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
enjoy!
Red moved through the city, his hands in his pocket with Espeon at his side. His head was low as he peeked through his bangs to see where he was going.
He saw the Viridian gym, and that one pesky Team Rocket girl was still there, obviously looking bored and tired.
He walked past her, moving beyond her view before slipping into an alley, Espeon altering her vision to let Red see through her eyes as she snuck out, walking up to the girl and hissing loudly.
"hey! Scram!" The girl growled to Espeon, even going out of her way to kick her.
Espeon spat again, growling and showing off her teeth while the girl scowled, throwing a Pokeball to the ground.
"Banette!" It hissed angrily, taking off after Espeon as she turned and bolted.
Espeon ran past the alley where Red waited, as soon as the creature bolted past, his Pokedex clicked it, if only for the level. Level 22.
This would be easy.
He snapped his fingers, walking out of the alley and approaching the slightly anxious girl who looked everywhere for her Banette.
Espeon bolted past, pausing by his size, and she looked at him with a glare.
"What do you wa- That Espeon!" She gasped, looking for her Banette.
It appeared with a hiss, and with one quick movement and a well timed bite, the Banette collapsed, fainted with one attack.
"No!" The girl gasped, and Espeon stepped forward, humming loudly and the girl stumbled back before collapsing, sound asleep.
He picked the girl while Espeon handled the Banette, dragging them both to the alley and dosing them again with hypnosis, just to make sure they wouldn't get in his way.
He edged towards the gym, edging the doors open while Espeon darted inside, holding a Will-O-Wisp in her jaws to cast the gym with blue light. He moved around, seeing the gym as something as a ground gym with the hard compacted dirt of the floor.
He edged toward the floor, looking at the leader's area of the gym, and looking at the dirt.
"Es-Espeon." Espeon urged, looking at the dirt, Red jumped over to look and his eyes widened.
'Nidoking.' His mind supplied, and his eyes narrowed, looking for other tracks.
'Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Sandslash, Gollem,' He recognized, hatred growing as he soundlessly made his way towards the back of the gym, moving into the private office.
"Ess." Espeon growled, eyes glowing and a secret door opened. Red walking in with no issue as he found the new office was dark in colour. He slunk around seeing the large leather chair and the locked desk.
Another flash of light from Espeon and the cabinet slipped open, allowing Red to pull out files.
All on trainers, near the back there were thick files on several teams. 'Team Magma, Team Aqua, Team Plasma.'
And even more importantly, within in the main desk, there was a large folder 'Team Rocket recordings.'
He scowled, looking carefully before plucking a few strands of fur from the leather chair- Persian fur.
He looked to Espeon who gave a nod as they snuck out, telepathically lifting the sleeping guard and Pokémon until it looked as if nothing ever happened.
x-(X)-x
Blue woke with a stretch, one of the first to rise.
He jumped down from the top bunk, landing softly on his feet not to wake Jolteon who was now above him, or Ash who was below him.
Out of everyone, the only ones up were Misty and Brock, the others were still sound asleep.
He casted a look to the bed in the corner, slightly satisfied to see Red's black hair and his blank face in sleep, his Pikachu in its ball while surprisingly enough his Espeon was curled up at the bottom, as for why, Blue didn't know.
He walked into the kitchen area of the Pokémon center, taking care to grab a plate of food as he sat next to Brock and Misty.
"I saw Red when I woke up." Brock noted, and Blue gave a nod, "Whatever he looked for, he found. If not, he'd still be out there." He sighed.
Only half an hour later Max and May rose, then Dawn in a quick hurry. There wasn't really much to do besides chat with the locals or go out shopping (In May and Dawn's case).
But…something was bugging him.
"Hey, who's the gym leader of Viridian city?" He asked looking at Brock who blinked.
"I'm not sure. I haven't been in Pewter City in a while so I'm not up to date. Last time I was here, Those three that tried to kidnap our Pokémon were pretending to be the gym leader." Brock shrugged.
"Hey look, Ash is up." Misty smiled, looking over as a tired lump of black hair walked through the center collapsing next to Misty.
