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"Talking"
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Chapter 1- The start of an adventure.
Welcome to the world of pokemon, a magical world filled with amazing and powerful creatures known as pokemon. Pokemon are creatures of all sizes, shapes and types. Ranging from cute and cuddly to large and scary, all pokemon have something special about them. Let it be their beauty, their strength, their cuteness or even their rarity.
In this world, we humans live in harmony with pokemon, living together with them, taking care of each other. So much is the bonds between human and pokemon that we use pokemon in our daily lives. One such use is in pokemon battling. When 2 people, known as trainers, battle, it is called a pokemon battle. It goes on until the end of the time limit or one of the pokemon is no longer able to battle. People like these trainers go around the regions to collect special gym badges to challenge the pokemon league and become the best.
That was the dream of one ash ketchum from pallet town in the kanto region. Being a 10 year old boy with raven hair shagging around, deep red eyes and slightly tanned skin, ash ketchum was called devil eyes in his neighbourhood many a times, simply because his eyes were very freaky, but those who knew ash knew that there was nothing freaky about him or also red, because that was what his mother called him.
Currenty sitting on his bed with his eyes open an looking up to the ceiling, basked in the morning light, exactly 1 hour before he was supposed to wake up, his mind had thoughts after thoughts on what he was going to do on his journey that started today.
He had prepared for years, almost 3 for this day. He had packed his bag, he had made sure he had everything and he planned out his journey. Now all that left was choosing his starter.
A starter pokemon was a pokemon which accompanied a trainer throughout their journey across the world. Now, there were 3 possible and normal starters,Charmander, the fire type, squirtle, the water type and bulbasaur, the grass type. For all his life, he had never been able to choose between the three starter pokemon, because he liked all the three of them. He wanted one of each, not only because their evolution's were cool, but also because he liked them all.
However, he also knew that there was something else in store for him. Every time he saw a picture of the starting trio, he felt odd. Very odd, as if he didn't belong with them from the start. But he could wing it, right?
Well, it doesn't hurt if he reaches there a little early right?
"Morning red." His mother, delia ketchum, a businesswoman like none other, and the most caring person he ever knew. She was wearing a casual pink coloured t-shirt and green shorts, her usual out of business work, and she had the usual sweet smile on her face. "Excited?"
"...Yes." he was a quiet child, only speaking when needed and never speaking out of turn or when he protested something. People told he was shy, but he had the balls of steel. "I still can't choose my starter."
"Oh sweetie, I am sure you will get the best one suited for you if you choose wisely." Delia said, setting down some milk along with the breakfast set on the table. "Ash, have you taken everything?"
"Yes." Ash nodded, putting his bag on the table. He wasn't ready yet, still in a normal black t-shirt and white printed bottoms having a pokeball logo on his left thigh. "I have 5 potions, 1 revive and 10 of each of the berries that you gave me. Along with my poke-gear and vs-recorder."
"Good." Delia nodded in satisfaction. "And what about clothes?"
"I have a set of similar clothes with me, along with 3 pairs of... underwear and socks and gloves." Ash said, looking away at the embarrassing part. "And I have taken the stone you gave me as well."
"Good." she also sat down on the table, the mother and son duo having their last breakfast together for a long time. "Ash, remember, this world is filled with all sorts of people. I know I have been saying this to you for a long time, but this is probably the last time I see you in person. You will meet all sorts of people, good and bad, you will find all sorts of friends, but remember, you need to chose whom to put your trust in yourself. Don't get into any black business, and if you lose, don't worry, there is always a next chance to everything."
Ash didn't reply, just stoically and emotionlessly nodded his head. For a 10 year old, he was rather tall, reaching a height of 4ft 8inches, a height which was not only unusual but also crazy. He wasn't muscles yet because he was 10, but he had a lean body tone. He was also trained in many fighting styles, all done by himself, and was a good athlete. Having received home education upto 12th grade, when all the students his age were in the 5th, he was a very, very smart person.
And today, he was going to start on a new journey, a journey that opened a new page in his life.
"Ahh, ash, how good to see you." Professor Samuel oak, man easily in his 50's greeted him with a smile on his face. he had goldish white hair, with it tinting on the colour white. He was wearing a white coloured lab-coat with a red coloured t-shirt and khaki pants inside. Ash nodded as a greeting and gave the ghost of all ghost smiles. Entering in the lab that was 100 feet above sea level, that also with no elevator, he came to a room with 3 other children in it.
One was a purple t-shrit wearing teenager, with blue jeans and a yellow and green necklace on his neck. He had brown hair, and looked as if he owned the place, which he technically did. This was gary oak, the grandchild of professor oak, and ash's biggest rival, perhaps his archrival.
The other boy in the room except ash and gary was a blue haired boy with green eyes, and he was wearing polka dot themed pyjama's and was looking half asleep. This was boris, also known as bore due to his sense of humour.
