(A/N: Alrighty, here's the first official chapter. But first, I should mention how Pokémon speech is going to work. Even though there will be Pokémon speaking in words, they're actually talking in Pokémon-speech, so humans won't be able to understand them. Sometimes I will write the Pokémon in this story using in Pokémon-speech, sometimes they will be using real words, but really, only Mewtwo, being telepathic, will be able to be understood by humans. Make sure you read the Author's Note at the end for some information relevant to the story.)
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Chapter 1: Cerulean Cave
Her travels had brought her here. After having read the minds of different humans and Pokémon alike, she had learned of an incredibly powerful Psychic-type Pokémon found deep within Cerulean Caves. She wondered if it was perhaps another Mew. The chances were slim, but she had to follow whatever leads she could get.
It did seem unlikely that a Mew would live in a cave. Mews liked the wide-open space where they could fly around and play. The thought of being confined in a dark damp cave was rather unappealing.
All the same, she sensed something in the cave, a presence that felt similar to a Mew. It made her hopeful that her search could be at an end. And so she flew into the cave, using her psychic energy to light up her body, illuminating the cave for her to see.
Humming to herself, she flew deeper and deeper underground, getting closer to the presence she detected outside of the cave. But it wasn't the only presence she felt. She could also feel the presence of several other Pokémon in the cave as well, and the presence of a single human.
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The light was artificial, produced from an attack known as Flash, but it still got the job done. The Pokémon using the ability was known as Electabuzz, and it was currently traveling through the caves with its master, a human that went by the name of Jackson.
Like many Pokémon Trainers, Jackson had dreams of being a Pokémon Master. This came with a very ambitious goal, and that was to Capture every species Pokémon. But the type of Pokémon Jackson desired the most were Legendary Pokémon. This was a very high in the sky dream that had less than even the slimmest of chances of succeeding in even seeing a single Legendary, but like many, he had high hopes. And, quite frankly, he had actually done very well so far. With over 100 different Pokémon captured, he was well on his way to becoming a Pokémon Master.
Having come to Cerulean City to challenge the Gym Leader, he had heard the rumors of there being a very powerful Pokémon in the nearby caves. The cave was actually very well known for having powerful Pokémon living within it, and so he had come to investigate. He hoped the Pokémon in question was a Legendary he could Catch. He already had a Pokémon that was as close to Legendary as one could get without having received the official title.
"Lets go down this way, Electabuzz," he said, motioning down a tunnel, and the two made their way further into the cave.
There was no argument from the electric Pokémon, but after several more minutes of walking, Electabuzz came to a halt.
Jackson glanced at the electric Pokémon. "What's up, pal?"
"Ele-buzz!" the Pokémon replied, pointing forward.
Jackson squinted, trying to see in the illuminated darkness. Standing in the tunnel, wrapped in a cloak, was a man. At least Jackson assumed it was a man; it could have been a woman. They didn't say anything; they simply stared at him.
"Um, hi," Jackson said. "Are you here looking for the rumored Pokémon too?"
The cloaked man did not reply, but sighed deeply. Jackson blinked at this and cocked his head to the side. "What's wrong? Are you lost?"
There was still no reply. The man simply walked right past Jackson, disappearing into the darkness from where the human and his Pokémon had come from.
"Huh, that was weird," Jackson muttered. "Come on, Electabuzz, let's keep looking."
Electabuzz glanced suspiciously down the tunnel the cloaked man had disappeared down before following its master.
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Mew wouldn't say she was easily distracted… but she was easily distracted. While exploring the cave, she had become amazed by some of the rock formations that had been formed from the water dripping from the stalactites over hundreds and thousands of years. Fascinated by the shapes, and the way the moisture glittered, she was completely engrossed in their details.
Watching as the water dripped down from the ceiling, she was so distracted that she didn't even notice as Jackson entered the chamber. He froze upon spotting Mew. Resembling a white cat with a pink hue to her fur, he immediately recognizing the Legendary Pokémon that many believed to be no more than a mere myth. It was very easy for him to come to the conclusion that this was the powerful Pokémon rumored to be in the cave.
Holding a finger to his lips to tell Electabuzz to stay quiet, he took out an UltraBall, having stocked up on them before hand. Taking aim, he threw the Ball. It struck Mew in the back of the head, and popped open. Mew's body was converted into energy and sucked into the Ball. It dropped to the ground, the button glowing red as the Ball trembled in Mew's attempt to get out.
Jackson knew it was a long shot. The chances of catching a Pokémon without weakening it first, no matter how advanced of a PokéBall was used, were slim to none, the stronger the Pokémon, the slimmer the chance. Add in the fact that Mew was a Legendary Pokémon, and the chances were as non-existent as they could get.
