Alright, first (Official) Pokemon story.
Okay, i know that their may be a few issues with the story.
Like i said before, Red is the main focus, thus, there will be points where only Red is narrated, not showing what the others are doing.
Okay, Here's Red's part, and finally, Blue!
enjoy!
When Blue awoke the next morning, for a second he thought of who he may battle that day. He thought out a new strategy for Blastoise to try out and a new path for him and Jolteon to jog out around Viridian.
Then, he blinked.
He awoke with a sneeze, some of Arcanine's mane having blown over his nose in the night. The sleepy dog in question lifted its head and looked at him blearily, asking with a single "Arc?"
"Go back to sleep." Blue grunted, rising and the dog obeyed, tucking its nose under its striped paws and gently snoozing away.
Blue rose, walking tired towards the campfire Brock had already prepared. Misty was sitting there also, her Pokémon gathered around large bowl and mounds of Pokémon food that Blue could only assume Brock had made.
"Morning." Misty greeted with a smile while Blue just groaned slightly, eagerly taking the morning drink Brock had set aside for him.
(They had discovered that Coffee was something Professor Oak was gladly willing to share).
"Not an early person, huh?" Brock smiled and Blue rolled his eyes. "It's not like those four are." He nodded to the mound of multi coloured sleeping bags all around the park they were camping in, just in sight of the Lab.
"True. Ash doesn't get up until Noon most days." Misty smiled and Blue gave a small smile also.
True to Misty's words, as soon as the sun reached midpoint did Pikachu and Ash stir, walking like a Gengar out to greet breakfast with sleepy movements. Blue was startled by the action, as Red was never this way. Between the two, Red always woke earlier. It must have just been a difference between the two dimensions.
"So Blue, are you up for a gym battle later?" Ash asked eagerly, causing Blue to halt in the consumption of his pancakes, looking at Ash almost in disbelief.
"Ash, I'm the final gym leader. I don't want to hurt your Pokémon." Blue stated rather slowly, Ash blinking in surprise before annoyance took over.
"Hey! I've won gym badges! I have all eight from Johto, Kanto, Sinnoh, and Unova! Not to mention I was the Kanto and Orange League Champion!" ash shouted angrily, causing Blue to look rather surprised.
"It seems I've underestimated you then. Have you ever competed in the Elite Four?" He asked, somewhat interested as suddenly Ash's confidence diminished and he awkwardly looked down.
"No. I've met a few of the Four, Lorelei from Kanto, Drake from Hoenn, and Agatha from Kanto." Ash shuffled while Blue managed a small smile.
"Drake? I've met him once, nice guy, cocky though. Lorelei was nice, wasn't bad for Jolt here." He nodded towards his Jolteon who hummed loudly, and then he gave a faint shiver. "But Agatha? That Gengar. Every time it appeared out of nowhere? Scared me half the way to Arceus." He rolled his eyes while Arcanine who happened to eavesdrop shivered violently, as if remembering.
"Wait, how do you know about the Elite Four?" Dawn asked, slightly confused while Blue blinked.
"Huh? Well, Lorelei I just mentioned. I met her once at the Seafoam Islands. Koga I never really knew until I fought him, Alakazam was my star there." He casted an affectionate look at the large Pokémon, who smiled and lifted his spoons in greetings.
"Then there was Agatha- I never want to battle her again, she was creepy." He looked at Jolteon who gave a large shiver, then looked at Ash with a shrug. "Lance was hard. It was a team effort, but I think Gyaradose managed to save us with Dragon Rage. " Blue blinked, and then he suddenly was struck with a 'Duh!'
"I did tell you guys that I was Champion, right?" He asked, furrowing his brows while the group proceeded to stare in jaw dropping awe. 'Eh, apparently not.'
"Wait, so you're going to let Ash battle even if you're a Pokémon Champion?" Dawn practically shrieked, and Blue flinched.
"Was." He corrected, although Ash just jumped to his feet in excitement.
"I can't believe you are a Pokémon Champion-"
"Was. I was a Champion." Blue repeated bitterly, causing Brock to frown.
"Wait, to lose your title that means that someone else had to beat you." He observed and Blue threw him an annoyed look.
"Who cares! I'm going to battle a champion!" Ash practically shouted with glee, Pikachu echoing his excitement.
"It's not really that big of a de-" He froze, seeing something odd out of the corner of his eye, he turned to see the oddly shaped balloon getting closer with amazing speed.