"Did you see Red when you got up?" Blue asked out of curiosity, Ash shaking his head.
"Es-Espeon." Espeon chirped, Blue turning to see Red walking towards them, a determined glint in his eye.
"Oh no, you found something didn't you?" Blue groaned, and Red gave a nod, he looked over to a young boy holding a fainted Goldeen.
"Nurse! You've got to help her!" He yelped, passing the fainted fish Pokémon up while the nurse sighed, Blue jumped on the opportunity.
"Excuse me, how did your Pokémon get to hurt?" He asked the kid, who sniffled.
"The gym leader!" He cried, chasing after his Pokémon as it was wheeled away.
Blue froze, slowly turning back to Red, who was now in his seat and looking at Blue with an expression of 'I told you so.'
"I- are you kidding me?" Blue groaned, his Jolteon running around the corner to him, sitting calmly while Ash looked at him like he was crazy.
"Uhh…" Ash blinked, looking at Misty who shrugged.
"Hey, where are the others?" He asked, and Brock smirked, "Shopping."
"No- No. I am not going to." Blue scowled at Red, who arched one eyebrow and waited.
"…Fine! I feel like I'm ten again." He muttered under his breath while he recalled Jolteon.
"Uh, why do you feel like you're ten?" Misty blinked and Blue scowled.
"Because he," He pointed at Red, "can't go against the gym leader. So, I'm stuck against him. Do you know what level?" Red shook his head and Blue scowled.
"Great, going in blind just what I need-" He stopped when Red tossed him his Pokedex, opening it with a confused face, "Nidoking- aww…really? Really?" He scowled, throwing it back while Red walked out, the others hurrying to catch up.
"Wait, I don't get it." Ash panted, racing to catch up.
"If I were you, I wouldn't watch." Blue nodded, and Espeon jumped in the path of the three, forcing them to stop.
"Hey! We want to help!" Ash shouted, and Blue whirled around, still walking, "Well too bad!"
He moved towards the gym, ducking right out of sight as he looked at his Jolteon, who gave an encouraging nudge before the two snuck out, walking in broad daylight, Blue taking extra care to look more arrogant then his usual display, walking past some girl with a sneer.
"Watch it!" She growled, glaring as Blue snorted and walked past, briefly wondering how Red managed to get past her.
As he walked in, the gym layout was much different than that of their own universe. In their own, there were a specific amount of obstacles you had to overcome, traps, and hidden trainers who would battle you if they spotted you. It added more of a thrill to the challengers, sometimes Blue would purposefully be caught, even if it was only for extra practice.
Here, the gym was simply a challenging area and stands. No hidden traps or secret passages to get to the leader. It was very…straight forward.
"I assume you're here to challenge the gym leader?" Some bored man on the side sighed, causing Blue to look up and try his best not to stiffen.
It was definitely a Team Rocket Grunt.
"Yep!" Blue responded, voice slightly forced as he attempted the chipper voice. The man sighed, not noticing the tone as he got up and walked away, moving towards a back door.
Only a minute later did the door open and Blue stiffen, Jolteon pressing closer to Blue instinctively.
Only one look at the slicked back hair, and Blue immediately recognized the male.
"I'm the gym leader, Giovanni." The man spoke, voice smooth as his face was hard, pulling out a Pokeball while he took his position, looking bored already.
"A three on three battle. If you win, you get the badge and out of my sight, understood?" Giovanni asked with a slight glare, Blue swallowing and nodded.
He looked at his Jolteon, squatting down next to it with a smile, "Okay buddy, and good luck." He smiled, Jolteon putting its paws on Blue's shoulder as he whispers in its ear "He'll likely send out Nidoking. Use dig if possible, but play with me, he can't know." Blue whispered, Jolteon not responding as it jumped over the railing, landing gently and growling at Giovanni, ready for a fight.
"An electric type? Foolish choice." The man scowled. 'Just like the other one.' Blue mentally scowled while Giovanni's Pokeball revealed, just as he thought, his large Nidoking.
