Summery

Ash has contracted a old and mysterious illness, and only by embarking on a long dangerous journey, may he find the cure, but with time ticking away, and ash getting worse by the day, will he and his friends be able to save him in time.

pairings-definitely ASHxMISTY.

This is my first pokemon fic so I'm not sure how it will turn out lol. This is set after the battle frontier and ash is about to set out on another journey but it won't be in sinnoh like in diamond and pearl, it will be a completely different one. ENJOY!

Nd sorry for the sp mistakes, I'm not good at spelling the pokemon names.

Ages

Ash- 15

Misty-15

Chapter 1- a new beginning

The sun was shinning high above the lush green hillsides surrounding the small town of pallet. Lying beneath the shade of an old pine tree, was a raven haired teen, the peek of his hat tilted down slightly, and his yellow companion sitting lazily on his masters chest.

"soon it will just be me and you buddy" ash said to pikachu

" I'll be leaving all of our friends with professor Oak, but don't worry," He said chuckling "I think bulbasaur will keep 'em in line, speaking of which we better get going" He said while glancing down at his watch, "if we leave now we might actually be early for a change"

Ash got to his feet, and dusted himself down, "ya ready buddy" he said while pikachu scurried up his arm to his usual place on ash's shoulder. Pikachu nodded happily "pika….pika…chu" Ash smiled and then made his way down the dusty track that lead to Oaks house.

"Just around the hill pikachu" ash said happily "We'll be right on time"

"Don' count on it twerp" Said a very familiar trio of voices

Sighing ash turned around, not completely surprised by their appearance. "Not you guy's again" He said plainly

"well at least but a little heart into it," James said surprised

" Well after a few years of battling you guys it does get a little repetitive" ash said smirking

"ya havn' even heared our new motto" said meowth wisely

Ash groaned "go ahead"

"Prepare for trouble"

"and make it double…."

Smirking Ash slid away quietly, while team rocket were busy saying their moto, and ran towards his destination.

Team rocket finished their 'improved' motto, then suddenly Jessie shouted "Hey!, where'd the twerp go!"

The team looked around wildly "he ditched us!" Meowth growled

"He doesn't' really appreciate the hard work we put into our motto's" James said sadly, and they gave a collective sigh they clambered back into their balloon and flew into the sky, only to be shot down by a lone sperow with a grudge.. (and probably not to be seen again in this story lol sorry to any team rocket fans)

Laughing as he heard a faint "we're blasting off again" , Ash rounded the corner and made his way up to professor oaks lab and entered through the large front gates.

"Hey professor" ash said cheerfully as he entered Oaks lab

"oh, hello ash, I wasn't expecting you for another hour" Oak said smiling at ash

"But I thought I was right on time" ash said confused

"precisely, I though you'd be late, anyway shall we get on with it."

"okay" Ash said while un-attaching his poke balls from his belt and handing them to the professor.

"Oh and I have this for you, he said while rummaging in this pocket and handed to ash blue pokedex, this has all the information you need on the Neo Region"

"Wow thanks" Ash said gratefully, putting it in his back pocket, but suddenly, his head started to spin slightly, and held onto the wall for support.

"Are you ok ash" Oak said slightly concerned pikachu also turning his head to check if his master was okay "pika..pi"

"Yeah I'm fine, he said as his head cleared "just hungry I guess"

Nodding Oak said "well hurry along home then, knowing you mother has a feast ready for you"

"Yeah your right, c'mon pikachu I'll race ya" Ash said running out off the lab at top speed a dust cloud building behind him and pikachu hot on his tail.

Shaking his head slightly, oak said "some things never change"

Sorry for the boring beginning, but I had to introduce the story some how lol, next chapter will be called "reunion" and the old gang will be back together and the proper story can begin, so it will start to get better from there lol

REVIEW PLEASE, it would really help me out to find out what you guys think, even though nothings really happened yet lol.

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