Pokémon Red

Rocket Trouble, Again (Ash)

It was quiet a pleasant day. I, Ash Ketchum was headed towards Fuschia City along with my friends I made recently, Misty and Brock.

As you already know, Misty and Brock were gym leaders of Cerulean City and Pewter City respectively.

On our way to Fuschia, I bumped into a Trainer who also had a Pikachu, he was accompanied by a girl of the same age.

Misty and Brock already knew him, probably because he defeated both of them. I came to know that he was also headed towards the Fuschia City.

We introduced ourselves and I learned his name - Red. The name was as stupid as mine.

We sat in a restaurant in Lavender Town. After all Lavender was not that small as I thought.

'So you're saying that you saw a Mew ?', I asked, amused and excited.

'Yeah, I did. Just before the day I started my journey. It was raining and I saw a ball of pink light and there was a Pokemon within the light, flying in the sky, untouched by the raindrops', said Red.

Red's voice was a bit serious, like his face. He was very calm, and seemed more mature than his age. That was not good.

Same thing with the girl, Leaf. She wasn't that calm but I could tell by her face that she had anger issues. Her expressions could be compared with Misty's.

Red didn't speak that much as Leaf did.

'Seeing a legendary Pokemon before starting a journey is a good omen', I said. I saw a Ho-oh on the first day as soon as I left Pallet Town'.

'You're from Pallet Town too?', asked Leaf, shocked.

'Um, yeah. Wait you're from Pallet Town ?', I asked.

'I never saw you', said Leaf.

'Neither did I', I said.

'You never saw yourself ?'.

'No'.

'You didn't ?'.

'No, I'm saying - I never saw you'.

'Hey, hey, stop', said Misty.

'Can we stop talking and not mess up the manga, game and anime universe?', said Brock.

'What are you talking about ?', asked Red.

'Nothing', said Brock.

'Hey, what was your starter ?', I asked.

'Charmander, which evolved into Charizard', said Red. 'And yours ?'.

'Pikachu', I said. 'What about you, Leaf'.

'Bulbasaur, who is an Ivysaur now', she said.

'Great', I said.

'Wait, how come you have a Pikachu as your starter ?', asked Red.

'Huh, I was late at the lab and all the starters were already chosen, so Professor Oak offered me Pikachu', I said.

We talked for a while. We decided to continue together towards Fuschia City.

Misty and Brock talked to Leaf along the way about food and makeup which sucked.

Red was a bit serious. He walked ahead of everyone. He was the only person here who actually cared about the journey.

But he had the same experience that I had. He also had four gym badges.

Suddenly a voice came, 'Prepare for trouble'.