Chapter 1
The clock on the nightstand clicked to six o'clock am causing the alarm to beep loudly before a hand slapped it off. A young man groaned as he slid out of bed. Stumbling around he slowly woke up. When he finally was awake enough to function he started his morning workout before climbing into the shower. When he got out he peered into the mirror above the sink. Nobody would say that this boy was ugly. He had short black hair except for his bangs which reached to his hazel eyes. he smiled to his reflection showing his naturally strait teeth. He walked out of the bathroom to put on his blue jeans and plain black T-shirt. He was just putting on his shoes when his stepmothers voice rang out. The boy winced at the sound.
"Kyle, you hungry?" She asked.
"No mom. I'm fine." Kyle called back.
"But I already made you some food. Your not going to make me waste it are you?"
"Maybe if you weren't such a over bearing woman you wouldn't need to." Kyle muttered.
"You know there are people out there who would love to eat this kind of stuff."
"I'm coming."
He walked downstairs to find his stepmom rushing around the kitchen. "You know you're really lucky." His mom said. "I took you in after your dad died. I was willing to take in a boy I barely knew because of the love I had for your late father."
"I know mom." Kyle said.
"I know you know. I just had to remind you. It's so good that you finally decided to call me mom."
"Not that I had much choice."
A plate was slammed down into the sink breaking it. "What was that." Kyle's stepmother demanded.
"I just said that you felt like my real mom anyways." Kyle said.
"What did I tell you about mumbling?" She glanced at her watch. "Oh crap, I have to go. Now remember,"
"Keep the doors locked, don't talk to anyone you don't know, and most importantly, close all windows to keep Pokémon out." They both said in illusion.
"Good boy. Could you clean up a little please." Kyle's stepmother said before kissing his head and walking out the door. Kyle waited till he heard the car pull out of the drive way before picking up his plate and hurled to at the sink. The eggs and sausage flew everywhere before the plate hit the wall and shattered. Kyle picked up the stool he sat on and broke it over the counter in front of him.
"Not quite." Kyle said. He then proceeded to open every single window in the house. Taking a can of spray-paint he wrote on his bedroom wall a note for his stepmom.
"Much better." After admiring his work he picked up the duffel bag he made into a bug-out bag and left through the window. As he walked down the street his Pokégear rang. he opened it up to find a message from his friend Sara.
Hey what's up?
Not much. You ready to go?
Yeah, Toru is already at his grandpa's house.
Great I'll meet you all there.
Kyle proceeded to walk down the street with a happy look on his face. He was finally sixteen, old enough to go on his Pokémon journey. Granted ten years old is actually the age to start sixteen is when you could start without a parent's signature. Along with his two friends he was going to start his journey. Kyle started walking to Professor Oaks (Toru's Grandpa) house. Professor Oak told Kyle, Toru and Sara that he would give them their first Pokemon.
"I wonder what Pokemon Oak is going to have." Kyle said to himself. "I hope there is a fire type. I would love to use one of them. Maybe Growlithe would be best for me."
Wild thoughts ran through Kyle's mind as he walked to his destination. By the time he reached it he had so many thoughts and hopes he couldn't tell where one stopped and another started. Knocking on the door a girl opened it for him. Her white hair hung in strait locks down to her shoulders. Blue eyes looked at Kyle matching her pale skin well. Kyle noticed that Sara was wearing grey lipstick and a slight amount of eyeliner. Her outfit Kyle had seen her in many times. A black tank top with a skull on it with a black skirt. Her boots came half way up her calf.
"Hey Kyle." She said giving him a hug. "How did you get your step mom to agree to this?"
"I didn't." Kyle replied. Sara nodded as they walked into the Professors lab/house. Professor Oak was walking around wearing his usual lab coat and slippers.
"Ah Kyle. I was beginning to think your Stepmother talked you out of coming." Professor Oak said.
"She couldn't if she tried." Kyle replied. "Where is Toru?"
"Here." Toru said walking out of the kitchen. "You want something?"
"Got any more of my energy drinks?"
"Yeah, here." Toru said before tossing one to Kyle. Toru tossed another one to Sara before popping open his own. Kyle took a sip before looking at Toru. His brown hair was in the usual hairstyle, standing in spikes around his head. He was wearing a black button up shirt and purple cargo jeans.
"So Professor. What do you have for us?" Kyle asked.
"Of course, come this way." Oak led the trio into the back of his house. In the middle of the room a table stood with three decorative Pokeballs on it. Each Pokeball was made out of a expensive material with a black line separating the top half from the bottom half. . The first one was a emerald Pokeball with a leaf pattern painted on it above the release button. The middle one was a sapphire with a water drop painted above the release button. The last one was a ruby with a flame pattern in the same place as the last two.
"Wow they're beautiful." Sara said admiring them.
"They are. Each of you may have one. Who wants which one." Oak asked the group.
"I'm not completely decided." Sara admitted turning to the two boys. "You two can pick first."
"I'm the more mature one so I'll let Kyle pick first." Toru exclaimed.
"I'm pretty sure you just can't decide." Kyle told Toru before walking up to the Ruby Pokeball and picking it up. Toru decided the Sapphire was more his style while Sara took the remaining Emerald Pokeball.