"Pidgeot, go look at that." He nodded to his large Pokémon who took to the air gracefully and started flapping easily, Ash's Noctowl following quickly as Pikachu suddenly growled angrily.
"What's wrong?" Blue asked, suddenly wary as Arcanine moved closer to Blue, confused with the situation.
"Those guys are a bunch of Pokémon thieves!" Misty shouted, and suddenly Pidgeot was landing, confirming Misty's statement with an annoyed look of her own.
"Noctowl! Do they have anyone up there?" Ash shouted, and Noctowl shook its head, Pikachu jumping on the ground in ready position.
"Thunderbolt!" Ash pointed, Blue watching in surprise as the electric rodent showed no mercy as an intense electrical wave shot out at the balloon.
To Blue's surprise, the electricity deflected off, and he could faintly hear laughter while the group gasped in shock.
"Arcanine, flamethrower." He nodded, and his companion shot an inferno of flame from its maw, twisting and turning before that too deflected off with no issue.
"What?" Blue asked in surprise, Arcanine looking baffled itself as suddenly a net exploded from the basket, grabbing the cluster of Pokémon which not only included Pikachu, but Arcanine, Pidgeot, Jolteon, Noctowl, and Piplup too.
"No!" Brock shouted, Ash opened his mouth, about to shout to his Pikachu before Blue stopped him.
"No! If your Pikachu uses its electric attack, it'll affect everyone!" He snapped, and Ash gritted his teeth in anger.
"You'll have to do better than that, twerps!" He faintly heard a high pitch shout of a woman as she sneered over the edge of the basket, causing Blue's eyes to narrow in annoyance.
"Blastoise." He growled the large water Pokémon growling at the large balloon. Without further command, a large blast of blue water was shot out, cutting through the air sharply before that too, crumpled in contact with the balloon.
"Piplup! Bubblebeam!" Dawn shouted weakly to her trapped Pokémon, the creature instantly halting when Arcanine let out a howl of pain at the contact.
"Pikachu! Hang in there!" Ash shouted as slowly the balloon started to float away.
"I'm not letting some creeps take you!" Blue shouted angrily, about to command Blastoise to use Hydro Pump again, before a loud whistling noise was heard on the wind.
"What's that?" Misty asked with a wince, hands clasped over her ears.
"It's like an Air Cutter!" Brock gasped, and Blue looked up in surprise as an orange blur slashed with quick jarring speeds across the balloon, slashing a large groove down the seam, causing the net to rip open.
At once the Pokémon freed themselves, Pidgeot diving and snatching Arcanine in her talons and flapping madly as Jolteon somehow managed to land on the bird's back, clinging desperately amongst the mad flapping.
Piplup landed on Noctowl who landed quickly, Piplup jumping off and running to Dawn quickly. Arcanine jumped from its slowed fall, form blurring into Extremespeed as it landed on the ground with a loud thump, panting at the sudden surprise.
"Pikachu!" Ash suddenly shouted, desperately scanning the skies for his friend who should have long since fallen.
"No! Ash!" Brock shouted, trying to stop Ash from running to Pidgeot and hijacking Blue's bird.
"I've got to find Pikachu-"
RrrrraaaAAwrrR! A distinctive roar was heard, one that Ash recognized and one that Blue would never forget.
Breaking the treetops a massive Charizard landed, long talons digging into the soil while the muscular body rippled as it lowered its head, Pikachu jumping off with a look of joy as it raced towards Ash.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted in surprise and happiness as he caught the squealing rodent, then looking at the Charizard.
The group gasped as a single person nimbly slid from the creatures back, a similar Pokémon sitting on the elder's shoulder as he calmly looked at the group, eyeing Blue with a smirk.
"Thank you, Mr. for saving Pikachu." Ash spoke with a smile, Pikachu squealing loudly to the Charizard who simply puffed black smoke in response.
The stranger nodded, and the Pikachu on his shoulder let out a calm "Pika Chu-chu." It nodded, looking at its trainer who gave a slight nod. The Pikachu jumped down onto the ground and ran over to Ash, looking at his own Pikachu, who jumped down and started chattering away, at once electricity sparked and their tails clashed with a loud pitch "Chaa!" They squealed.
"Looks like they're friends already." May smiled, looking at the man, whose eyes and face was masked by the hat on his head.
"Figured they would be." Blue muttered, leaning against Arcanine who was stiff and staring at the Charizard in friendly rivalry. "Arrrrr." It growled, causing Ash to stare in confusion.
"Is there an issue with Arcanine?" He asked aloud, causing Jolt to snort, and toss its head.
