stand here talking we'll never get anywhere. Come on, let's head to the gym!" Matt encourages his friends.
"Okay!"
"Alright!"
Ship-POW! After meeting a new friend, and finally getting through Viridian Forest, our heroes arrive at their first gym. What challenges will they face? Found out next time on Dragonite Ball Z-I mean Pokemon Champion Version!
Also, any criticism would be appreciated. Unless you're a troll. It's been 2 years since I've done this, so any thoughts on how to improve this would be greatly appreciated. I would also like if someone could help me edit this as well. See you next time!