[Third Person POV]
The day for the battle came, everyone, including Prof Oak, Delia and Scarlet (OC Red's Mother.) were there to watch the battle. Red stood proudly in one of the sides with Poli, and Kaori stood in the other side with a Poké Ball in his right hand.
Prof Oak took the role of the referee.
"Give it your best Kaori, Red!" Delia.
"You can do it Red, don't get overconfident." Scarlet.
"Do your best guys!" Ash.
"Kaori, Beat Red!" Blue.
Gary just stood there with a small notebook.
"Why don't you have Chimchar beside you?" Red.
"I just wanted to throw the Poké Ball; I've always wanted to do it." Kaori answers embarrassed.
"Ah, then I will do the same. Come back Poli!" Red extends his arm with the Poké Ball and a red bean engulfs Poliwhirl.
"The battle is a 1v1, the first Pokémon to faint loses. Am I clear?"
"Yes!" Kaori and Red.
"Then, choose your Pokémons." Oak.
"Let's do this Poli!" Red throws his Poké Ball and Poliwhirl comes out.
"Poli!"
"Chimchar! I choose you!" Kaori throws the Poké Ball and Chimchar come out.
"Chimchar!"
"Let the battle, BEGIN!" Oak.
"Water… "Red.
"Fake Out!" Kaori interrupts Red's command and Chimchar moves.
Chimchar appears in front of Poliwhirl and strikes his face with both of his palms. Poliwhirl gets hurt and also flinches.
"Now Fury Swipes." Kaori.
Chimchar starts to repetitively scratch Poliwhirl's face.
"Shake him off with Pound." Red.
Poliwhirl's fist glows white and tries to attack Chimchar.
"Jump back and spit some Embers." Kaori.
Chimchar dodges the attack and while being in the air, starts to spit a barrage of Embers that chip away some damage from Poliwhirl.
"Poli, get up and use Water Gun." Red.
Poliwhirl gets up and destroys the Embers with his attack. Chimchar lands in the ground and locks eyes with Poliwhirl.
'Crap! Despite using a fire-type, Poli hasn't landed a single attack against Chimchar. Maybe that'll work!' Red.
"Poli, freeze the area with Ice Beam." Red.
Poliwhirl starts freezing the area. Chimchar dodges the Ice Beam whenever it goes to his direction. In a matter of seconds, the whole stage was frozen solid.
'An icy field, eh? Unfortunately for you Red…' Kaori observes how Poli tries to not slip.
'… You shouldn't try incomplete tactics against me.'
"Chimchar, rapid-fire Embers to the ground."
Chimchar starts to melt the ice but Red intercepts.
"Poli, stop him with a Water Gun, full power!"
At this point, a large mist envelops the entire area. Poliwhirl shoot the Water Gun to where Chimchar was, but both he and Red were surprised to hear nothing upon contact.
'Where is he?' Red.
"Now Chimchar! Blaze Kick!" Kaori.
Chimchar appears from the mist using his paw claws to have a grip in the icy floor that surrounds Poliwhirl. He then gets close to deliver the kick to Poliwhirl's legs.
"Dodge." Red.
Poliwhirl tries to dodge but slips with the ice. Chimchar's Blaze Kick impacts Poliwhirl's body and sends him flying towards a tree.
Poliwhirl is still conscious but Kaori had it all planned.
"Now, finish with Thunder Punch!" Kaori.
Electric energy engulfs Chimchar's fist and he dashes towards Poliwhirl to deliver the blow. Poliwhirl couldn't move because he was stuck in the tree, so he received a full power Thunder Punch in his body.
The electric shocks hurt Poliwhirl until he eventually fainted. Prof Oak goes towards Poliwhirl and sees him with spirals in his eyes.
"Poliwhirl can no longer fight! The winner is Chimchar, which means that the winner of this battle is Kaori."
"Yes! We did it Chimchar!" Kaori ruses towards Chimchar and hugs him.
Red gets closer to Poli and talks to him.
"Thanks for giving your all Poli, take a rest." Red put Poli inside his Poké Ball.
"That was amazing!" Ash went rushing towards Kaori.
"How did you defeat him with a type disadvantage?" Blue.
"I had a plan and Chimchar was strong enough follow it through." Kaori.
Chimchar starts to yawn and falls asleep in Kaori's embrace.
"Look, the little guy is exhausted. Despite all that bravado, he is still just a newborn. Of course, all that battling got him tired." Kaori.
"It was a good battle Kaori; do you think that you are ready to begin your journey?" Oak.
"Not yet. I'll wait until next year to start my adventure."
"Hey! All of us start our travels next year as well." Ash.
"Then I guess all of you will be my rivals then."
"Hmph! I will defeat all of you and crown myself as the champion." Blue.
"Don't count me down just yet brother." Gary.
