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• The Tale of the Plasma Man by BlackKnightOfDespair

  Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  06 Dec 2025

  Tags

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  • Kasumi | Misty/Original Male Character(s)
  • Satoshi | Ash Ketchum & Satoshi no Pikachu | Ash Ketchum's Pikachu
  • Kojirou | James & Musashi | Jessie & Rocket-dan Nyarth | Team Rocket Meowth
  • Kasumi | Misty & Satoshi | Ash Ketchum & Takeshi | Brock
  • Satoshi | Ash Ketchum/Serena
  • Joui | Nurse Joy/Takeshi | Brock
  • Hiroshi | Ritchie & Satoshi | Ash Ketchum
  • Hiroshi | Ritchie & Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Pokemon Trainer(s)
  • Satoshi | Ash Ketchum
  • Kasumi | Misty
  • Satoshi no Pikachu | Ash Ketchum's Pikachu
  • Takeshi | Brock
  • Rocket-dan | Team Rocket
  • Rocket-dan Nyarth | Team Rocket Meowth
  • Serena (Pokemon)
  • Leaf (Pokemon)
  • Ookido Yukinari-hakase | Professor Samuel Oak
  • Hinagiku-hakase | Professor Bellis
  • Hiroshi | Ritchie
  • Shinji | Paul
  • Serena starts in Kanto and not Kalos
  • Ash isn't dense for once
  • Dante is the Trainer Oak gave Charmander to
  • Dante is a bit OP due to being a Pokémon game and anime veteran who got hit with the Isekai treatment
  • Leaf is the Trainer Oak gave Bulbasaur to
  • Serena and her mom Grace move to Viridian City
  • Viridian City has a Pokémon Lab run by Professor Bellis
  • Professor Bellis offers the unusual starter trio of Bonsly/Mienfoo/Spearow
  • Serena starts with Mienfoo instead of Fennekin
  • Pewter City Nurse Joy ends up dating Brock in the future
  • Brock has the dream of opening up a hospital in Pewter City as a Pokémon Doctor
  • Dante prefers Fire-types and Electric-types
  • Dante can be a bit flirty at times
  • Misty is 16 here because I feel like it actually makes sense
  • All 1000+ Pokémon and every Mega Evolution already exist
  • Lance has Mega Dragonite
  • There will be new original Pokémon in this fic
  • Three of them are new evolutions for Jynx/Electabuzz/Magmar
  • Gelidame
  • Beastorm
  • Magmalice
  • Pondraft
  • Waspyre
  • There will be custom moves as well
  • The Tohjo Region from the Pokémon Rose Gold fan game exists
  • The Tandor Region exists
  • There are two central traveling groups
  • Group 1 is Ritchie/Dante/Misty
  • Group 2 is Ash/Brock/Serena
  • Pokémon level up like in the games
  • Chosen One Satoshi | Ash Ketchum
  • Ash is the Chosen One of Arceus
  • Ash does not have a Butterfree
  • Leaf ends up with a Beedrill
  • Gary catches a Weedle
  • Gary does not have Beedrill
  • Ash uses Pondraft
  • Gary uses Waspyre
  • Ritchie starts with a Bonsly he nicknames Bonsai
  • Paul starts with a Spearow
  • Combo Moves are an actual gimmick
  • Max Combo Moves combine four moves instead of two
  • Ash catches only one Tauros in the Safari Zone
  • There is no move limits for a Pokémon's moveset

  Summary

  A 27-year-old young man named Austin Way dies in his sleep and wakes up in Pallet Town as a 16-year-old boy named Dante Firestone. Arriving to Oak's lab on time, Dante chooses Charmander. He immediately establishes a rivalry with Bulbasaur's Trainer Leaf and Squirtle's Trainer Gary Oak.

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  English

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