The UltraBall burst open as Mew escaped, the energy she had been converted into reforming back into solid mass. She cocked her head to the side, unconcerned, as she looked at Jackson.
"Oh, you're a Pokémon Trainer, aren't you?" she said. "Sorry, but I can't let myself be captured. I have a duty to fulfill."
Of course, since she was a Pokémon, Jackson couldn't understand her. All he heard was, "Mew, Mew, Mew? Mew, Meeeeew, Mew, Mew."
Jackson's eyes narrowed in determination. "Darn, so much for the element of surprise." He took out another Pokéball. "Lets go, Dragonite!"
He threw the red and white Ball. It burst open, and a stream of energy spilled out to form a large dragon. It was Jackson' prize Pokémon, the one he had captured back when it was a mere Dratini. It was when he had evolved it to the pseudo-Legendary dragon that he became inspired to capture very Legendary Pokémon.
"Dragonite, use Thunder!"
Dragonite roared as electricity danced across its antennas, and it fired the bolts at Mew. Mew simply teleported out of the way, only to have another bolt launched at her. She teleported again, and so the process repeated several more times.
Mew giggled, enjoying what she viewed as a game. "Do you want to play?" she asked.
"Don't get discouraged, Dragonite!" Jackson declared. "Use Dragon Rage!"
Dragonite opened its mouth and breathed fire empowered with dragon energy. Mew simply held up her hand, and the attack stopped as if hitting an invisible wall, and slowly died out.
"Hey, that's not nice," Mew told the dragon Pokémon.
But Mew having blocked the attack gave Jackson an idea, and he took out another PokéBall. "I choose you, Mr. Mime!"
"Mime, Mime, Mr. Mime!"
"Mr. Mine, build up some invisible walls. Dragonite, keep watch on where they are. Electabuzz, hit Mew with a Thunderbolt."
The Pokémon followed his instructions. Mr. Mime began waving its arms around, hardening the air to create invisible walls while Dragonite kept watch, making a mental note of where each wall was. Electabuzz unleashed Thunderbolt, and Mew maneuvered around in the air, avoiding the bolts until she bumped into one of the invisible walls.
"Dragonite, use Agility and hit it with a Slam!"
Dragonite sped towards Mew, using bursts of speed that made it seem to disappear and reappear as it maneuvered around the invisible walls. Mew was tapping the wall she had run into with interest when Dragonite's speed suddenly made it appear in front of her, slamming into her and crushing her against another invisible wall.
Mew cried out as Jackson gave Dragonite the order to hit her with a Fire Punch, and Dragonite's flaming fist slammed into Mew's gut, punching her upward into the ceiling, and she fell to the cave floor.
"Mr. Mime, bring down those rocks!"
Mr. Mime used its psychic power to crack apart the ceiling, and rocks fell from up above. Mew looked up and used her own psychic power to hold the rocks up.
"Go, Electabuzz," Jackson ordered.
Electabuzz nodded and slammed its fists on the damp ground. The electricity traveled through the moisture, and Mew cried out as she was shocked.
"Alright, lets try this again. Go, UltraBall!"
He threw the UltraBall. It flew at Mew, but before it hit her, a ball of black energy struck it, knocking it off course.
"Hey, what the…?" Jackson cried.
He turned to find the cloaked man he had seen before standing several feet away. The Shadow Ball, if that was indeed what it was, must come from him, but he didn't see any Pokémon by the man's side.
"Hey, did you do that?" Jackson demanded. "Why are you interfering?"
"Leave that Mew alone," the cloaked man replied in a deep voice.
Jackson gasped. The words hadn't been spoken, but instead had been directly inserted into his mind. Only a few Pokémon, usually Psychic types, or the few that knew Telepathy, were able to do that. But that would mean…
"Hey, wait, are you a…?"
Reaching up, the man pulled off his cloak to reveal a Pokémon Jackson had never seen before. It resembled a large bipedal cat with white fur and a long purple tail and underbelly. Jackson never saw or heard of a Pokémon like it before in all his research.
"What type of Pokémon is that?" he wondered out loud, pointing his PokéDex at it.
"No Pokémon data available," the PokéDex replied in a static-filled voice.
"No way," Jackson marveled, "a newly discovered Pokémon?
"One final warning," Mewtwo told him, "leave that Mew alone, and get out of this place."
Jackson smirked. "Ha! No way am I letting a Mew or an undiscovered Pokémon get away. Dragonite, take no chances with this one. Use Hyper Beam!"
Dragonite powered up one of the most powerful of Pokémon attacks and unleashed a white beam of swirling rainbow colors. Mewtwo held up his hand, halting the beam. It split into three separate beams and reversed directions, striking Dragonite, Electabuzz, and Mr. Mime.
Jackson' mouth dropped open in astonishment. "What? How'd it do that?"