The Nidoking roared while Jolteon held its ground, glaring and baring it's two feline fangs while it barked angrily, the larger Nidoking holding no mercy as it shot a row of dangerous poison coated needles.
Jolteon jumped to the side with little issue, growling again while Blue pulled out his Pokedex, the two creatures circling each other.
Nidoking. Level 50.
Blue's eyes narrowed as he looked at Jolteon, giving a slight nod while Giovanni gave a short laugh on the far side, snapping Blue's head towards him while he automatically tensed.
"As a token of good will, you may have the first attack!" He shouted, and Nidoking roared.
"Jolt!" Jolteon barked and Blue let out a low breath, pointing dramatically, just as he used to when he was inexperienced.
"Jolteon! Thunderbolt!" He shouted, and his Jolteon sparked, roaring as electricity jumped from the creature to the opposing foe, it flinching but managing to shake it off with a mighty roar.
Jolteon jumped away, landing a few feet out of harm's way while Blue tried his best to give a shocked look.
"You insolent child. This is a ground gym, your electric attacks don't work." Giovanni sneered, Jolteon growling while Blue pointed again.
"On that account, Jolteon! Quick Attack!" Blue commanded, feeling slightly awkward using the old moves they had long since abandoned.
"Nidoking, deflect and use Chip Away." Giovanni ordered lazily, Jolteon slamming into Nidoking with half of his normal power, a strong punch landing his stomach and sending the electric Pokémon sprawling at the sudden attack.
"Jolteon!" Blue called in surprise, not expecting the move from the Nidoking. "Jolt!" His Jolteon barked, already for battle while Blue smiled, pointing at Nidoking.
"Alright, bringing on the hard stuff, Dig!" He shouted, his Pokémon obeying and quickly vanishing from sight.
"What?" Giovanni's eyes widened slightly while Nidoking looked around desperately for the Pokémon, "Nidoking- Earth Power!" He commanded, but Blue didn't panic.
"Jolteon, combine a Quick attack." He commanded, and just as the Nidoking lifted one foot to stomp down, Jolteon exploded upwards, catching the Pokémon off guard as it was hit and sent sprawling across the ground, the Dig and Quick Attack doing damage.
"Get it once more with Double Kick!" Blue smiled, his Pokémon racing over with unmatched speed and slamming it's forelegs painfully into the Nidoking, sending it sprawling even further. Blue watched with slight fascination while the Pokémon forced its way up, roaring with anger as a blue light shot out quickly, Jolteon jumping to the side but yelping as the Ice Beam caught its left back leg.
It fell, speed hindered while the Nidoking rose to its full height, the blue blast powering up again.
"Finish this Nidoking!" Giovanni shouted, eye twitching in frustration with the fight, 'Oops…can't stop now or he'll be suspicious.'
"Deflect it with Pin missile!" Blue shouted, pins shooting out row after row while the ice beam was deflected from the attack, "Double kick on the floor!" He called out, Jolteon obeying while the ice shattered off with little damage to Jolteon, who raced away and barely avoided another Earth Power.
"Finish this Jolteon, Agility and morph it into a Quick Attack!" Blue shouted, Jolteon turning into a yellow blur while the Nidoking turned to its side, trying to brace itself for impact.
The slamming noise was loud enough for Giovanni to flinch, Nidoking flying and skidding several feet while Jolteon panted slightly from the speed, glaring at the Nidoking as if daring it to get up.
"Nidoking is unable to battle." The ref. declared, Jolteon racing back while Giovanni's eyes darkened, taking out another Pokeball.
'He's not joking around anymore. This is when I'll have to get serious.'
"Jolteon, return." He nodded, summoning his Pokémon back when the gym leader's face held no objections.
"Nidoqueen."
"Arcanine."
The two circled, Arcanine growling lowly while Blue managed to spot the slightly impressed look on Giovanni's face when it saw his Arcanine. It was an even match, Nidoqueen's impressive defense and Arcanine's impressive attack.
The lunged, Arcanine pounding with a Fire fang while Nidoqueen slammed upwards, smashing with an impressive attack, sending Arcanine flipping and slamming into the ground with tremendous force.
