Disclaimer: Pokémon no mine, Pokémon own by Satoshi Guy (Translation: I don't own Pokémon lol)

(A/N: I'm going to be giving Red a mix of his own Pokemon and some of the ones I own in my team, because I don't know Red's team that well. This includes my favorite Pokemon Togekiss, Metagross, Milotic and maybe others as the story progresses. I will also just denote Pokespeak with translations in [ ] to make it more convenient and save you guys from reading thousands of Pikapi's)

Chapter One: Professor Oak's Special Mission

Narrator's POV

"Pika, use Thunderbolt!"

An ungodly surge of electrical energy flowed through the tiny electric mouse, and jolted towards his unfortunate opponent.

"Oh no! What have you done to my poor Starmie, Red?" cried the distraught orange-headed trainer.

"Oops sorry Misty, I guess Pika doesn't know his own strength sometimes..." Red sheepishly mumbled as he scratched the back of his head.

Misty hurried over to check on her fainted Pokemon, while Red sent out his Blissey to help with the electrocution burns that Starmie was suffering from.

Suddenly the automatic doors to the Cerulean Gym burst open and a small Spearow landed on Red's shoulder with a sealed letter tied to its leg, nudging Red with his head.

"Isn't that Professor Oak's Spearow?" Misty remarked, glancing up from her injured Starmie.

Recognizing the Pokedex seal on the letter, Red mumbled, "Why didn't the Professor send me an e-mail or phone call if he had something to tell me?"

"It's probably something so important that he doesn't want to risk it being intercepted, which is why he sent his trusty Spearow for the job."

Red turned away from Misty nodding silently in agreement as the enormity of the situation had finally kicked in, he gingerly broke the seal on the letter. Red readily read:

Dear Red,

I'm having Spearow personally deliver this letter because I have a request for you that I cannot risk being intercepted. Please meet me at the Vermillion Docks at 4:20pm and be prepared for a long trip.

"A long trip? The Professor is being awfully specific today, right Pika?" Red said sarcastically as he scratched his companion's ears affectionately.

"I guess I'll have to go grab my backpack and some supplies before I head out for Vermillion" Red said absentmindedly as he reached for Aero's Pokeball.

"WAIT RED! You're not just going to leave without a goodbye for your old friend are you?" Misty cried out expectantly.

"Oh I'm so sorry Misty" Red exclaimed as he hurried over to Misty, stopping inches from her face.

"Uhhh... errmm …" Misty stammered as her face turned a crimson hue(huehue) as she began to see her long-held fantasies become reality.

As Red leaned in closer, Misty's heart literally skipped a beat, she closed her eyes and waited for destiny to take its course.

Too bad destiny is a bitch.

"Goodbye Misty!" Red yelled out as he gave her a friendly pat on the shoulder and ran out of the gym into Aero's awaiting claws. He waved in the distance as Misty bit back bittersweet tears and whispered to herself "some things never change …".

Red's POV

As I watched Mt. Moon pass below me, I started to feel the rush of adrenaline run through my veins at the prospect of a change of pace from my daily mundane training routine.

The Pokemon on Mt. Silver were not a challenge for me anymore, sparring with the Kanto Gym Leaders got repetitive fast (not to mention they were way too easy), and it had been a year since .the events at the Battle Frontier.

As I saw the familiar red roof of a modest two-story house appear below me, Aero began his descent upon the familiar red roof of a modest two-story house that appeared below me.

I opened my window and quickly assessed my room for anything I would need on this "long trip". Since I didn't really have a clue what this trip would be about, I just grabbed my Pokeballs, a change of clothing, and some basic toiletries.

Feeling satisfied with my preparations I quickly rushed downstairs and grabbed an apple to snack on the way to Vermillion.

Pika must have felt my enthusiasm because he got all excited and began "Pika Pi'ing". [Let's go already! I haven't done anything exciting in forever!] as he bashed through my front door with an over enthusiastic Volt Tackle.

