Journeys: Red, Green and Blue//ON HOLD//

Chapter One

A/N: Hello, and welcome to the very first part of my Shadow Nexus series. This is going to be very long running, so I hope all you people like that. I'm sorry if I don't update very often. I am quite lacking in the motivation department, but I'm going to get help for that soon since it's affecting my school performance too, so I hope that will have at least some effect.

So, most of the main characters in this are aged up slightly. Red, Green and Blue are all 14, while Yellow is 13. Each region has a different age that kids are allowed to become trainers, and in Kanto that age is 14. Red's younger brother in this is the male protagonist for FireRed and LeafGreen, and Leaf shows up at some point as Green's younger sister.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy!

Red was trying to get some sleep before the big day. He really was. If it weren't for his little brother, he probably would've been fast asleep by that point.

"Flare, turn that down," he grumbled into his pillow. As usual, Flare completely ignored the request, instead keeping his own attention firmly on the battle he was watching.

"But it's so cool, Red! Nidorino's winning!" Flare finally responded. Red lifted his head up just enough to look at the monitor that Flare's battle was on. As per usual, the boy's excitement had caused him to misjudge the contenders. Even from the small bit he could see, the Gengar that served as Nidorino's opponent clearly had the advantage due to its typing. Nidorino's poison type moves had little effect on the ghost and poison Pokemon that was fighting.

"At least use headphones. I have to get up early in the morning," Red reminded his little brother.

"Oh yea! The professor is giving you and Green Pokemon! I heard that the one's he has for you are really rare and awesome, not like the usual starters the League sends," Flare lit up with excitement, even though Red was the one getting a Pokemon. Red shrugged in answer to the statement. He'd heard similar rumors, especially since Professor Oak had asked him and Green to refrain from requesting starter Pokemon when they'd sent in their applications for trainer licenses. He didn't want to get his hopes up too much, though.

"Any Pokemon would really be fine with me," and that was true. He layed back down on his bed with his eyes to the ceiling, having given up on getting any real sleep. Rather than being picky with the kind of Pokemon he got, what Red really wanted was for their oldest brother to be able to see him off on his journey, but that was impossible. For a split second, he thought about trying to call the hospital. It wasn't like there was any point, though. If there was any change, they would've already called their mom about it. Still, he felt the urge to call, just to see. As if Flare could sense what Red was thinking, the younger boy looked up to the top bunk where Red was.

"You're thinking about Satoshi now, aren't you?" Flare asked Red, sadness flickering through his light blue eyes. He and Red had the same eyes, and they were both pretty sure Satoshi shared that trait with them. Neither could really remember, and they were both getting increasingly afraid that Satoshi would never wake up for them to find out.

"Yea. I wish he was here," Red replied with a sigh. "But maybe he'll wake up in time to see you leave, though."

"I hope so... they'll tell us if anything happens, right?" by this point, Flare wasn't watching the Pokemon battling on the screen anymore.

"Of course they will," Red assured. The worried look on his brother's face didn't go away, though. Then, it was replaced by a slightly more embarrassed one.

"Can I sleep with you tonight?" he finally asked. It had been awhile since Flare had asked that. It caught Red a bit off guard.

"Aren't you a bit old to be sleeping in my bed? Plus, you'll be right below me anyway," Red said.