"You could say that. Guys, meet Red, my rival from our universe." Blue growled, causing Ash to look at him in surprise.
"Oh! Well, nice to meet you Red, my name's Ash, and this is Pikachu." Ash smiled, nodding to the smaller of the two Pikachu's, who waved happily.
Red's eyebrows shot up in surprise, the hat lifting enough for the group to see the crimson eyes he had and warily gasp at the unsettling colour.
He nodded toward Ash before looking quickly at Blue, who apparently understood the silent question.
"Yeah, apparently there's parallel us in this place. So, Ash is you, and I'm some kid named Gary in Sinnoh." Blue shrugged, causing Red to look at his counterpart once more.
Arceus wanted him to work with his counterpart?
"I'm assuming you're the reason that I'm here?" Blue scowled, and Red simply nodded, causing Blue to rant loudly.
"Oh! So now you're the irresponsible one! I have a gym to run you know! I can't just leave that behind me!" He shouted loudly, causing Red to lift an eyebrow and cross his arms, Charizard trying not to snort laughter.
"Think we should stop them?" Max asked, and Brock quickly shook his head no.
"You can't just sweep me away now that I have responsibilities Red! I was never one for your insane plans, nor the one for going off on adventures. I settled down! I actually have commitments!" He shouted, Red rolling his eyes and practically ignoring the ranting man.
"I can't just leave with no warning! I can't pretend that I'm like you, and don't care about others!"
Red froze, Charizard craning his neck to stare at the trainer in surprise, before anger at the words. Red didn't respond, frozen in place before slowly turning on his feet.
"Do you know that every time I see my mum and my Granddad I have to see your mum and tell her that maybe you'll come back? Do you know she thinks you're dead! I have to keep lying to her over and over just so she won't climb Mt. Silver herself!" Blue shouted, and Red spun, crimson eyes glowing with anger as Charizard roared, letting loose a plume of brilliant glowing fire from its maw.
"Arc!" Arcanine intercepted with Flame Wheel, absorbing it and dissipating the flame with a movement that was obvious, they had done many times.
"Whoa!" May yelped, the group racing a few feet away from where they began, far from the fire's grasp.
"Are we going to watch a battle?" Dawn asked, surprised as the Charizard took to the air, letting loose another wave of fire in which Arcanine deflected.
"It seems like it. Isn't it natural for rival's to battle when they're mad at each other?" Brock asked, looking at Ash who at least managed to look guilty.
Charizard roared in the air, diving and creating a barrel roll that spontaneously burst into flame, causing Arcanine's eyes to widen as it attempted to clear the way, only to not move fast enough.
The following explosion of flying earth and dust caused the group to cough, Piplup hiding behind Dawn as Pikachu shouted loudly into the fray.
"What in the name of Ho Oh is going on here!" Professor Oak asked, storming outside before stopping next to the group, blinking in confusion towards the dust cloud. The other Pokémon of the park quickly gathered behind the group, watching with confusion.
"Uh, it seems that Blue's rival also got sucked into this world." Brock awkwardly explained, causing Professor Oak to blink.
"A Pokémon battle? Not in my park!" He shouted in annoyance, looking around towards a small flock of Pidgey he had in the park.
"You there! You wouldn't mind clearing the dust, would you?" He asked the birds, who trilled loudly and started flapping the dust cloud away.
"You don't think Blue hurt the new guy that badly, right? I mean, he did beat the Elite Four." Misty asked worriedly, but they all gasped as one as the dust showed the Charizard standing victoriously over the fainted Arcanine, who was limp in the broken ground.
Blue and Red were glaring from across the field as Red lifted a Pokémon ball, Charizard being recalled while the Pikachu on his shoulder looked back towards the group, cheerfully shouting out.
"Pika! Pi-chu!" It shouted, towards Pikachu who was frozen in shock.
Red managed a small smile while he walked to the side, Blue letting out a defeated sigh and recalling the mighty wolf creature, smiling towards the Pokeball and finally up at Red.
"Fine, you're serious for bringing me here. What for?" He asked snappishly, the group leaning closer to hear the answer…
But there was none. Instead, Red looked up to the sky with a jerk of his head, causing Blue to look up, scowling as he thought about before. "The balloon?"
Red gave a nod, looking to his Pikachu, who gave a low "Pika." Then jumped down, running over towards Ash's Pikachu before talking intently.