I just anime sweatdropped at this scene and reminded myself to send a message to mom to fix the door sometime and possibly Pika-proof it in the near future.

When I reached Pika, he was already on top of Aero's head with his back facing towards me, as he tried to grab at one of the apples on the nearby tree. Aero must have thought it'd be funny to troll Pika right then and expertly flicked his head backwards flinging Pika off his makeshift ladder into my awaiting arms.

Pika POV
[GAHH YOU STUPID FLYING OLD FART, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST FOLLOW THE SAYING AND DROP LIKE A STONE OR SOMETHING?], the Pikachu ranted.

Back to Red's POV

Pika started making some squeaking noises at Aero which I'm sure were supposed to sound menacing but ended up just sounding like cute little Pika piii pika chuuu's to me. Not wanting to make Professor Oak wait any longer I decided that eating could wait until I met with the professor, so I gave Pika my apple.

Seeing the small sacrifice I was making for him, Pika felt ashamed and gave me an apologetic lick on the cheek.

Aero must have disliked the prospect of Pika getting extra attention, because he immediately swooped over and grabbed me and with that we were on our way to Vermillion.

On the way there, a flock of Pidgeys and Pidgeottos burst out of a particularly thick cloud. Aero decided it would be fun to show off and launched an overpowered Hyper Beam in the general direction of the unlucky birds causing them to scatter in an absolute panic.

"Aero that's not very nice you know what if we had actually hit someone?" I scolded my misbehaving Pokemon.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" someone inside the cloud squealed, and as the clouds parted thanks to the power of the Hyper Beam, I saw an oval-shaped pink pokemon fall out of the sky with someone clinging onto it.

Wait... a pink Pokemon in the air... a person holding onto said pokemon... oh shit ... I think Aero just shot Blue out of the sky.

Blue's limp form dangled from the fainted Wigglytuff as they both began to lose altitude rapidly.

My body went into overdrive as I immediately ordered Aero into a sharp dive towards my friend. I grabbed onto Blue by her bottom and the small of her back and quickly grabbed the Pokeball labeled Jiggly from her bag (avoiding looking at whatever else she carries around for her usual tricks of course) and returned the falling Wigglytuff.

"Sorry Jiggly I hope you don't get me back for that" I whispered to the Pokeball as I placed the ball back in Blue's bag.

Turning to my old friend (I mean friend for a long time Blue, please don't hurt me) I decided to shift her into a bridal style position so I could make sure I wouldn't drop her. Since Aero could only transport me with his claws, I hope she would understand why I was holding her when I woke up. An angry Blue is not something you want to deal with, trust me.

As the big Pokeball sign on the Pokemon Fan Club came into view below the clouds, Blue began to stir in my arms, and her eyes fluttered open.

"Red...? Wait where's Jiggly? Where am I?" Blue mumbled as she slowly came to.

Blue POV

When I woke up the last thing I remember was commenting to Jiggly about how peaceful it was today and how great exciting it would be to get a mission from Professor Oak again, well … kind of.

Flashback
"Jiggly, it's too damn boring around here" I complained loudly to my pink companion.[Well I mean Oak did kind of give you a super secret message to meet him in Vermillion] Jigglypuff said.

"Well I mean Oak did send an urgent message telling me to meet him in Vermillion City," I said, tapping my bag where his letter was safely stored. "BUT STILL WHAT IF IT'S JUST SOME STUPID ERRAND!?"

And right around then a stupidly big orange beam of energy blinded me and Jiggly's vision.

Present Blue POV

Well at least it was warm in the sky now... wait that doesn't make any sense, if I'm in the clouds right now and its warm does that mean I'm in heaven?

"Ah shit, I'm sorry Arceus that I stole Red's pokegear the other day, I know I promised to never steal again but my number wasn't in there and I couldn't accept that!" I babbled incoherently when I suddenly realized that the warmth wasn't because I was from heaven, but instead because I was in someone's arms and still up in the sky.