The only girl in the room was a beautiful brown haired girl, wearing a light blue coloured tank-top and a red coloured skirt reaching till her knees. She was wearing a white coloured hat with a pokeball symbol on it. This was leaf, another pokemon trainer wannabe.
"Fianlly, ashy-boy!" gary exclaimed, putting his arms up in the air. "What happened, overslept?"
"I would say that it was his mother that didn't let him go so easily." Leaf giggled. Ash nodded at that, and ignored gary. "Good choice of clothes, they suit you."
Ash was wearing a light blue coloured jeans, with a black coloured t-shirt inside a red and white coloured jacket. He also had a hat with him, all red in colour with a white pokeball logo. He had a green coloured bag with him.
"Now that you all are here." The professor closed a book on the table rather loudly, waking up boris from his small sleep in a start, who quickly paid attention to the professor. "Let's begin. Starting from today, you are going to start your journey in the kanto region. Almost all of you passed with flying colours, some acing the entire exams. However, there is a slight problem."
"Oh come on gramps!" gary, being the ever impatient one, protested. "What is now?!"
"I only have the three normal starters. I do have a fourth one, but it isn't the normal one." The professor sighed. All of the kids heart stopped. "It means one of you will need to choose a compulsory starter, which one will it be?"
Before anyone else could even say anything, ash raised his hand. The professor looked at him, and the determination in his red coloured eyes, and smiled proudly.
"So you are ready to take the abnormal pokemon?" the professor asked. In truth, if it was anyone who had it in them to tame that pokemon, it would be ash 'red' ketchum. Ash nodded quite seriously. "Good. So that problem is solved. But first, let's begin. Since leaf is the only female here, and she can be qualified for that rule 'ladies first', she will get the first choice."
Said girl cheered, and walked forward. Behind the professor were 4 pokeballs, one having a flame sticker, one a leaf one and one having a bubble and the final one having a bolt. It seemed he was the only one who noticed it before the professor opened the pokeballs.
The first pokemon to come out was a blue coloured turtle with a cream underbody and a jagged brown coloured outer shell with a bald blue head and large brown eyes. This was the water type pokemon, squirtle.
The second one to come out was a green coloured bidipeal pokemon with a bud on it's back, being a little darker than the rest of it's body, and having small perfect green patches on his main body. This was the grass type pokemon, bulbasaur.
The final pokemon to come out was an orange coloured lizard, with a cream belly and a flame at the back of it's tail, never being doused. He had rather large claws. This was the fire type pokemon, charmander.
"Hey gramps! Where's ashy-boy's starter?" gary was slightly irritated. He was planning to take the pokemon that was going to be stronger against ash's, meaning, of the stronger type. But this wasn't his plan. "It isn't fair if he gets to choose after we all chose."
"Well, since ash has to choose the only pokemon there is with me, he will be getting his pokemon as the last one. But it's an electric type, that's what I can tell." Professor oak said. "Now leaf, is your choice?"
"I have been prepared for this since a long time! I choose bulbasaur!" leaf said excitedly, going down to pet the green coloured grass type, who smiled in satisfaction. Gary grumbled. He wanted that one.
"Great, now, it's boris's turn. I know you want to go gary, but you do not deserve special attention only because you are my grandson." The professor said, but scolded gary when he was about to shout. "Now, boris, which one do you want?"
"I want charmander!" boris said, making the said fire type jump in his arms. That left squirtle for gary, who though a little grumpy at getting the pokemon weaker to ash's, was still satisfied with the water type.
"Now, this one is yours, ash." The professor said, picking up the last pokeball and calling it out. The pokemon that came out was an electric rodent, all yellow in colour with 3 brown stripes on it's back and a black capped ears. It also had a zig-zag tail and also red coloured cheeks. "This is Pikachu."
Said rodent due to some reason was angry, and started to glare at the professor. But before he could start shocking them, ash took action.
The rodent felt a hand atop his head, which somehow, made him stop pouring electricity out of its cheeks. He turned around, and gazed into the reddest eyes he had ever seen. The teen looked straight into pikachu's eyes, making it understand that they weren't enemies, they were friends, they wanted to co-exists. Finally, after all shreds of anger vanished and all that remained was curiosity and slight awe was when ash lifted his hand.
"Hello. My name is ash." Ash introduced himself. The others were looking at him in either curiosity or apprehension. "I am going to be your trainer and friend."
Pikachu didn't say anything, just kept on gazing into those cold yet extremely warm eyes.
"I will be your friend if you let me be your friend." Ash explained, breaking pikachu's exterior coldness and anger, and bringing out the inner fun loving pokemon. "So, will you accompany me?"
Without hesitation, Pikachu smiled, making ash smile, and rub it's head.
"Pikaaaa~~" the rodent cooed under his touch. "Pikapi Pikachu!"