Ash's Pikachu looked stunned before recoiling in surprise. "Pikachu chu? Pika Pi! Pikachu chu!" Pikachu shouted towards his confused trainer.
"Uhh." Ash blinked, staring at May who shrugged.
"Who were those people in the balloon that tried to steal our Pokémon?" Blue asked, voice firm while Max scowled.
"That was a team of Pokémon stealers known as Team Rocket-"
Blue flinched, recoiling suddenly causing Max to stop speaking in surprise, causing him to look at Red in shock. "They're here? They're back?"
"Back? What do you mean?" May asked with a frown, but blue had started pacing in worry. Red watching silently as ever.
"I- I don't understand. They shouldn't be here if Ash is- but Ash is different." He froze, looking at Ash who was now getting nervous. Blue looked towards Red, who didn't say anything. Blue's mind seemed to click, and he let out a rushed breath.
"That's why I'm here. You met Arceus, didn't you? He told you to come here to stop them." He spoke, and Red gave a small smile, looking over to Professor Oak who gasped loudly.
"Incredible! You met the legendary Pokémon Arceus? You must tell me about it-" Professor Oak stopped shaking Red's hand from his excitement, now noticing the extreme caution the man expressed and how utterly uncomfortable the red eyed male was.
"I don't understand, what's so important about Team Rocket?" Dawn asked with a frown, Piplup asking the same question in a few chirps.
"Depends, what do you know about them?" Blue asked with a frown, leaning against his trusty Jolteon, who gave a low growl to emphasize Blue's point.
"They're Pokémon kidnappers, wanting Pokémon to use them for themselves." May blinked and Blue blinked surprised before looking at Red, who gave a slow nod as if to say 'see?'
"Well…you aren't wrong." Blue shuffled, Jolteon snorting and looking away while Red lifted eyebrows at the creature, which in turn spat angrily at him.
"Team Rocket from our universe was much more…brutal, you could say." Blue sighed, and Red mirrored it quietly, walking away while Blue ignored it, much too used to this behavior.
"Hey! Where is he-" Dawn asked, but Blue waved a dismissive hand.
"He'll be fine, he does this more often than you'd think." Blue rolled his eyes while Red wondered about, his Pikachu flicking its ears before racing after with an impressive speed display.
"What is this about Team Rocket?" Misty asked with a frown, and Blue nodded before getting back to the task on hand.
"In our universe, they kidnapped trainer's Pokémon to sell them illegally, or even experiment on them to find new diseases, vaccines, or ways to divert power into machines. They were using Pokémon to take over Kanto, Johto, and no doubt the other regions." Blue scowled, causing the group to inhale in horror.
"They experiment on Pokémon? That's horrible." May gasped, looking sick while her little brother looked furious.
"Red himself dealt with them…rather well. His lack of appearance in this world is the reason they still remain here." Blue nodded, causing Ash to look insulted.
"Hey! I bet I'm just as good of a trainer as him!" He scowled, jerking one hand towards Red, who was observing a group of Sandshrew and Sandslash.
"Trust me kid, don't challenge him." Blue warned voice dead serious while Ash blinked in confusion.
"Why?" he asked, the others were leaning in to listen while Blue gave a small dry smile.
"Just…just don't. He won't accept your challenge either, few get to battle him." He smiled wistfully and shook his head.
"Did you ever get to?" Max asked and Blue looked down, rolling his eyes while Jolteon hissed.
"Oh, did I ever. We were rivals, always showing up at the same towns. I challenged him only ten feet from my Gran- sorry, Professor Oak's lab in our universe. That was when Jolt here was only an Eevee, and his Pikachu hadn't even seen the light after he got it."
"So you won?" Brock asked, and Blue actually laughed.
"Oh Arceus no. Even if he had Jolt I would have lost." He shook his head, smile faltering as he looked at Red, who was now moving towards a group of Nidoran, "He has this…way, with battling. It…It feels like when you battle him, you're fighting the entire Elite Four with only one Pokémon. He makes you know you're going to lose." He frowned.
"We met someone like that." Dawn stated, causing Ash to look at her confusedly, "A girl named Cynthia."
"Oh yeah!" Ash snapped, a smile on his face as he looked at Red still walking around, "Boy wouldn't I want those two to battle."
"If this Cynthia is as good as you say, I'd love to battle her." Blue smiled, and Ash smiled back.
"Yeah, I wonder if we could contact her." Dawn smiled, and Ash shrugged.
Night fell and instead of going inside, Red was outside, sitting on the ground and leaning against his Charizard, which had long since gone to sleep.