"Great, now that you all have chosen Kyle please release your Pokemon." Kyle complied with the Professors request. "The Pokemon you picked is a male Charmander, a fire type. You should raise it patiently. This one tends to..." The small red lizard set its flaming tail onto a nearby plant lighting it on fire.
"Whoa, it's a Pyromaniac." Kyle observed.
"Yes it is." Oak confirmed spraying the plant with a fire extinguisher. the Charmander wandered over to Kyle and gazed at him with it's blue eyes. Kyle crouched down to it's level.
"What's up little guy?" Kyle questioned. "I'm gonna be your trainer for now on. Let's do our best."
"Char!" The Pyromaniac cheered.
"Alright Toru, yours is next." Oak waited for Toru to release a small blue turtle with a curly tail. "That is a male Squirtle, a water type. That one is worth raising." The small Squirtle looked at Toru with a judgmental eye. Toru must have passed his inspection because he silently stood beside Toru.
"Sara if you would." Sara opened her Pokeball to let out a blueish-green Pokemon with a bulb on its back.
"Bulba." The little Pokemon called out in a feminine voice.
"That is Bulbasuar." Oak explained. "A female grass type Pokemon."
"It's cute." Sara said.
"Bulba." Bulbasuar thanked.
"Now that you're all acquainted with your new Pokemon. I have a favor to ask for. Could you go over to the next town over and pick up a package for me." Oak requested.
"Sorry Gramps, doing something like that is totally going to cut into beginning my journey." Toru said rubbing the back of his head.
"I figured you would want to rush off and start as soon as possible. Honestly I'm surprised you're still here Toru."
"Well I actually planned on walking with everyone to Viridian City."
"I don't mind doing it." Kyle offered.
"I'll go too." Sara added.
"Thank you two." Oak smiled. The three teenagers all walked out of the house together and over to route one, each with their Pokemon by their sides. Once there Toru stopped everyone.
"Wait, before we go anywhere. We are now trainers so why don't we have our first battle?" Everyone smiled at Toru's idea.
"How are we going to battle? There are three of us." Sara pointed out.
"I don't know. We might be able to have a tournament style battle." Toru suggested.
"No that wouldn't work. How would we heal the pokemon that lost?" Sara said being the voice of reason.
"What if we all fought at the same time as a free-for-all?" Kyle brainstormed.
"A free-for-all." Toru mulled it over.
"It will work." Sara said agreeing to Kyle's idea.
"Alright, Let's do it." Toru said. everyone nodded before backing up giving their three pokemon room to battle.
"Squirtle, Start out with water gun on Charmander!" Toru yelled starting the battle.
"Charmander, dodge it and retaliate with scratch." Kyle countered.
"Bulbasuar, don't let them have all of the fun. Join in with vine whip!" Sara commanded.
Squirtle fired off it's water gun at Charmander who jumped to the side to dodge it before flipping over it and running to Squirtle. Before Charmander could hit Squirtle with his claws Bulbasuar wrapped its vines around Squirtle lifting him up and slamming him down on the ground twice before letting him go. Charmander had switched targets and was launching several ember attacks at the grass type. The slower Pokemon tried to get out of the way but was unable to dodge all of the attacks. Bulbasuar was still standing but was clearly weakened by the attacks. Squirtle let out another water gun attack which hit Bulbasuar, which did next to no damage.
"Charmander, hit Squirtle with Ember!" Kyle shouted. Charmander let out another barrage of Ember attacks.
"Counter with another water gun." Toru instructed. The water attack tore through the ember attack. The water struck Charmander with about half strength but with the type advantage it still did damage.
"Vine whip." Sara's pokemon wrapped its vines around charmanders leg, yanking it out from under him before spinning him around throwing the Pyromaniac at Squirtle. They both flew a few feet before Charmander jumped off squirtle causing Squirtle to hit the ground with enough force to knock it out.
"Superhero Landing!" Charmander landed while Kyle screamed in the background. Bulbasuar tried to hit Charmander with her vines but was pushed back by Charmanders ember attack being used on her vines.
"We are almost there, use Tackle!" Sara encouraged.
"Scratch followed by ember!" Kyles voice boomed. Charmander and Bulbasuar ran at each other ready to take the other out. Charmander slashed down on the grass types head stopping its attack. Charmander ended up flying over Bulbasuar as Bulbasuar skidded around to face Kyle's Pokemon. Charmander let out a Ember attack that hit Bulbasuar head on finally knocking out the grass type.
"That was awesome! You did great!" Sara called to Kyle.
"Thanks, you gave us a run for our money though." Kyle called back.
"Man, I got knocked out first." Toru complained.
"Cheer up. It's not like you didn't stand a chance. In fact if Bulbasuar didn't weaken Squirtle I don't know if charmander would have won." Kyle comforted before digging around in his bug out bag. He removed a few potions and handed them to his friends. They both thanked him before healing their Pokemon. Soon all the pokemon were up and healthy again.
