Hi everyone! I decided to stick with a Pokemon theme for my next story, since the last one seemed to do pretty well. This story focuses on Ash from the very beginning, but he's not the same. The story doesn't really follow the anime that much, but… wait. You'll have to find out and read. Oh and when trainers start out on their journey they're 15… It just helps the story.
I do not own anything.
"Burnt to Ashes"
"Ash are you listening to me?" A voice called out, from what seemed to be from miles away.
Ash Ketchum turned 15 today, along with his best friend Gary. That meant today they were going to be able to go off on their very own Pokemon journey, just as Ash's dad had gone years ago.
When thoughts of his father seeped through his mind he always had to hold back tears.
Flashback:
It was a crisp Sunday morning in spring. The brink of dawn could be seen from young Ash's bedroom as he got up early to play with his Pokemon action figures, when he suddenly heard pounding on the door.
He knew his mother had answered the door since a loud feminine scream filled the house. The scream turned into a gurgle as a large bang echoed through the house. Frightened, Ash ran downstairs to see his father holding the dead corpse of his mother. Her throat had been fatally scratched. Standing above him was a man Ash would never forget. Upon his face was a creepy and dark smile. He wore a black suit, darker than midnight. His nose was sharp and his eyebrows were furrowed. Everything about him wanted to make Ash run to his parents and cry.
A Pokemon that Ash knew as Persian started to wipe its claws and paws clean of blood as there men started to pour into the house. Some of them stole various items while other started to light everything on fire.
"NO! NO!" Ash's dad, Alex, too caught up in his own grief to even acknowledge anything else that was happening around him.
"Giovanni, sir, the whole upstairs is on fire. We need to leave soon," A masked man reported.
"Excellent," Giovanni rasped. He had sounded as if he hadn't even had a drop of water in days.
Suddenly, he turned to Ash, who at the time was 5. He said, "Let this day haunt you forever young Ketchum, for Team Rocket will always be watching you." With that he took a sack and placed it over Ash's father's head and dragged the protesting man out of the house.
Ripped with fear, Ash had no idea what to do, when darkness suddenly enveloped him.
He woke up in an infirmary, that was located in Pallet Town. It was also referred to as Professor Oak's Ranch. Gary, his best friend, was looking at Ash with big, pleading eyes, as if he thought Ash wasn't going to ever awake from the darkness again…
End Flashback
"…Yeah…" Ash responded with no emotion at all. Ash woke up in his bed, at Professor Oak's Ranch. After the murder of his mother and father Ash stayed with Professor Oak and Gary at their lab.
"Okay, well hurry I want to get my new Pokemon soon," Gary whined.
Gary was the only one Ash, or Red, as Gary refers to him sometimes, confided and talked to without being awkward or showing no emotion. Professor Oak was also an exception, but he was practically his father.
After Ash trained he dressed quickly. He wore a red vest that had a white collar, and that white ran all the way down to the zipper. The bill of his hat was pure white and the rest of it was red, but a small, half donut like shape was on the front and was also white. His wild, spiky hair was hidden under his cap as well. His undershirt was a tight black shirt. He also had a yellow back pack that he hoisted around his shoulders. His pants were a light blue while his shoes resembled the colors of a Pokeball. (I know I did real bad in the description so if you want to see him, it's supposed to be Red )
As he walked downstairs he was met by Professor Oak.
"Hi Ash, ready for the big day?" Professor Oak asked. He knew he wouldn't get a response, but he always tried.
True to his word, Ash nodded his head, but he noticed that there was a small smile on his face.
'An improvement,' Professor Oak thought. With that Professor Oak beckoned and led them to his lab, which was in the different part of the ranch. There were a few of his assistants in there and they all greeted both Ash and Gary warmly.
Professor Oak stopped at a table that had 3 Pokeball's that rested atop it. It was finally time to pick his very own Pokemon and start his journey. Ash wanted to follow his dad's footsteps, as a great trainer. While never winning a league, his father had been in several league finals, according to Professor Oak.