"Arcanine, back." Blue shouted, pulling the massive creature back, as it growled, working it's jaw a few times.
'It has superpower. Not that big of an issue, I just can't get in close.' Blue thought to himself.
"Nidoqueen, Earthquake!"
"Roar!" Blue reflexively shouted, Arcanine responding instantly and letting out a ear shattering roar, sending Nidoqueen back, and into her Pokeball before sent out again, stunned from the sudden movement.
"Extremespeed!"
"Superpower-"
Arcanine struck a hit, knocking down the Nidoqueen, before taking it upon itself to take a hold of its horn with a Fire fang, and smash it into the ground for good measure.
"Nidoqueen is unable t-"
Before the Ref. had even finished, Giovanni had pulled his Nidoqueen, nearly smashing another Pokeball to the ground in anger.
"Perr-arrw!" It hissed, Arcanine recoiling in surprise at the Persian, fully expecting a Gollum, maybe even a Rhyhorn.
"A Persian?" Blue asked in surprise, taking out his Pokedex and scanning it, Level 55.
'He's testing me. He's seeing if I know him.' He realized, instead he looked at Giovanni in confusion before shouting out, "I thought this was a ground gym?"
"It is." Giovanni growled back, Arcanine howling in surprise as a bright red beam of light shot from the Persian's gem, and Blue flinched, feeling guilty at the surprise attack, 'Power Gem. Hang in there bud.'
"Arcanine, Extremespeed!"
"Persian, Swift."
Arcanine was hard pressed to avoid the flying stars, knowing that it was end badly for he. In a last ditch move he jumped, the Persian not expecting that stumbled, as Arcanine landed, jumping away while Persian rose with a glare, wicked claws slashing down on his flank.
Arcanine barked, jumping back to Blue as one leg twitched from the claw marks, the Persian wasn't looking its best, but was holding a fair battle.
"Flamethrower!" Blue shouted as the large plume burst from Arcanine's maw. The Persain wasn't expecting such a fire and dodged, tail catching flame as it yowled angrily, charging forward with glowing purple claws.
"Arcanine, fire fang!"
"Persain, Bite!"
The two attacks collided, Persain being flung across the area from Arcanine's nasty throw while Arcanine's one leg gave out, causing it to stumble. The Persain landed on its feet, wincing from its burnt tail as energy grew on its gem.
"Arcanine! Extremespeed then Flamethrower."
"Power gem!"
The two attacks collided, the fire bypassing the rock move and hitting Persain, causing it to yowl and slam into the balcony where Giovanni stood, watching as his beloved cat collapsed in a faint.
Arcanine yowled in pain from the rocks making contact, crumpling from the combined attacks from Nidoqueen and Persain.
"Thanks Arcanine." Blue smiled, gently clipping the Pokeball back on his belt while he looked at Giovanni, who stiffly walked to Blue, not the least bit happy.
"You seem familiar, boy." Giovanni growled, shaking Blue's hand while passing the badge over.
"Really? I guess I just have one of those faces." Blue shrugged, sending a slightly strained upbeat smile.
'I'm shaking his hand, don't think about it Blue.'
"A shame. I surely would have remembered you if we ever met. I'm sure I could find a use for a trainer with your…talents." Giovanni stated, voice smooth and slightly oily. Blue resisted the urge to shiver as he gave a smile.
"talents? You think I have talents?"
"Of course." Giovanni purred, a wicked gleam in his eye. "If you ever wish for a better use then battling, speak to me or my…workers, here at this gym, trainer…" He branched off, awaiting a reply.
"Green." Blue offered, mentally wincing at the name. Giovanni gave a nod, and Blue gave a smile, turning and walking out of the gym, faking a spring in his step.
Blue felt sick as he walked into the Pokémon center, the others practically pouncing on him with questions but pausing when he silently handed Arcanine and Jolteon's Pokeballs to the nurse, who quickly took them and walked away.
"…Blue, what was that? What happened?" Brock asked in surprise, seeing his Pokémon be treated.