I instantly recognized that I was being kidnapped again and panicked as the traumatic memories resurfaced.

"GAH I'M NOT GOING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE'S SLAVE AGAIN!" I yelled while trying my best to get away from this kidnapper.

"Hey whoa there Blue, I can't just let one of my oldest friends leave me so abruptly now can I?" Red said soothingly.

Wait … that meant that I was showing a moment of weakness in front of Red again... and in his arms... a red hue quickly filled my cheeks as I realized how much I had just embarrassed myself. But that wasn't the only reason why I was turning red...

"You okay Blue?" Red's worried tone snapped me out of my internal conflict.

"Oh haha Red it's nothing, I'm just glad you're not kidnapping me to make me your slave or something" I joked harmlessly.

"Blue this is serious, are you alright?" Red asked as he stared at me, his crimson orbs showing their concern for me. I found myself unable to stifle a blush as his eyes bore deeper into mine.

"Uhhh yea..." I stuttered out uncharacteristically, for some reason I just wasn't able to make my usual witty comments right now as my brain sending many messages ranging from, QUICK DISTRACT HIM BEFORE HE SEES ME EMBARRASSED, to, THIS IS SO FRICKEN ROMANTIC.I was quickly overwhelmed to say the least and was beginning to feel faint again when everything blacked out.

Red POV

"Ummm what do you reckon happened to Blue, Pika?" I asked my little friend. [Welp I guess she's just so enamored with you that her heart exploded from your heroics dude or something]. "Haha Pika I bet she's just feeling sick from all the action she's had in the air, I mean look at how red her face is right now".

For some odd reason, Pika chose that moment to facepalm and shake his head disappointedly at me. Eh I guess Pika is still a bit mad at Aero or something.

Regardless of Pika's anger issues, we made it the rest of the way to Vermillion without a hitch, though I could have sworn I heard Blue mumble something that sounded suspiciously like "Red..." but that was probably just her plotting her revenge on me for shooting her out of the sky like that.

Professor Oak was waiting at the docks looking uncharacteristically impatient. I had Aero swoop down near the docks and I quickly walked over to the Professor.

"Red, I'm glad that you and Blue made it here, there is no time to waste. I'm not going to ask what you and Blue were doing beforehand but I need both of you awake for this mission" Professor Oak said in a serious tone.

I wasn't sure what Professor Oak meant because it was fairly obvious that Blue had fainted from airsickness but I let it go and ordered Milo (my Milotic) to give her a small squirt to wake her up. Blue woke with a start, and tried to get her bearings back. What happened next surprised both me and Professor Oak.

"Red! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAVING ME!" Blue exclaimed as she hugged me excitedly. I didn't have the heart (or the balls) to tell her that I was the one who shot her out of the sky. Anyways it was kind of nice getting the not-angry Blue once in awhile so I was willing to let this small misunderstanding slide.

While Blue clung onto me, Professor Oak commented, "It's good that you guys are close now, we will need as much unity as possible for your upcoming mission..."

End of Chapter 1!

Sorry guys this is my first fanfic so I'm not sure if I can update it often since school is getting busy with IB exams coming up in a little more than a month. Any reviews and criticisms would be greatly appreciated as I know my word choice, grammar, and humor is a bit awkward in general. And also sorry for leaving the first chapter as a cliffhanger but trust me there will be a lot more characters and hopefully good humor and plot coming up soon!

I'd also like to thank my friend Jessica for convincing me to get off my lazy ass and write this thing because I've been meaning to write a fanfic for a long time but I could never get the motivation to do it.

Edit: Woops guys at the end when Blue hugs Red I was trolling around with a friend and wrote something to the effect of PLEASE RED HAVE MAH BEBES. Definitely didn't mean to keep that in for publishing so I edited that out just now haha.