The group was inside, Dawn and May looking out to see Red leaning against his Charizard, his other Pokémon curled up nearby him.
"Isn't he cold out there?" May ask with a frown, Dawn giving a shrug.
"He's fine." Blue noted, casually looking out the window before looking back to Max, who stopped his talking and frowned in confusion.
"Red? You mean he's still out there?" Max asked, jumping to his feet and looking out the window. Indeed Red was still out there, not looking the least bit uncomfortable.
"Guys, he's fine." Blue stressed again, but Max didn't look convinced.
"He must be cold." Max whimpered, and Blue nearly slapped his head at how they weren't listening.
"You don't think he'd care if we brought him a blanket, do you?" Dawn asked, and May smiled, snatching a comforter off of a couch while pulling out a Pokeball.
"Blaze!" It cried out, towering above May while Blue stumbled back from the Pokémon, hand moving towards his Pokeball in shock.
"Holy- " He shook his head, snatching out a Pokedex that May and Dawn had never seen before, the device chirping before sliding open, not speaking and instead offering a visual.
"Oh! I've never seen a Pokedex like that before!" Dawn gasped, snatching it right out of Blue's hand as she stared at the screen.
"When facing a tough foe, it looses flames from its wrists. Its powerful legs let it jump clear over buildings"
Dawn read aloud, looking at Blaziken who snorted smoke in approval.
"Blaze Category, Level 37, XP 488451." Dawn read, growing confusion while Blue rolled his eyes.
"Yeah yeah, now if you don't mind, I want my Pokedex back." He snatched it and closed, it, eying the large Pokémon as it took the blanket from May and looked out at the snoozing Red.
"Hey, Blaziken." He nodded, the Pokémon spinning to look at him intently, "Don't wake Red fast. Wake the Charizard first; it'll be less painful for you." Blue nodded, flopping onto a couch while the Blaziken ventured outside.
"What does a Level mean, and what's XP?" Max asked, settling next to Blue while the elder paused.
"…What do you mean?" Blue asked slowly and Dawn blinked, looking at May who shrugged.
"Well, I've never heard of Levels before." "Me either." Dawn added, causing Blue to sink against his chair in surprise before shaking his head.
"I- wow. That's just…wow." He ran a hand through his hair in surprise as he thought, shaking his head in disbelief.
"What is it if it's so important to you?" Max asked, and Blue flashed a Pokeball, Arcanine suddenly standing in front of them on the couch.
"Levels are…wow, okay, this is weird." Blue sighed, starting over, "They're units of measurement used with Pokémon to help decipher their skill ranking." He stressed, and May frowned.
"Like…a Pokémon is born at level two. When Pokémon evolve, sometimes it's because they've exceeded their evolutionary skill, and they've gained enough power to advance to a stronger stage." Blue winced, and Max's eyes lit up.
"I get it! So each Pokémon has a certain level?" Max asked while Blue just smiled.
"For example here, most gym leaders have Pokémon within a similar level unit, a few people have Pokémon that exceed others in level, simply because it was their first, or it has more experience. Jolt has the most so far, but Arc battles more gym opponents. Here-" He took out his Pokedex and flashed it at Arcanine, who waited patiently while the device chirped.
Opening it, he passed it to Max, who eagerly took it to read.
"A Pokémon that has long been admired for its beauty. It runs agilely as if on wings." He read, and Arcanine barked in approval while Max read even more on the creature.
"341 lbs, male- what?" Max yelped, and Blue frowned, peeking over to see what he was freaking out about. "Oh, I thought there was a problem."
Max looked at him in disbelief before May snatched the Pokedex, looking at it to the large fire creature, who looked at her expectantly.
"Your Arcanine is level 68!" May cried loudly, causing Arcanine's ears to pin back at the loud sound.
The others came running from around the corner, looking rather dozy, Ash having just gotten out of bed. From outside a loud angry roar was heard that alerted everyone that Charizard had woken, a few others accompanied it, such as an annoyed Blastoise, and Venusaur.
The sliding door banged open and Red stood there, not even looking at May (who had originally shouted) but instead shot red daggers at Blue, who flinched and raised his hands in defense.
"Hey! It's not my fault!" He weakly stated, getting glares from all angles. "Come on Red! I wasn't the one who shouted!" Blue defended, and May blushed, looking down.
All Red did, was cross his arms.
"I- look, they don't have levels here! They've never heard of levels here, but our Pokedex's still picked them up!" He defended, that caught Red's attention.
