Origins of Kanto
Disclaimer- If I owned Pokemon, Origins would get the Johto sequel it solely deserves.
Hey guys, welcome back to Origins of Kanto! Here's a little description of the main characters:
Red
Age: 13
Wardrobe: He's wearing the outfit from the Gold, Silver, Crystal chapter of the Pokemon Adventures manga.
Personality: Cocky, hot-headed, friendly, determined to be the best.
Leaf
Age: 13
Wardrobe: FireRed LeafGreen outfit.
Personality: Friendly, sarcastic, determined, helpful to others.
Blue
Age: 13
Wardrobe: Champion outfit from original Red and Blue games.
Personality: Calm, intelligent, always putting others down
Hope you guys enjoy the chapter!
~|Chapter 2: Broken Bonds|~
Pallet Town
Kanto Region
Red glared at his rival with determination. This was his chance to finally prove that he was the better trainer. Blue smirked back, eyeing his rival with a taunting expression. Squirtle stood in front of him, glaring at his opponent.
"Ready Charmander?" Red asked. Charmander looked at him and nodded.
"Char!" he gave out a determined cry. Squirtle sneered at him.
"Tle Squirtle!"
Blue kept his smirk on. "Your move".
Red didn't give a second thought. Looking at Charmander's moveset, he quickly shouted out an order. "Scratch!"
Charmander charged at Squirtle with his claw raised, and slashed his face. Squirtle let out a grunt, but kept his ground. Charmander went in for another attack and swung his claw with great force.
This time however, Squirtle was ready and merely ducked under the quick swipe.
"Tackle!" Blue ordered. Still crouched down, Squirtle dove forward and rammed his tough body into Charmander, knocking the Fire type over.
Charmander wasn't done yet, standing up and brushing the attack off with a growl. He wasn't about to go down that easily in his first battle. Squirtle smirked at him and shot him a taunting look. Charmander growled again and didn't even hesitate to carry out his next order.
"Scratch again!"
Blue immediatly called out an order. "Withdraw!"
Squirtle suddenly dove into his shell, protecting him from the incoming damage. Charmander let out a cry as he held his throbbing claw. That shell had to be made out of titanium or something.
Blue suddenly called out, "Tackle!"
Red grit his teeth as Charmander was struck hard in the gut by Squirtle's attack. Blue was really good at battles. Back in Trainer's School, he was always the top student in Battle Class, outmatching any kid everytime with the practice Pokemon they used. That was one of the reasons why he was admired alot around here.
But Blue wasn't the only good battler here. Red smirked.
"Charmander, use Growl!"
Squirtle froze up for a second when Charmander bared his fangs and let out a vicious growl.
"Don't get scared, Squirtle! Hit it with Bubble!"
Red's eyes widened as Squirtle let out the super effective attack. He knew Charmander needed to avoid that at all costs, considering that both Pokemon were pretty close to fainting.
"Dodge it and use Ember!" It wouldn't really hurt, but it would at least faze Squirtle. The Water type seemed to chuckle as the small fireballs bounced off harmlessly. However as Red suspected, Squirtle had to take a second to regain its focus and that was plenty of time for Red to call out his next attack.
"Use Scratch!"
"Defend!" Blue countered a little too quickly. Squirtle tried to shield himself, but wasn't fast enough as Charmander got the hit in, then went for another one.
This time Squirtle was knocked back and struggled to get up. Blue knew that his Pokemon wouldn't be able to take another attack, so he had to act fast. Luckily, he knew just the idea.
"Just look at those two go", Leaf said from the side. She and Professor Oak had been watching the whole time and were amazed at how much skill the boys had been putting in their first battle.
"Agreed", Oak replied. "Both of them are really putting in their best effort to win this battle. So are the Pokemon. The battle's just as important to them as their trainers".
Leaf nodded in agreement. She was hoping for Red to win and finally shut Blue up. And right now, it seemed as if he was winning.
Red smiled. He had the battle in his control now. It was time to finish it. "Charmander, go for another Scratch!"
Charmander gave a nod and dashed towards the panting Squirtle. He was ready to put an end to this.
"Squirtle, Withdraw!" Squirtle quickly dove into his shell, preventing any damage again. Charmander was beginning to grow irritated. This was the second time his claws had nearly been chipped off by the sheer strength of that thing.
"Bubble!" Blue exclaimed.
Red was way ahead of him. "Dodge and use Scratch!"
Charmander skillfully leaped out of the way and rushed toward his opponent with his claw outstretched.
"Withdraw!" Blue called out, much to Red's annoyance. It was a cheap tactic, but it was working and that's all that mattered.
"Coward!" Red shouted. Blue just shrugged. "Hey, it doesn't matter as long as I play it fair. As far as I'm concerned, there's no rule against defending yourself. Besides, you know I'm going to win this battle no matter what".