"Dragon…" Dragonite grumbled, getting to its feet.
Jackson turned to it. "You ok, Dragonite? Can you still fight?" When he received a nod, he grinned. "Then lets go again. Use Slam!"
With a roar, Dragonite sped towards Mewtwo. The genetic Pokémon didn't even move, but his eyes began glowing blue as he used Telekinesis. Dragonite's body froze in mid-air, consumed by an aura the same color as Mewtwo's glowing eyes. No matter how hard it tried, Dragonite couldn't move, and its body began clenching as if it were being crushed by an unseen force as Mewtwo put more pressure on it.
"Dragonite, no!" Jackson cried. He looked to his other two Pokémon. Both Mr. Mime and Electabuzz were on their feet, but Electabuzz still seemed dazed. "Mr. Mime, help him out. Psy Beam!"
"Mime, Mime!" Mr. Mime cried and fired a beam of psychic energy.
Mewtwo's expression remained cold as a sphere in impenetrable psychic energy appeared around him. Mr. Mime's attack struck it, but did zero damage.
"Impossible!" Jackson exclaimed.
Mewtwo's barrier vanished, and he created another Shadow Ball. He flung it at Mr. Mime, who quickly constructed an invisible ball, but Mewtwo's attack broke straight through it and blasted Mr. Mime off its feet, knocking out the humanoid Pokémon.
"But that can't be!" Jackson cried. "Nothing can get through Mr. Mime's walls; they're hardened air!"
Mewtwo had had enough. His eyes flashed brightly, and all of Mr. Mime's remaining walls shattered. Then he glanced back at the captive Dragonite, mentally slamming it into the ceiling and floor several times before sending it crashing from one wall to the other several more times, then sent it flying backwards to crash into Electabuzz. Both Pokémon were out cold.
Finally, Mewtwo turned his attention to Jackson, who took a hesitating step back. "O-Oh yeah! Well, take this! UltraBall, go!"
He threw the ball. Mewtwo's eyes narrowed at the gall of this human for trying to capture him. His eyes began glowing, and the UltraBall exploded in mid-air.
"Say what?" Jackson cried.
"Foolish human. No one can Capture me."
Jackson grit his teeth and reached for another one of his Pokémon. "Then lets see how you do against my-"
"Enough!" Mewtwo declared, waving his hand.
His Hypnosis took instant effect. Jackson toppled over, fast asleep. Mewtwo scowled at his fallen form, and with a single thought erased all memories of himself from the Trainer's memories, then did the same to his Pokémon before giving them a silent apology for having attacked them. When they woke up, they would be confused about what happened, but would have no memories of him, or of what happened here.
Now Mewtwo turned his attention to Mew. The smaller Pokémon was observing Mewtwo curiously, and he glared at her.
"What happened back there?" he demanded. "You are a Mew. You should have been able to defeat these fools like they were nothing."
Mew used Recover to heal her injuries and gave him a smile. "Yeah, I guess I wasn't paying attention, hee, hee."
She bopped herself on the head, poking her tongue out as she did so. Mewtwo resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He knew that it was in a Mew's nature to be playful and carefree, but they could be serious when they wanted or needed to be. Even the Mew he had faced during his darker days was playful at first, but had given even him a run for his money when it stopped fooling around. After all, they were among the strongest of all Pokémon.
But this Mew, this one seemed a little ditzy.
With a humph, Mewtwo turned to leave. "Don't make a fool of your kind. Have some pride in your species."
He began to leave, and Mew shot into the air. "Wait! Ow!"
She rubbed her head, having banged it on the roof of the cave when she flew up. Mewtwo shook his head and continued on his way, but Mew flew in his path.
"Who are you?" she asked.
Mewtwo fixed her with a look. "I am Mewtwo."
Mew cocked her head to the side. "Mew…two…?" She looked him up and down. "You have 'Mew' in your name, and your presence feels similar to my kind. But how?"
"That is because I am a clone of your kind that has been genetically altered and modified by humans to be superior to the original in every way."
Mew blinked as she processed this. "So… you're like a Super Mew?"
Mewtwo sighed. "Yes, a Super Mew."
"Wow, that's cool," Mew replied. Her face lit up. "Alright, it's decided then, you're going to be my mate."
(A/N: Rather presumptuous of her. Wonder how Mewtwo will react to this. Maybe he should have just stayed out of it, but you know he couldn't. Also, I need to mention something about how Pokémon attacks are going to work. There will be a few battles in this story where you will see certain Pokémon using attacks that would normally require the use of a TM or HM to learn. However, since this story is anime canon, and there are no TMs or HMs in the anime, I'm having it that these attacks can be learned naturally or only in certain circumstances. So if anyone uses attacks that they would only learn from a TM or HM in the games, just know that this does not apply for this story.)