He reached in his pocket, pulling out the nearly pristine device as it beeped on Dawn's Piplup, sliding open while Red lifted one eyebrow, as if agreeing.
"What's a level?" Ash yawned, and Red looked at Blue, who sighed.
"Fine, a level, as I have already told Max, May and Dawn, are units used to classify a Pokémon's skill-" He stated, eying Red before finishing, "Or power."
"A new way to classify Pokémon?" Professor Oak gasped, looking at Red in surprise while Blue groaned and held out his Pokedex,
The Professor barely could contain himself as it clicked and showed Arcanine, his eyes practically bulging at the information that it gave.
"This is revolutionary! Never would I have thought to use levels as a way to record data!"
"It takes longer to gain a level the higher yours is." Blue offered, shrugging, "Personal experience."
"What I don't understand, is why does it take so long to gain levels?" Dawn asked with a frown, and Blue thought.
"Well…when your Pokémon is at a lower level it learns faster, thus the experience helps. When it's older, or more experienced, it's more difficult to master skills I guess. Pokémon also have an 'estimation' area for when they should evolve, a Metapod evolves at level ten, while a Dragonair evolves at level 55. Pokémon can evolve prematurely, but most tend to stick to the level areas." Blue added, Professor Oak flipping through all of his information and logged encounters.
"That's incredible." Brock smiled, and Arcanine barked in agreement while Misty peeked over to look at the device.
"What about you, Red? Does your Pokedex have a level thing?" Ash asked, the other male just looked at him with red eyes before opening the door and walking outside where his Espeon was waiting. He laid back on the sleeping Charizard, his Pikachu on his chest while his Espeon settled on his leg.
"…That was rude." Misty observed with a frown while Professor Oak mirrored it.
"Of what I overheard yesterday, he is probably not used to human contact, or as much attention as we are giving him." The Professor stated, Blue giving a jerk of his head as a nod.
"Well, it's late, I think we all should follow Red's example and get a good night's sleep." Professor Oak smiled and slowly everyone got up, Blue returning Arcanine as he walked towards where his room was, pausing to look at the sleeping figure of Red outside, before turning off the lights.
x-(X)-x
"-So I just had to come by!"
Blue woke to a different voice that he hadn't expected. It was a woman's, yet it was slightly familiar.
Jolteon was at his side as he walked out of his room, moving towards the main area where he at once recognized the newcomer.
Long brown hair and sun tanned skin. A Mr. Mime by her side and without seeing her face, Blue knew that she had brown eyes.
"Uh…" Blue smartly stated, Jolteon recognizing the woman as it suddenly was unsure of what to do.
Delia turned, looking surprised by Blue's presence. She smiled pleasantly towards him, and Blue's gut sunk.
"Oh! Hello, my you do look similar to Gary Oak, my name is Delia Ketchum, and it's a pleasure to meet you." She smiled, shaking Blue's hand as he introduced himself, "Blue, former Viridian Gym Leader." He smiled back while she smiled to everyone sitting down; apparently they all knew her well.
"So, how has life in Pallet Town been, Mr. Ketchum?" Brock asked pleasantly, causing Delia to laugh and start talking about the flock of Jumpluff that passed by a while ago, or something along those lines.
Blue managed to inconspicuously snag the Professor's arm and pull him to the side; speaking low he asked quietly, "Where is Red?"
The Professor stared at him in confusion, "I haven't seen him all morning. His Pokémon were here, all except that Charizard of his-"
"He probably went flying then. Okay, whatever you do, try and make sure that Delia is gone when Red's back." Blue warned before walking over and joining the conversation again.
"So Blue, this must be very different for you." Delia smiled, and Blue felt the awkwardness rise again.
"Uh, yeah. Things are different here then back at my home." Blue started, and Delia sat on the couch across from him next to her son, Ash.
"Oh? It must be very hard for you to be so far away from your family." She sympathized and blue squirmed.
"Well, my Pokémon are my family now, and only the ones I've had from the beginning are with me here." He smiled to his Jolteon, which purred when Delia gave it a soft scratch, "I have others back in my universe, but yeah…it's difficult." Blue awkwardly ended, and Delia smiled softly.
"Well, I do hope you find your way back to your universe, and Ash! I hope you don't get into too much trouble on your journey." She smiled, causing Ash to rub the back of his neck.
"Mom!"
"Hey, no but's mister. I expect you to return to this house in tip top shape, you understand?" She asked, pointing a finger to make sure he understood while Blue chuckled slightly.