"We'll see about that!" Red shot back. "Charmander, use Ember!"
"Bubble", Blue nonchalantly waved. Squirtle shot out a few bubbles that extinguished the fire.
"Quickly, use Scratch!"
"Withdraw!"
Squirtle barely managed to pull back into his shell and avoid taking any damage again. Red was getting tired of this. It was going back and forth for a while now and it needed to stop NOW. Red decided to go for another strategy.
"Use Scratch as soon as he pops out!" Red ordered. Charmander nodded and lunged at Squirtle, who was coming out of his shell.
However, this was exactly what Blue planned. He smirked. "Thanks for the win, Red. Squirtle, hit em with Bubble!"
Red's eyes widened and ordered Charmander to move out of the way. The Fire type was able to escape only to run into more trouble.
"Now get him with Tackle!" Before anyone could react, Squirtle plowed into Charmander's side, earning a pained cry from the lizard and knocking him over.
"Quick, use Scratch!" Red desperately called out.
"Too late! Finish this with Bubble!" Blue quickly shouted. Charmander tried to get up, but Squirtle pinned him down with his body. The Fire type struggled underneath, but to no avail.
Squirtle opened his mouth and a stream of bubbles splashed onto Charmander's face, making the lizard scream in pain. Charmander's movements became slower and weaker and eventually, he stopped moving.
Red had lost.
Squirtle got off Charmander and looked at his trainer expectantly. Blue nodded back and Squirtle felt an overwhelming amount of happiness and excitement in his body. His trainer was proud of him! To impress his trainer, Squirtle had given it his best and didn't hesitate to hit Charmander with his full strength. Maybe Blue wouldn't be so bad. After all, the boy desired strong Pokemon and Squirtle could get stronger if he stayed with him.
The Water type grinned at that thought as his trainer returned him to his Poke Ball. Blue nodded and clamped the spherical device on his belt.
Meanwhile, Red was on his knees, tending to Charmander. As soon as he saw his Pokemon stop moving, Red was immediatly filled with concern. He didn't care about the battle anymore. His Pokemon was more important.
"Charmander, are you okay?!"
Charmander weakly opened his eyes and gave Red and solemn look. His first battle and he had already failed. He couldn't even feel any muscle in his body. Everything hurt. Now Red was probably going to ditch him, thinking he was weak and unfit to be on his team.
To his surprise, Red smiled and nodded. "You did your best. I'm proud of you".
Charmander was shocked. So, even after losing this battle, Red was still proud of him and even praised him? Red was definitely not like the other humans he knew about.
Red returned Charmander to his Poke Ball and stood up. He ignored the triumphant smirk on his rival's face and walked over to where Professor Oak and Leaf were standing.
"Is Charmander going to be okay?" he asked. Oak smiled and nodded. "Yes my boy. He's just unconscious, that's all. Just bring him inside my lab and we'll heal him with the machine".
"Thank you", Red nodded. He handed Oak Charmander's Poke Ball, the old professor heading inside immediatly. He then looked at Leaf, who was watching him with a sad smile.
"That was awesome Red", she said. Bulbasaur chirped in agreement. Red smiled.
"Thanks Leaf. It was my first battle, so I was kind of nervous", he replied. "It was still fun though".
Leaf smiled and was about to say something else, but Blue beat her.
"Are you kidding me? That was pathetic! You clearly had no idea what you were doing and just blindly attacked like the idiot you are! If you keep doing that, you're not gonna last long out there. Hell, even your weak ass Pokemon had no idea what you were doing!".
Red's smile vanished and was immediatly replaced by a scowl. He growled and turned around. He had enough of Blue's attitude. It was one thing to insult him, but to insult his Pokemon was just going too far.
Leaf noticed Red's change in demeanor and put her hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him down. However, even she was feeling nothing but pure anger at what Blue said. He had crossed the line now. Even Bulbasaur was growling at the insult aimed at his friend.
"You shut up, you jerk! You think you're so tough and smart that you can just say and do whatever you like and people will bow before you!" Red shouted. "Well, I think not! I think you're a fu-".
"Calm down, Red!" Leaf interupped. "He's not worth it! Just let it go, okay? He's just trying to start something". Red looked like he wanted to argue, but listened to her. Leaf was right; Blue was obviously trying to get Red riled up for his own amusement. She wondered why they were even friends with the prick, now that she thought about it.
Blue's smirk hadn't vanished. In fact, it looked like he was enjoying himself. "What, so now you need your girlfriend to make your own decisions? Oh man, I thought you were better than that! To let someone as beautiful as her go through the trouble of helping a little pipsqueak like you is just hilarious! Shows how much of a wimp you can be, Red".
Red had enough. Blue was asking for it now. He didn't know what came over him but suddenly, he snapped.
With a loud scream, Red charged at Blue and tackled him with full force, knocking them both over. Blue's smirk had vanished and was now replaced with a look of pure shock.