"Well, what do you know. Looks like devil eyes does have a warmer side." Gary taunted ash at the scene, who like always, only looked at him making him sweat slightly, and ignored him only angering him more.
"You have a cute starter red." Leaf told him after taking a look at his pikachu. "But my bulbasaur is cuter."
"Even though all your pokemon are cute or strong, my pokemon is the smartest of your all!" boris boasted. "For he outflames all your pokemon!"
"Before we get too carried away, let's move on to the next part. Here, I have got some devices known as the pokedex, an encyclopedia which will help you not only get data on some pokemon, but also on their moves, stats, levels, abilities and natures. Each one of you will get one, which will serve as your id's through your entire journey." Professor said. "I have one designated with a colour for each, ash, you will get the red one, leaf, for you it's the green one, boris, you have the orange one and gary has the blue one. Please take care of this because you won't get a new one if lost or misplaced."
"Yes sir." All four of them said, picking their respective poke-dexes.
"And as a gift, I will give you this." Professor said, handing them all some pokeballs. "I have given you 5 pokeballs, enough for your entire team. Other than that, you can always buy more, be it pokeballs, great balls, ultra balls or etc. Other than that, you are free to go. Ash, please stay behind, I have to say something to you."
"Aww, is that your new pokemon?" delia asked ash with a smile on her face. Pikachu was sitting on ash's shoulder, curiously looking around everywhere. He hated pokeballs, and his new friend allowed him to stay out of one. He saw the woman and deduced it was his trainer's meema. "It is cute."
Pikachu started to purr as delia stroked it's head and petted it. Ash cracked a small smile at the scene, before he went back to his normal emotionless look.
"Well, ashy, looks like this is it." delia said with a small, sad but still, proud smile on her face. "From today, you are an adult, a grown up man. You won't be getting anyone make your decisions for you, but you will have to make your own decisions. You are not only the one responsible for yourself, but also for your pokemon from now on. I hope that you succeed in your journey, and you find the thrill you have always been looking for."
"Thank you mom." With one last hug, ash turned around, and made for the route that headed out of pallet town. "I will keep in touch."
"Be safe, sweetie!" delia shouted out while waving. "I will be rooting for you!"
"Pika!" Pikachu, having liked the woman, also waved back. "Pikapi Pikachu!"
And so started the journey of what was going to be one of the most enigmatic, strongest and the most accomplished trainer of all times. May he find success in his journey, and may he come out on the top.
The end.
Authour's notes:-
Welcome all to my first ever pokemon story and my second fanfic. While I don't know if you know me or not, I will introduce myself as my pen name, Omnipotent97. Being a writer has always been my dream, and this might possibly be the first step in my side carrier as a writer if I decide to be one, even though my major focus right now is on computers and mechatronics.
Enough about myself. You see, I was surfing through bulbapedia one day, when I came across ash ketchum's page, and read that he was the avatar of the red in the games. So my first thought was 'How can a 10 year old kid that loses his first gym battle everytime he goes into a new region, even if he has an advantage be the same as the kid who not only took down the league of kanto and johto, but also managed to go on top of mount silver and stop team rocket more times than he can count, even if ash has met all the legendaries in the world.'
So, I decided to give this idea of mine, named Ash 'red' ketchum, the ash ketchum as he was supposed to be, like red. If you have read my story, the dragon king's 3rd chapter, you might know that I had spoken about this idea, and here is my first chapter. Basically, ash is going to be the red from the games, just a little more talkative, and since he will be travelling across the world, that includes other regions out of kanto, sevii islands and johto, I have decided that he will catch some pokemon outside of his team.
Now, as always, I will have a pairing in this story as well, before you ask, no, it's not leaf. I have her in store for someone else, nor it is any canonical female character, so no may, misty, dawn, iris and serena. It's going to be a surprise cause very few have tried this pairing in a long story like mine is going to be. If you have, hat's off after you find out the pairing some 2 to 3 chapters.
Now, after much thinking, I have decided instead of making it a 50-50 mix between the anime and the games, it is going to be a 90-10 games-anime mix. So, 90% of the plot will be from the games, so don't be surprised if you don't see a pack of spearrow chasing after ash and Pikachu, though you will not be disappointed about the ho-oh scene.
Also, about ash's skill level, as I have said, ash is like red. So by the time he reaches the league, he is going to be OP, so don't complain about it and just go with the flow. But don't for one second think that red/ash is going to destroy all the foe's he battles, he will face troubles, and will also loose, but not heavily like the anime ash does.
Now enough of my ranting. Check out my other story, the dragon king, a fairy tail fanfiction, if you are interested. Always remember to hit the like button, or follow button, or placing a review for it not only makes me interested in continuing my stories but also makes me feel someone is enjoying them as well. Flamers will be ignored, but positive criticism will be accepted to a level.
Regards... omnipotent97.