"Shall we get going then?" Kyle asked. Everyone headed back to route one with their Pokemon by their sides. Route one was filled with Pokemon. Each of them took turns battling the wild Pokemon that picked a the time they finally reached Viridian City an hour had passed. Their Pokemon were tuckered out so before picking up Oak's package they stopped off at the Pokemon center. A nurse greeted them as they walked through the door before cheerfully taking their Pokemon to be healed.
"That was a long walk." Toru complained as he sat down.
"You know that they just get longer and longer right." Kyle told him.
"Yeah, I know."
"You really should have been building up your endurance like we suggested to before starting your journey." Sara piped in.
"Yeah, yeah. Toru do this, Toru do that. Blah, blah, blah." Toru sneered.
"Toru stop whining." Kyle joked as he sat down next to Toru. Sara snickered sitting down in the chair across from them and placed her feet in Kyle's lap.
"So what are you going to end up doing while we take the package back to Professor." Sara questioned Toru.
"I'm thinking I'm going to stick around route one and route twenty-two to train Squirtle." Toru explained. The groups Pokemon were then escorted to the group by the nurse carting the Pokeballs on a tray. She placed them down on the table while the Pokemon went to their trainers.
"What's up you Pyromaniac." Kyle asked his Charmander as it climbed up onto the seat.
"Char." Charmander called.
"This one gave us a little problem." The nurse explained. "He kind of lit a stack of paper on fire."
"Of course he did." Kyle said patting the Pyromaniac on it's head. "Was there any important documents in that pile or lasting damage?"
"No it was just a stack of blank paper and your friends Squirtle put it out before anything more than a burn corner could happen."
"I apologize for that."
"It's no problem really. Things like that tend to happen in a hospitable. Please come back at any time, we are open twenty-four Seven for all your Pokemon needs. please take a flyer from the front desk to see what a Pokemon center has to offer." The nurse told us before walking off to help another trainer.
"So let's go get that package." Sara swung her legs onto the floor letting Kyle up. Standing up Kyle and Sara said goodbye to Toru before walking out of the Pokemon Center. Upon arriving at the Pokemon Market the worker behind the counter greeted them.
"Hello, how may I help you." He asked kindly.
"We came for Professor Oak's package." Sara explained.
"Of course. One moment please." The worker disappeared into the backroom before returning with a brown box. "Will this be all?"
"Yes, that will be it."
"Please sign here." The worker handed a clipboard to Sara who proceeded to sign it. After handing the clipboard back they left the Market and started heading back to Professor Oak's lab. An hour later they arrived at their destination. Professor Oak let them inside for a little to rest before they went back the way they came.
"Ah yes, these are the custom pokeballs Kurt promised to make for me." Oak told the two. "I had them made for you three. Here there are enough to catch an entire team for everyone."
"Thank you Professor." Sara kindly accepted the gift. Kyle did the same with a thank you. Looking at them they looked like normal pokeballs except for the black line in the middle.
"I know that they look like any other Pokeball but just wait until you capture a new Pokemon." Oak looked at his watch. "You know I did call Toru back because I had something else for you guys."
"I can wait for a while." KYle spoke. "But, if he takes too long I'm going to leave. I would like to get into the Viridian Forest before my Stepmom gets home. I don't think she'll take to kindly to the state I left the house in."
"Well when she comes looking for you I'll tell her the truth. I didn't see you at all." The Professor said with a wink.
"Thank you." Kyle sincerely said. They ended up turning on the TV while waiting for Toru. They managed to get through a hour long episode before he came busting through the door.
"What's up grandpa? Why did you call me back?" Toru gasped. He must have ran the last bit here.
"Right, I have a request for you three." Professor Oak walked over to his desk and pulled out three red boxes. "These are my inventions, the Pokedex. IT automatically records data on Pokemon you have caught or seen. Basically it's a high-tech Pokemon encyclopedia. I want you to take these with you on your journey." Professor Oak handed the Pokedex to the three trainers.
The Pokedex was the size of a cellphone with a cover that flipped out the side. Upon opening it a small screen could be seen with a pokeball symbol.
"Try it out by pointing your Pokedex at your starters." Oak told them. They complied and Pointed the Pokedex at their Pokemon each of them getting information on their respected pokemon.
Charmander the Lizard Pokemon. The flame burning at the tip of the tail indicates the Pokemon's emotions, it burn vigorously if enraged or waivers if it is happy. Should the flame ever go out the Pokemon would die. Typically enjoys hot weather, however it is said that steam can be seen coming from it's tail during rain.
The pokedex had a mechanical voice to it has it told Kyle the information on his pokemon.
"That's so Cool!" Toru exclaimed.
"You can also trade entrees with other pokedexes." Professor Oak proceeded to explain the process to trade entrees. "Use these pokedexes to help you on your adventure. As you know some try to become the best trainer there is. Others become scientists who strive to learn more about pokemon. There are countless other dreams to have, and each is a dream for someone. This pokedex is my way of helping others find their dream. It can help spark a flame that grows until you have to quench the burning desire. Whether you become a trainer, a Professor or whatever else your heart desires; always keep in mind that pokemon can and will always be there to help you. Now go, your very own story is about to unfold. Jump into the world of Pokemon!"