"It seems that we have a whole bunch of would-be champions." Delia.
"It seems so Delia, it seems so." Scarlet.
"Anyway, how about we play with some Pokémons?" Kaori.
"Yes, yes let's play!" Ash.
"Prof Oak, take care of Poli please." Red.
"Sure thing, take care everyone, don't startle the Pokémons when you play with them." Oak.
The group of young trainers went to the forest and played with the Pokémons that were there. They ran in the plains, climb some rocky biomes and swing through the deep forest. After playing all day the group was tired and decided to go home.
"Goodbye everyone." Kaori.
When everyone left, Kaori seated with Prof Oak to speak about something peculiar that he found in Cinnabar Island.
"Unusual tectonic movement?" Kaori.
"Yes, inside an island near Cinnabar Island a volcano has shown signs of becoming active in the near future." Oak.
"How near?"
"Fifteen months."
"Is the eruption a problem to the islands?"
"Not really, the real problem would be if the movements become more erratic, in said case, an evacuation would be the best option to prevent intoxication due to the gas released from the volcano."
"Why no start now?"
"The people at the league are not convinced that said worse-case will happen, with all the promising trainers in Kanto, and the Pokémon league, Cinnabar Island is an invaluable resource of income. Both for trainers and tourists."
"I am sorry to say this but, I'm deeply disappointed."
"I know, and I won't criticize you for that. However, I do ask you to lend a hand if things get rowdy."
'System, what can you tell me about this problem?'
[The movement in the tectonic plates could be the consequence of some Pokémons, however, given the specific circumstances, I aim to believe that it could be the work of either Groudon or Heatran.]
"I make no promises but, I'll see what I can do about it when the time arrives."
"Thank you. Now, changing the subject, how was your first battle?"
"It was amazing, no matter how much I thought about something, I was never sure of what Red was going to do."
"I'm glad you think that way. You know, I was the champion of Kanto for some time."
"Really?! *COUGH* Why are you telling me all of a sudden?"
"I wanted to see your reaction, but I also wanted to ask you; If you win the league, will you become the champion of the Kanto Region?"
The room fills with silence after the comment. Kaori wants to become the champion, however, by doing so he will be restricted in terms of leaving the region. If he wanted to help the Reborn Region and explore the Star Region, leaving Kanto would be a Must.
"*SIGH* Prof Oak, to be completely honest with you, I have no intentions of remain as the champion of Kanto. Sure, I will challenge Lance, but I will continue to explore this vast world." Kaori smiles while looking at the sleeping Chimchar.
"I see." Prof Oak smiles and gets up.
"We have much to do tomorrow, you should get some rest early."
"Goodnight, Professor."
"Goodnight, Kaori."
Kaori carries Chimchar and goes to his room.
[Viridian Forest]
A brown-haired girl wearing a black dress, black boots and white gloves runs alongside a Jigglypuff.
"We are almost there Jiggly. Keep running." The girl spoke.
"Get here girl and tell us where you left the red-haired kid." A man wearing a black set of clothes with a big red R in his uniform yells at her.
The pursuit continues for a while and the girl corners herself to a cliff.
"No where to go, give up and your punishment will be less painful." Said a grunt.
'Jiggly, do that trick that I teached you.'
'Jiggly.'
The girl and Jigglypuff jump from the cliff to their sure deaths.
"No!" The grunts run towards the cliff and see a big pinky figure floating through the air with the girl hanging from its feet.
"So long suckers!" The girl gloats as the air current takes her away from the grunts.
"Dammit! The boss will be pissed at us." Grunt 1.
"Boss!" Grunt 2 calls through his phone.
"Did you get the girl?" an ominous voice spoke.
"No but…" Grunt 1.
"USELESS!"
Bot of the grunts shiver after hearing their boss angry reaction.
"Listen, the girl is our only link to the red-haired boy, so either find the boy or find the girl. The boy has priority over the girl so you must bring him to me as soon as you can!"
"Right boss, we're one it!" Grunt 2.
"You better."
"Geez, what's boss's thing with that kid anyway?" Grunt 1 asks.
"No idea, but we are not paid to ask those types of questions. If they tell us to jump, we ask how high, so we better find this brat unless we want our heads to roll." Grunt 2.
"Should we keep looking for that girl?" Grunt 1.
"No. Viridian Forest at night is quite dangerous, call reinforcements to keep watches over every zone of the forest in case she tries to run. We'll search for the red-haired kid; intel says that he was last seen in Vermillion City."
The grunts leave and the girl is left in Viridian Forest. Some meter away, the girl finally descends with her Jigglypuff and makes sure that no one is following her.
"We did it Jiggly, lets take a rest before we rendezvous with Silver."
The girl hides inside a tree and hugs her Jigglypuff tightly.
'I hope you are alright Silver.' The girl thinks before going to sleep.