"I understand." Ash mumbled, and stood up to accept the hug she gave him.
"Good lu-" A loud bang cut off what Delia was going to say. Blue looked up with a start, Jolteon fizzling by his side.
Red was standing in the doorway, indeed his Charizard was behind him, obviously confused by the situation. Red's Pikachu was perched on Red's shoulder, not moving out of shock. Red himself seemed paralyzed, frozen, as he stared at Delia.
"Hello." She blinked with a small smile, and Blue felt that horrible feeling again.
Red bolted, spinning and taking three strides before landing on his Charizard, which took flight immediately.
Delia recoiled with a small gasp of sadness; as if Red's quick departure was her fault.
"Hey- it's okay." Blue calmly soothed, grabbing a Pokeball and letting his Pidgeot appear outside, stretching its wings as it stared at Blue questionably.
"I'll bring him back…it's not your fault. I swear." He nodded to Delia, jumping on his Pokémon's back.
He spun when he felt another person behind him; he frowned glaring at Ash who glared right back.
"Look, I don't that Red is a jerk to us, but he cannot act that way to my mum." He glared back at Blue, as if trying to prove why he had a right to ride Pidgeot.
"Fine, don't let Pikachu spark though, Pidgeot wouldn't like it." Blue warned as they took air, expertly wrapping legs around his bird's strong stomach.
"You ever fly on a Pidgeot before?" Blue asked, noticing how the two travelers weren't concerned over the safety of the bird.
"I had a Pidgeot for a while, it left to take care of a flock of Pidgey just out of town." Ash responded, scanning the skies for a large flying orange lizard.
They swooped between two of the hills, the windmill of Professor Oak's lab growing fainter and fainter as the forest stretched far below, finally a sight that Ash could recognize.
"Anything around here that would attract Red's attention?" Blue asked, glancing around while Ash pointed to the left.
"There, it's Ivy Bridge River. Nothing down there but Magikarp but the only thing in the area." Ash pointed, and Blue thought before his bird angled down, "Let's have a look then."
Pidgeot landed and they dismounted, Pikachu landing and sniffing before racing off to the right, the two following closely.
"When I find Red, you do not interfere, understand?" Blue growled, causing Ash to look at him in surprise before a short nod, he could agree to that.
They skidded to a halt, Pidgeot fluttering down from above while Red's Charizard growled angrily. Ash's Pikachu jumped out, demanding loudly, "Pika! Pika chu Pikachu chu!" It growled, the Pikachu on Red's shoulder looked up in alarm before looking back at Red.
Red himself was leaning against the shadow of a tree, the shadow of the branches obscuring his form, while his hat completely blocked off his face from sight. Even from across the small river, it was…concerning.
Blue let a low breath recalling Pidgeot and instead sending out his Gyarados, which practically took up the entire width of the river. The tameness of the normally uncontrollable monster astounded Ash, as Blue calmly walked across the Gyarados on its scales, standing on the same bank as Red as they stared at each other.
"…You know it was your fault." Blue stated, staring at Red who didn't move from underneath the tree, instead Blue just waited the fair distance away, pausing in the silence.
"I used to think that you didn't care about your mother at all, what a surprise to find out Ash's mum is a carbon copy." Blue stated dryly, causing Ash to stare at Pikachu in shock. His mother looked just like Red's? But Red had been up on a mountain apparently-
Oh.
"I know you miss her, that's why you ran away. So why don't we go back to the lab so we can finally get this stupid mission rolling."
The only thing Red did was step out from under the tree.
Ash felt it. He felt that feeling Blue had described, when he had only one Pokémon and he was against a legendary. He felt, like this…being could take on Arceus and maybe even win.
It was an intimidating feeling.
"I don't want to fight you, Red. Let's just go back, I don't know what we're going to do after, but we can figure something out…We need to get started on getting back to our own home. You can go back to Mt. Silver if you really want, but I actually need to get back to my gym." Blue smiled slightly, and Red showed him his eyes.
They were…glassy, not the cool indifference Ash didn't know he had gotten used to. It was unnerving to see this god like trainer reduced to a emotional wreck, even if the only sign was slightly glassy eyes.
"Let's go back." Blue smiled once more, and Red finally, finally gave a nod.
They were flying back, and this time, the ride was silent.
x-(X)-x
The next day was when the realization sunk in on the others.
They were leaving.
It was a large group, Blue and Red taking up the front while behind them was Ash, Misty, Brock, May, Dawn, and Max. The only way the travel actually became interesting, was that the majority of their Pokémon were released, allowing them to join the fun of walking around.
