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sorakh28So what would it be like if it's simply anime canon + Red and Leaf, no AU involved?
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"You know, Red also has a Pikachu he doesn't put in a Ball."
Of course he would, Aunt Cherry, Ash thought, struggling to drag the Electric Mouse on their route to Viridian. And now people will think I'm trying to copy him.
He could not be able to copy someone dear to him, anyway- Red's personality was practically the opposite of his, and he knew the rest of Red's team by heart, so he knew which set-up to best avoid any further confusion.
(He then remembered Red looking at him, begging to not follow in his footsteps, to be his own person and not a shadow. Ash can't remember the last time Red looked that anxious.)
"I bet your cousin started out on a bad foot himself, Ash."
He wanted to laugh at Misty's face. Red, starting out on a bad foot? No, as much as Ash hated to admit it, Red has more patience than he'll ever have. Red embodied calmness.
(And yet, when asked about his first catch, Red would nervously rub the right side of his neck and ask for a change of subject.)
"The two of you are just cousins, huh. You sure act like he's your brother."
Brock isn't far off; because genetically, they're like half siblings, counting in Red's twin Leaf. Two brothers married twin sisters. It wasn't a very common situation, and Ash had always enjoyed the unique relationship he had with his cousins.
(When Leaf said she was unable to come to Red's party, it was like he received a Mach Punch to the heart, and she made the same face upon seeing it. She cried and kept on apologizing, saying she missed him too much.
Ash had promised to make it the best party for him to brag about when they saw each other next.)
"Hey, Misty, can you deal with this? We don't want to get in trouble with the Champion!"
The Sensational Sisters must've thought he was able to contact Red anytime, if they said that. He wished he could- he wanted his advice about Pokémon training. Was he on the right track? Was there something he was doing wrong?
Was accepting Gym Badges for doing good deeds something he would frown upon?
(Becoming Champion wasn't the first time Red was on the news- Ash remembered hearing about him saving Silph Co. from Team Rocket when on his journey. Did that affected his journey at all?)
*tbc*
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"You know, Red also has a Pikachu he doesn't put in a Ball."
Of course he would, Aunt Cherry, Ash thought, struggling to drag the Electric Mouse on their route to Viridian. And now people will think I'm trying to copy him.
He could not be able to copy someone dear to him, anyway- Red's personality was practically the opposite of his, and he knew the rest of Red's team by heart, so he knew which set-up to best avoid any further confusion.
(He then remembered Red looking at him, begging to not follow in his footsteps, to be his own person and not a shadow. Ash can't remember the last time Red looked that anxious.)
"I bet your cousin started out on a bad foot himself, Ash."
He wanted to laugh at Misty's face. Red, starting out on a bad foot? No, as much as Ash hated to admit it, Red has more patience than he'll ever have. Red embodied calmness.
(And yet, when asked about his first catch, Red would nervously rub the right side of his neck and ask for a change of subject.)
"The two of you are just cousins, huh. You sure act like he's your brother."
Brock isn't far off; because genetically, they're like half siblings, counting in Red's twin Leaf. Two brothers married twin sisters. It wasn't a very common situation, and Ash had always enjoyed the unique relationship he had with his cousins.
(When Leaf said she was unable to come to Red's party, it was like he received a Mach Punch to the heart, and she made the same face upon seeing it. She cried and kept on apologizing, saying she missed him too much.
Ash had promised to make it the best party for him to brag about when they saw each other next.)
"Hey, Misty, can you deal with this? We don't want to get in trouble with the Champion!"
The Sensational Sisters must've thought he was able to contact Red anytime, if they said that. He wished he could- he wanted his advice about Pokémon training. Was he on the right track? Was there something he was doing wrong?
Was accepting Gym Badges for doing good deeds something he would frown upon?
(Becoming Champion wasn't the first time Red was on the news- Ash remembered hearing about him saving Silph Co. from Team Rocket when on his journey. Did that affected his journey at all?)
*tbc*