"Red had me check something out, speaking of Red, where is he?" Blue asked with a sigh, sinking into one of the available chairs in the centre.
"Pika Pika." A Pikachu stated loudly, Blue looked up to the creature, who sat on Red's shoulder, who was holding a plate of food and arching one brow.
"Oh, there you are. Take this you load of trash." Blue grunted, chucking the badge at Red, whose Pikachu caught it before it could hit Red.
"Pika…" The Pikachu said in shock, turning the badge and displaying one that Ash recognized.
"That's the Earth Badge. You fought the gym leader?" Ash replied in surprise while Blue gave a brisk nod.
"I heard that the Viridian gym leader is one of the toughest in Kanto." Brock stated in disbelief while Blue gave a dry smile, looking at Red who was looking at Blue with a searching gaze.
"It's him." Blue nodded, and Red exhaled with a sigh, hands clenching into fists on the plate.
"Oh, and I also managed to get us a ticket into Team Rocket headquarters." Blue mentioned casually.
Red spun, eyes wide in surprise while Blue gave a sneaky grin.
"Wait, the gym leader is with Team Rocket?" Ash asked, blinking largely while Red resisted the urge to throw his plate of food at the boy.
"Yes Ash, Arceus, you know nothing, do you?" Blue groaned and Ash glared, opening his mouth to protest.
"Giovanni is the head of Team Rocket. He is literally the man in charge of everything related to Team Rocket. He has connections branching all around the world, his feet in ever agency and he is practically the whole reason Pokémon kidnapping exists." Blue growled, jumping to his feet as he started to pace.
"Wow, Team Rocket must have done some horrible stuff to get you to not like them so much." Misty frowned, looking concerned.
Blue froze, not even caring about appearances as he looked over his shoulder at Red. Red didn't say anything, he just grabbed his hat and tugged it lower over his eyes, lowering his head and walking away calmly and always, silently.
Misty watched, suddenly feeling very sad at what she said, "Was it something I-"
"No." Blue sighed and shook his head, sinking back in the chair and closing his eyes.
"What I don't get is Red's attitude. He's fine one moment, then snaps at us all the next!" Ash ranted, and Brock looked at him in surprise.
"He probably went through something Ash." Brock defended and Ash slumped in his seat.
"Ash, I'm not sure exactly what happened to you when you started your journey, but I'll tell you one thing." Blue sighed, leaning back in his seat as he spoke, utterly calm and relaxed, "I only met Red to battle, not once, did he had a friend by his side besides his Pokémon."
Ash stared at Blue before looking at Misty and Brock. Traveling without them? Without…any friends?
"Red is a solitary person. He fought Team Rocket…Things didn't end well." Blue gave a bitter smile, and Ash looked at him, partially curious.
"What happened?" Ash asked lowly, his Pikachu had his ears low in an apology.
"That's not my tale to tell. Red may tell it to you."
"You mean he talks?" Ash spoke, Misty and Brock all having mirrored looks of surprise. Blue just chuckled slightly.
"He can talk. The only difference, is that Red's learned that people don't judge you, people aren't cruel, when you can't speak." Blue gave a small smile, turning and walking to his room.
He didn't bother to look at the bunk where he knew Red wouldn't be sleeping.
He just forgot.
x-(X)-x
Red was up before anyone could remember him getting up. He was simply staring out of a window, his always there Pikachu was sitting upon his shoulder, twisting around anxiously as it looked around with a twitch in its tail.
As Green stumbled down he quickly caught Arcanine and Jolteon's Pokeballs, pocketing them from Red, and walking towards him.
"Are you going to join us for breakfast?" Blue asked, and instead Red looked outside, the look something that Blue recognized at once.
"The others are getting upset with you. They don't understand you so they're getting confused." Blue warned, but Red paid no heed to the warning, neither did his Pikachu.
"Look- I don't know about what you're doing, or what you're planning but…if you're going to do something useful, try and figure out what Team Rocket's going to be doing. I told Giovanni my name was Green, yes, I know, stupid name." Blue rolled his eyes while Red shot him a confused look, "Some girl that came to my gym a while ago. Apparently named colors in our honor or something." He shrugged.
