Rise of Rainbow Rocket Chapter 1

Joseph is an 18-year-old boy living in Vaniville Town, Kalos, and while other kids his age strive to be super-strong Trainers, all Joe wants is to work alongside his hero, Professor Birch. Joe's parents, Jade and Jasper, are famous for creating their own Rare Candy formula, which has been proven to be very successful and made the family very rich. Despite all this, Joe still had a secret desire to become a Pokémon Trainer with a unique and diverse team. Joe was reading a book on the lawn one day, until suddenly, his parents called him.

"Joseph!" Said a voice. It was his mom, Jade. "Come inside! We have a special visitor on the Rotom Videophone!" Joe ran inside and was baffled to see his hero, Professor Birch, on the computer screen.

"Hello there, Joe!" He said. "I've been told you appreciate my work!" Joe was just amazed.

"Yes, I am." Said Joe. "You travel the region and study the Pokémon that live there, no matter how dangerous!"

"I know." Said Birch. "I even got attacked by a Zigzagoon and a Poochyena! Luckily, my Blaziken keeps me safe." A Blaziken then faced the camera and waved. "How old are you, Joseph?"

"He's 18, now." Said Jasper.

"18, huh?" Birch asked. "And you still don't have a Pokémon with you?"

"Only a Rhyhorn from our neighbor." Replied Joe. "Besides, I'm more interested in researching Pokémon than fighting them. Not to mention that I have many books on all 898 known species!"

"Interesting." Said Birch. "How about we make a deal: If you can register 200 Pokémon species on the Pokedex app of your cell phone and beat my daughter May and her friend Brendan, you can work by my side!"

"Deal!" Said Joe. "I'll download the app, borrow our neighbor's Rhyhorn, and start catching 200 Pokémon species! But wait, can I travel to other Regions to find different species? The Friend Safari shut down after becoming a failure, and has been refurbished into Oak's Wild Kingdom, the most popular zoo in the world."

"Of course!" Said Birch. "Just make sure you catch two Pokémon compatible with Fly and Surf, and you'll be all set!"

"I won't let you down, Professor!" Said Joe, and the computer was turned off. "Mom, dad, I'm old enough. Could I have 30,000 Poke Dollars, a Fishing Rod, a Bicycle, an EXP Share, and some Poke Balls?" Jade and Jasper thought hard for a moment.

"We'll give you the money, the Rod, and 5 Poke Balls." Said Jasper. "The EXP Share, however, you'll have to get yourself. Alexa, a famous journalist, will be in Santalune City, and she'll give you an EXP Share."

"A new model that gives you EXP to every Pokémon in your party?" Asked Joe.

"The same one." Said Jade. "Now, pack your bags and get ready for your journey. We'll ask the neighbor if we can borrow her Rhyhorn."

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In an apartment building in Celadon City, Kanto, Giovanni, former leader of Team Rocket who was now in his mid-50s, was lying on the couch with his Kangaskhan.

"Just look at me, Kanga." He said. "We had it all. Twice! Invading major corporations, poaching Slowpoke, and forcing Magikarp to evolve into Gyarados. But we got foiled by rookie ten-year-olds each time!  And the newer organizations aren't so lucky, either. Team Aqua, Magma, Galactic, Flare, even Plasma got thwarted by snot-nosed kids! If we rallied up the leader of each of those teams and got out four powerful Legendaries instead of just one, we'd be unstoppable." Suddenly, an idea popped up in Giovanni's head. "That's it! We all have our own goals on how we want to change the world to our liking, but with Groudon, Kyogre, Xerneas, and Arceus, we can make our own planets!" He then walked over to a metallic drawer and opened it up to reveal 5 Pokémon cryogenically frozen in separate Poke Balls.

"We're back in business, gang!" Giovanni shouted, and he gave a maniacal laugh.

Author's Notes: The scenarios Giovanni explains in this Chapter are all events that happened in the Pokémon video games. In Red and Blue, as well as the remakes FireRed and LeafGreen, Giovanni and his Team Rocket flunkies take over Silph Co. in Saffron City, and in Pokémon Gold and Silver, as well as the remakes HeartGold and SoulSilver, Team Rocket cut off the tails of Slowpoke and sell them to the black market as well as force Magikarp in Johto's Lake of Rage to evolve.

Kangaskhan is actually a Pokémon Giovanni uses in the video games, though he specializes in Ground-Type Pokémon. This was back when Kangaskhan looked like this.

As most Trainers know, when a Pokémon defeats another in battle, it gains EXP (experience points), and when a Pokémon earns enough EXP, it Levels up. With the EXP share, Pokémon can earn EXP even if they don't battle!

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, as well as the remakes Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, when the player first encounters Professor Birch, he is chased by a Zigzagoon. Players have to save him with either a Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip.

In the newer Pokémon games like Sun and Moon and Sword and Shield, newer Pokedexes have been designed to be compatible with Rotom, a Ghost-Type Pokémon that can possess any electrical device. It can even possess cellphones!

Friend Safari was a location in Pokémon X and Y where you could catch Pokémon not native to Kalos, but it could only be accessed if you have real people registered on your Nintendo 3DS (which X and Y was released on).

I imagine that the Friend Safari was a failure and was, instead, refurbished into a zoo.