Red was on top of the other boy, throwing strong punches as hard as he could. He didn't even care anymore. All he wanted to do was pound Blue's ugly face in. He couldn't even think. Leaf's screams to stop fell on deaf ears as Red kept punching away.
Blue snapped out of shock and began to fight back, shoving Red off and this time punching the other boy while pinning him down. Red could hit hard, that was a fact. Blue's face was in pain, but he knew his rival didn't stand a chance in an actual fight against him.
Red shouted out pained cries and multiple curses, trying to fight back by throwing punches of his own. Leaf begged them to stop, but to no avail. There was no turning back now.
"Stop this, you two! Bulbasaur, get Professor Oak!" Leaf shouted. The Grass type didn't need to be told twice. He quickly ran inside as fast as his stubby legs could carry him while Leaf continued to scream.
Blue grabbed Red in a headlock and pinned him down, while punching away with his free hand. Red struggled to break free from Blue's grip by tugging on his sleeve and trying to push him away. Both boys rolled around, now going in an all out brawl.
"Guys, please! Stop!" Leaf pleaded. She wanted to go in there and break it up, but she knew she couldn't considering how she was weaker in physical strength compared to the boys.
"I hate you!" Red shouted, finally gathering enough strength to shove Blue off. Before the other boy could recover, Red got up and landed a solid right hook that connected with his rival's lip. Blue fell to the ground with a pained cry and Red took the opportunity to pounce on him, gaining the advantage.
But Blue was not to go down that easily, especially in a fist fight. He grabbed both of Red's arms, holding on tightly while the other boy tried to break free. Blue then used one hand to push Red back and twist the boy's other arm, which Blue had ahold of.
Red cried out in pain and tried to break free of Blue's grip, but his rival grabbed him in a headlock again, and this time let go of Red's arm to punch him in the face as hard as he could.
Red didn't know how much force Blue put into that punch, but suddenly his face was burning up and felt too weak to do anything else. Blue kept hammering away with his fist, making sure to punch Red in the face and gut. He eventually got on top again and was now repeatedly punching his rival with both hands.
Red weakly tried to defend, but couldn't do anything. He felt his vision start to blacken a little and knew it was pointless to fight back now. Blue had clearly won the fight.
By now Professor Oak had come running out of the lab with a few aides and Bulbasaur. The aides quickly ran over and grabbed ahold of the two boys, breaking them apart. Blue attempted to struggle and break free, but he was no match for the strength of two grown men.
Red was too weak to do anything so he just let the two aides drag him away a good distance. He had a lot of scratches and a few bruises on his body now. His clothes were dirty and beat up. Blue didn't look any different. His rival's lip was also bleeding just like Red's looked over to the others and saw that Leaf was now crying while Oak had a huge look of concern on his face.
"Ay, let me at him! I'll beat his ugly ass face him in!" Blue shouted. "You try to fight me, Red?! Come here and let me finish this!"
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Professor Oak shouted. Red and Blue snapped their attention to the old man, surprised at his outburst. Professor Oak wasn't usually this mad, being the calm fellow he was, so it was unusual seeing him red in the face absolutely furious.
"I don't believe this! You two haven't even step foot out of this town yet and you're already beating each other's brains out! Is this really how we behave towards each other?!" Oak shouted. "I am disappointed in both of you! You're better than this!"
Red looked down in shame. Right now, he didn't even care if his face was hurting or his nose was bleeding. What Professor Oak said hurt him more. How could he lose control like that?
Oak continued. "Red, I'm not going to tell your mother about this. I know how she will react and you need to learn how to solve problems like this on your own. As for you Blue, you're lucky Daisy wasn't here to see this, otherwise you know how she would react to this. Both of you, go get freshen up and we'll have a talk in a little while. I'll meet you two back here".
Blue sighed, and shoved the aide that was holding his arm away and walked off to his house. Red looked at everyone and bowed his head, walking away. He'd messed up really badly. It was all that stupid Blue's fault! If he hadn't egged him on, then this wouldn't have happened!
Suddenly, another problem crossed his mind. His mother was going to be furious when she found out about all this. Red gulped. Suddenly, Professor Oak's disappointment didn't sound so bad compared to what he was about to face at home.
After cleaning up his wounds and receiving a good amount of scolding from his mother, Red came back to the lab.
He was feeling mixed emotions right now, still angry at Blue and nervous for what was about to come. He opened the door and walked in, heading for the back of the lab.
There, Professor Oak was waiting there with Leaf. The girl had dried tear stains on her face and still looked down.
"Have a seat, Red", Oak gestured to the two chairs that weren't taken. Red sat down and folded his hands. He waited for Professor Oak to say something, but he was silent.
When Red looked at him curiously, he answered. "We're waiting for Blue to show up". Red nodded and silently waited. He didn't know how long Blue would take, since the boy was mad at him.