Red snorted, the unexpected sound from the normal silent male causing Blue to jump slightly, looking at Red with an amused look, "Oh, and you think your name is much better, Cranberry?" Blue laughed and Red sent him a playful glare, obviously thinking 'And you're a Blueberry.'
"Why don't you take Ash with you?" Blue asked after a while, causing Red to spin in surprise, staring at Blue as if he was insane.
"I know, but…hear me out." Blue warned, lifting his hands in a defensive way while Red glared. "I think, that there is a reason why he's here." Blue stated, not backing down from Red's glare, or his Pikachu's glare.
"I know, that you would have just grabbed me if you really wanted me." Blue gave a knowing look, "I think you wanted to find Ash, or you would have left already and gotten me to follow. There's a reason why you're here with Ash, not to mention his friends. I think that you should work on this, or everything you were aiming for, all of your plans and strategies you made up on that Mountain may go up in flames." Blue warned, and Red bowed his head.
They didn't let up, only a few moment of silence before Blue's voice was quieter and softer. " Just give it a try Red, you may be similar to him."
"Similar to who?" Ash said, walking into the room with a blurry look in his eyes, his Pikachu looking just as dopey.
Red turned, walking out of the room while he narrowly escaped running into Max who jumped back in surprise, apologizing loudly while Red's Pikachu's piped up, assuring that was okay.
"What happened?" Max blinked, and looked at Blue, who apparently had become the translator for Red and his unexplainable moods or actions.
"Eh? Oh, Red's angry with me. I think we have a free day here before we get moving, it's Red's choice though." Blue shrugged, and Max frowned, sinking into the seat across from Red.
"I don't get that. Why does Red tell you what to do when he doesn't even talk? He doesn't really do stuff with us." Max pointed out, and Blue rolled his shoulders.
"True, but Red was the one who brought me here. If he got chosen with a task from a Pokémon who can travel between alternate realities, I'm not going to argue with him." Blue shrugged, snatching a crunchy berry off of a trey of a nearby Chansey as it passed out food.
"Okay, I trust you Blue." Max smiled, walking off, probably to find Misty, May, Dawn and Brock.
Only Ash was left as Blue sat there, rolling the berry around his fingers.
"So…" Ash stated, a little bit edgy from hanging around Blue.
"Yup." Blue stated, awkwardly playing with the berry before he actually managed to take a bite out of it.
"So, you were the gym leader of Viridian?" Ash asked, trying to start a conversation while Blue's lips turned into a smile as the conversation moved into familiar territory.
"That I was. Back where…I'm from," Blue stated, eying another trainer as she walked by without paying attention, "Gym are built in a sneaky way. It's code that you have to move through obstacles to get to the leader, trying to avoid other backups that are hidden around the gym, if another trainer sees you, you have to battle them, to return later to find the right way to the leader. If you've already beaten a trainer, then they can't challenge you again." Blue smiled, talking and continuing on with his gym.
Ash's eyebrows rose into the air in surprise, looking almost startled at the idea.
"It almost seems hard to challenge the gym leader." Ash laughed and Blue shook his head in amusement.
"You have no idea. I made my gym based on moving tiles, you pick the wrong one and you battle the wrong person." Blue snickered, looking amused by the idea.
"Moving…tiles?" Ash seemed puzzled by the idea.
Blue smirked at the memory before reaching into his coat pocket, pulling out a small badge and flicking it to Ash, who caught it in the air and looked at the shimmering surface. It was still similar to the Earth Badge just as Ash had once earned long ago, but it was thinner, more of an…updated version. The green on the badge seemed to sparkle with an iridescent glow, the metal practically glowing in the shine of the light.
Ash couldn't deny it now, Blue was the gym leader.
"Wow." Ash sighed, giving the badge back while Blue slipped it into his jacket again, looking up as the others walked into the area, wide awake and eagerly awaiting the new day.
"So, what are we up to today?" Dawn asked, eyes wide while Blue stretched his back, not exactly sure as he improvised.