When they were leaving, Blue had urged them to take the Pokémon they had recently traveled with, for Ash, that meant all of the Pokémon he caught with Dawn. It didn't bother him that much, once Blue had informed him that he could swap any Pokémon at any Pokémon center.
As they walked, Brock couldn't help but look at the Pokémon, even Dawn was blown away by the diversity, having grown up in Sinnoh.
"Wow, look at them!" Dawn whispered to May, who was a little more used to the diversity.
Red was walking on the right hand side, Blue on the left. It seemed for every Pokémon sent out to walk by them, there was another to parallel it.
Espeon was paralleled by Jolteon. Next in line was Charizard who was now walking on four legs, something Ash had never seen before, or with his own Charizard. To mirror that was Blue's Pidgeot which walked gracefully next to the Jolteon.
Blue's Blastoise was mirrored by Red's own Blastoise, although there was a large distinguishable difference between the two. Red's had a separate groove on its shell back, it's arms and legs were darker in colour and more…thicker looking, then Blue's which was more vibrant and slightly smaller, although still large by normal means.
Blue's Gyarados was matched by Red's Snorlax, which was oddly enough wide awake. The two lumbered along, creating slight indents on the ground; however Snorlax didn't make the ground shake like Ash's own.
Blue's Alakazam walked along quietly with Red's Venusaur to keep pace, not breaking stride as the two walked.
The last two was Arcanine which walked close enough for Blue to pet occasionally, for Red, his Pikachu stood firm and well balanced on his left shoulder, keeping a look out with his Espeon in the front.
"It's scary." May breathed to Dawn, her Blaziken walking next to her while her own, and much smaller and young looking Venusaur kept her Skitty, Munchlax, Glaceon and Wartortle in line.
"I know, I feel like I'm being led by monsters." Dawn mumbled back with a giggle. Her Mamoswine herding along her own Pokémon (Pachirisu, Bunnery, Quilava, and Togakiss) while Piplup walked right next to her.
Brock had most of his Pokémon still in his pokeballs with the exception of Crogunk, who walked beside Inernape. Staraptor, Gible, and Buizel all opted to ride on Torterra's back, while Pikachu just sat on Ash's shoulder.
"This has got to be one of our largest Pokémon gatherings ever." Ash smiled, looking at Brock who observed all of the Pokémon. Misty just gave a small laugh, agreeing completely while not showing any of her own Pokémon, they not being suited for land.
"To be honest, this is actually really weird." Blue noted, calling over his shoulder while Max laughed at how odd everything looked.
They walked on for a few hours, much to the other's amazement, not a single Pokémon from Red's team grew tired. Not even the Snorlax, which Ash assumed would be the first to call it quits.
On Blue's side, eventually he called back his Pidgeot and his Alakazam, the others were perfectly fine walking though.
The sun started to set when Red stopped. His Pokémon stopped in perfect synchronization, causing Ash to stumble to a stop, Piplup running accidently into May and causing her to jump at the sudden movement.
The group watched in confusion and partial annoyance as Red recalled all of his Pokémon, leaving Pikachu out while Blue sighed.
"Yeah, you're right." He nodded to Red, who gave a nod and continued walking. Blue turned to address the rest, "We're close to Viridian, if we march in like this, we'll get attention. Recall your Pokémon, and try not to attract attention."
Viridian city at night was illuminated by street lights, as they slipped into a Pokémon center, Blue had already gotten them enough rooms for all of them.
"Go to bed, Red's off investigating." Blue nodded, Jolteon on his side humming in agreement.
"He's off on his own? We should go help him!" Ash jumped to his feet but Jolteon jumped on him, knocking him back to the seat as its weight was too much, "Jolt! Jolteon te jolt!" It growled, and Pikachu mimicked it back to Ash, causing him to give in.
"Trust me, Red can handle his own."
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Just to clarify: Blue's team is as follows.
Jolteon (Imagine the pokemon from Yellow Version, where you get Pikachu and your rival gets an Eevee. A Jolteon because if you beat him every time, he actually picks Jolteon.)
Jolteon
Blastoise
Pidgeot
Alakazam
Gyarados
Arcanine.
Now, i know that there's no grass type. Originally it was going to be Venusaur, but i found that in most picture displays of Blue, he had a Charizard or a Blastoise. I find that Blastoise fits Blue better while Charizard is more...Red-like.
Sorry if there are any issues with this.
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