Luckily, he didn't have to wait long. Five minutes later, Blue came over and looked at his grandfather curiously.
"Sit down, Blue", Oak said and continued once the boy did. "I have to say, I didn't expect this from both of you. I know the two of you share a rivalry, but this was taking it a little too far, wasn't it? I'm especially disappointed in you, Red. You were never the one to lose calm like that".
"It's his fault!" Red exclaimed, pointing at Blue. "He started it!"
Blue glared back. "Did not!"
"Did too! You're the one who kept insulting me!"
"You're the one who tackled me! I just defended myself!"
"Oh, that's a load of Tauros crap and-"
"STOP. IT. NOW", Oak hissed. The two boys immediatly shut up and looked at the professor in slight fear. Even Blue, who was never usually scared by his grandfather, had never seen him so pissed.
"I can't believe this. Even after all this, you two are still fighting! Is this really worth it? Do you really want to ruin your journey with a strained relationship like this?"
Red sighed and calmed himself down. Part of him wanted to beg the professor to not let Blue go, but he knew that wouldn't be right.
"Just look at Leaf here! Look how you hurt her!"
Red looked at the sad Leaf and immediatly felt guilt flood up in his body. He'd just hurt his best friend because of one stupid mistake.
"I'm sorry Professor Oak. I shouldn't have acted this way", Red said.
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to", Oak spoke.
Red looked down and gulped. He turned to Blue, who was staring at him with a blank expression, which was unusual of him.
"I'm sorry Blue. I hope we can move on with this and put the past behind us", Red said. "I don't want this to ruin our friendship. We can still be rivals and all, but let's not be enemies".
He held out his hand after that, surprising Blue. Leaf and Oak smiled, knowing the amount of sincerity Red put in that apology.
Blue seemed to be considering his options when Professor Oak cleared his throat. He looked at his grandfather who was giving him the look. He then looked back at Red and saw the pure kindness in his rival's eyes.
It disgusted him.
Blue slapped his hand away, much to the shock of everyone. He then stood up and turned around, walking off with his hands in his pockets. He had enough of this and wanted to get out of here as fast as possible. He hated this place so much now, it wasn't even certain if he would come back here.
Before he left however, he had one last message to his rival. "Red, just know that I'm not going to hold back on this journey at all. I will utterly crush you and take my rightful place as the champion. Don't get in my way, ever. Remember that".
He left the lab before anyone could stop him. Oak sighed and looked down. He had failed. His grandson hated him now and there was nothing that could change it now. He massaged his temples in frustration.
Red meanwhile looked down at his hand, confused. Blue had just rejected his apology and stormed off. Now what kind of thing was that? He had apologized fair and square and tried to fix things with his rival, but Blue had merely spat on him, humiliating him even more. He suddenly felt anger toward his rival. What Blue said hadn't deterred him in any way. In fact, it would be him that would get stronger and be the champion. Not Blue.
"Are you okay?" Leaf asked. Red was clenching his fists so tight that his knuckles had turned almost white.
Red looked up and was surprised to see Leaf, let alone be talking to him. Leaf noticed his confused expression and gave him a forgiving look, making him relax.
"Yeah, I'm fine", he replied. Leaf put a hand on his shoulder and smiled. She wasn't mad at him. She was scared when the two had started fighting. They hadn't done that ever since they were kids.
Professor Oak cleared his throat. The two looked up at him and he held out a Poke Ball. "Charmander's feeling better, so if you want to take him you can go now". He gave them a warm smile and encouraging look.
Red smiled back and took his starter's Poke Ball. "Thanks Professor. Are you sure you're okay though?"
"I'm fine my boy", Oak waved. "It's just that I've never seen Blue act this way. It's just odd". The old man let out a slightly forced laugh, but Red saw through the act and knew the professor was hurting deep inside. However, he knew Oak wanted to be left alone now so he smiled and headed for the door.
"Thanks Professor! I'll make you and everyone at Pallet Town proud!" Red called.
"Don't forget about me! I'll be sure to help you fill out the Pokedex Professor!" Leaf added.
Oak smiled and waved at the two. "Good luck! Remember to stop by and see Daisy! Oh, and remember to call me if you need anything!"
Red and Leaf waved and headed out of the lab. Leaf brought out Bulbasaur, who happily walked alongside his trainer. Seeing this made Red bring out Charmander, the Fire type appearing with a determined cry.
'I will beat you Blue! Just wait, I'm going to prove you wrong and be the strongest trainer in the world!'
Leaf smiled at her friend. "You ready for this?"
Red grinned. "Yeah! Let's go! Pokemon League, here I come!"
~|To Be Continued|~
Sorry if this chapter seems a little short, but I can't really write long chapters since it just drags on and kind of bores me. R&R if you enjoyed!