"Well, I think we have a free day. So, you could head north a little into the Viridian Forest if you want, a few trainers up there, I kn- well, I think there may be a few berry farm's to the eastern side. You could always shop more if you really wanted to. There's not much else I can say." Blue said with a small frown, Misty giving a small shiver at the thought of bugs while Dawn looked at Piplup in excitement.
"How about that Piplup? Feeling by looking for some berries?" Dawn smiled, and Piplup chirped in agreement.
"Bugs, ew." Misty shivered while Ash rolled his eyes, remembering the last time he traveled through the forest with the red haired girl.
"So, we're going in the forest?" Ash asked out of curiosity while May smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, forest we g-" Blue stopped, looking at something behind them all. They turned, seeing Red leaning against the wall his Pikachu staring intently at Ash.
"Red? Are you actually going to-" Blue paused as Red held up a Pokeball, causing Blue to recognize the ball from the slight scratch marks on the sides, as if something with claws had grabbed it multiple times.
"Really? Wow, okay, I didn't think you'd take my word for it." Blue grinned, standing up and looping one arm over Ash's shoulders, dragging the surprised teen.
"What?" Ash squawked in surprise as he was dragged over to Red, who looked down slightly.
"Okay! This is how it works, Red, no surprising or intentional harm. Ash, no fighting or battles for no reason. That goes for you too." Blue pointed, looking sternly at the two mirror Pikachu.
"What? Wait, what is going on?" Ash blinked, and Red gave a small smirk, turning and walking out into a small courtyard while Ash chased after.
"oh, so you're just going to walk away!" Ash shouted, racing after Red, who instead opened the Pokeball.
Ash skidded to a stop, a Charizard turning and looking at him with a slightly judging look, causing Ash to swallow in surprise
Red calmly walked over, mounting the flying dragon before giving a silent hand, as if offering help onto the mighty dragon.
Ash looked at his Pikachu, who shrugged while Red captured his own, setting it upon his waste, waiting for Ash to climb on.
"Pika." Ash's Pikachu encouraged, and Ash walked slowly closer, accepting Red's hand as he was pulled onto the mighty fire lizards back.
Ash yelped as he slid back a little as suddenly they were in the air. There wasn't a jolt or a slight warning as his own Charizard gave. Instead they were suddenly flying.
He felt Red behind him laugh slightly, and they angled, swooping below the peaks of the building and heading towards the trees as they grew lower and smaller, becoming insignificant to the mighty sight and the forest below.
"Wow." Ash whispered and Red smiled, Pikachu jumping down and carefully running up the Charizard's neck to rest between the two protrusions in the Charizard's skull, hanging onto the almost-horns carefully as its ears were tugged at by the insane winds.
"This is incredible!" Ash laughed, and Red gave a large smirk, teeth visible as suddenly the Charizard spun, swooping into a barrel roll causing Ash to reach up to try and catch his hat as it flew off.
He turned, seeing the hat vanish from sight, only to see Red holding his while also holding his own, having known what to expect.
"This…this is great! How about it Pikachu?" Ash laughed, Pikachu crying out in joy as the Charizard pulled into an unexpected dive, causing Ash to nearly lift up, the Charizard's wings pulling close to help secure Red and Ash to its back.
They pulled up, skimming across a large lake across the side of the Viridian forest, even pulling into another spin, letting Ash reach up to trail his fingers over the water.
'Charizard never did that with me.' Ash briefly thought as the lizard spewed out a flame wheel, Ash looking in wonder as the flames spiraled around the two without injuring them.
"Pika!" Pikachu squealed, the flames vanishing as the four ducked into a flock of Butterfree, moving amongst the silvery mist.
The moved over the forest, the flock of Butterfree vanishing startling fast, the speed picking up with a few fleshy flaps of the reptilian wings. They broke out from the trees, soaring above a route decorated with a well trodden path and Pokémon running along plains, but something caught Ash's eye.
"Hey! Over there!" Ash pointed, thick gray smoke pushing out from something out of sight, and something unnatural.
Red saw it and they turned, speeding towards it. They rose in the air, becoming inconspicuous by the clouds as they broke into a clearing, something large and metallic glinting light from below.
Red's eyes widened and Ash could hear the near silent gasp. Ash peered over the side and saw himself, the large glowing red 'R' painted across the metal hull of the large dangerous capturing truck.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted, the mouse Pokémon tensing and lowering itself as it prepared to jump, only for Red to hold it arm out, cutting off Ash's words.
"What?" Ash blinked in surprise as he shook his head. "We have to stop them! Who knows what they're doing, or who they're hurting!"
Red shook his head, pointing to the left, where a battle was obviously taking part. Ash focused hard, seeing the Pokémon and recoiling in surprise.
"It's a Scolipede!" Ash stated loudly, spotting the long twisting form of the poison bug Pokémon.
The Charizard hesitated, unsure of the Pokémon just as Red was, and Ash almost hit himself with how stupid he was acting.
"Oh! It's a Bug Poison Pokémon from Unova. The heaviest Bug type there is." Ash warned and Red gave a nod, Charizard dove.
The features of the Rocket grunt looked up with a grunt, falling back while the Scolipede reared, sending out poison jabs and trying to hit the diving Charizard. The jabs fell on nothing as the spiral of flames incinerated the projectile needles as it ducked, trying to avoid the sharp talons.
Red snapped his fingers and the fire type landed, pulling back its head as it pulled back its head and let loose a large plume of burning power, letting the grass catch flames as it raced towards the poison type, which recoiled as it hit, slamming back and hitting a tree with enough force to actually knock it over.
"No!" The grunt shouted, pulling out another Pokeball and throwing it into the air, "Swoobat! Use hypnosis!" The creature burst into the air and the Charizard took no time before lunging, snapping its jaws around it in a sharp bite, the bat shrieking before dropping in a dead faint.
"No!" He cried, turning and trying to hurry back into the shelled vehicle and abandon the nets full of squirming blue Pokémon.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted, the mouse jumping into the air and sending a firm thunderbolt at the running man, who dropped to the ground twitching.
Charizard landed, allowing Ash to jump over and run towards the capture Pokémon, tugging at the net while Pikachu ran over, looking at the net then at Ash expectantly.
"Pikachu, iron tail!" he pointed, and Pikachu spun, the glowing tail slicing through the netting easily and letting the Shinx run free, yipping happily and into the forest without looking back.
"Pika!" Pikachu shouted, Ash looking over where Charizard was digging it's claws into the metal and ripping chunks out of the machine, while Red was pinning the grunt to the wall and staring at him with those terrifying red eyes.
The grunt was shaking as he shouted out, "I- I was only hired! Really! Giovanni wanted electric types! Some sort of them having an ability that absorbs electricity! Some brat with a Pikachu needed to be taken out of the picture! I only was hired! I swear!" The grunt whimpered, and Red dropped him, casting a look to Ash while Ash's stomach fell.
They were getting- kidnapping Pokémon, to stop him and Pikachu.
They were after him.
Charizard looked at the smoldering ruin of the truck, melted into a giant pile of metal and what used to be nets or Pokeballs.
There was a high pitched whistle from among the flames while Ash stared at it in slight horror.
" Pokémon are suffering because of me?" He asked, voice quiet and almost a whisper.
Red spun, recognizing the guilt in the voice as his eyes settled on Ash. He shook his head walking over and squatting down to Ash's height as he shook his head.
"It's my fault that they were caught! It's my fault that Pokémon are being hurt!"
"Pika Pi." Pikachu looked at Ash sadly, and Ash looked at him sadly.
"Team Rocket is hurting Pokémon because I'm trying to stop them." Ash whispered, and Pikachu looked at Ash, seeming to have just realized the problem.
"We've got to stop Team Rocket." Ash declared, looking up suddenly at Red, eyes showing nothing but pure determination.
And Red did something that Ash never could have expected.
Red smiled, leaned down so his face was only a few inches from Ash's and replied in a cool confident voice.
"That's why I'm here."
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