"Ash, you can go first," Professor Oak said warmly. Surprisingly Gary didn't complain. He wanted Squirtle and knew that Ash wasn't interested in Squirtle.
"…Thank you…" Ash said softly. His eyes were staring at one particular Pokeball. Just above it was a card with a flame on it.
"…Charmander…" Ash simply said. Without another word he picked up the Pokeball and released Charmander.
Out of the Pokeball came a small orange, reptilian lizard. The end of its tail had a small flame emitting from it.
"Char Charmander," Yawned the small reptile. Ash picked him up and looked straight into Charmander's eyes. All he saw was the innocence of a young Pokemon, but there was something else. Charmander had a small fire in the back of its eyes. The fire showed he was a fighter and that he was determined to help Ash, his knew trainer.
Gary let out a sigh of relief. Squirtle was still there. He hastily picked up the Pokeball and released the small blue turtle Pokemon.
"Squirt Squirtle," Squirtle yelled out. Gary smiled as he started to aimlessly tried to talk to Squirtle. Ash returned Charmander to his Pokeball and went outside.
Gary caught up with him and questioned, "Everything alright Red?"
"…Yes," Ash said with a frown. "…We should leave soon…"
True to his word Ash and Gary left for Viridian City quite quickly after bidding a tearful Professor Oak goodbye.
"Hell yeah suckers," Gary yelled, "Two new awesome Pokemon trainers out in the world to kick your butts!" Gary has a weird personality when he gets excited.
Red rolled his eyes. (I'm switching between Ash and Red if you haven't noticed yet)
Only a few more minutes later the sky started to get dark. Squirtle and Charmander were out of their Pokeball's and having a good time playing with each other.
"Hey Ash, when do you think we'll make it to Viridian," Gary asked casually.
"…A week…" Ash said flatly. Ash took out his Pokedex and scanned Charmander, forgetting to before.
"Charmander. A flame burns on the tip of its tail from birth. It is said that a Charmander dies if its flame ever goes out," Dexter's mechanical voice said.
Gary quickly followed suit and scanned Squirtle.
"Squirtle. This Tiny Turtle Pokémon draws its long neck into its shell to launch incredible water attacks with amazing range and accuracy. The blasts can be quite powerful," Dexter's voice rang out once again.
Silently they continued walking as storm brewed. Within a few minutes it started to rain, heavily.
"Squirtle return," Gary commanded. He pointed his Pokeball at Squirtle and in a red flash he was gone.
A few minutes later, Gary noticed Charmander still trudging along, cold and wet.
"Ash why didn't you return Charmander, he's a Fire type and extremely susceptible to water?" Gary asked outraged.
"…It'll make him stronger…" Ash replied coldly. He knew that it was harsh, but he wanted his Pokemon to be able to shrug off attacks that they were bad against, and in this instance Charmander was vulnerable to the rain.
Before Gary could say anything again Charmander agreed with Ash saying, "Char Charmander Cha."
The rain raged on for hours, but so did Ash and Gary. Charmander still held his head high as he met every single pace with Ash and Gary. Charmander already felt a bit more resistant to water. His skin toughened considerably, and even his flame wasn't getting any smaller from the waves of heavy rain.
In about an hour the storm stopped and so did Gary and Ash.
Nothing eventful happened for 3 days, but on the 4th day something changed Ash's life. He was helping Charmander turn his Ember attack into Flamethrower. All of a sudden a large, raptor like bird flew over their heads. To be more specific it's body, on the inside, was a light cream color. On the outside it's feathers was a brownish color. Its head-crest is a reddish color. The tail of the bird alternated between the color red and yellow. The bird has pinkish gray feet with black marking around its eyes.
Ash scanned the familiar Pokemon with his Pokedex.
"Pidgeotto, an evolved form of Pidgey. It is armed with sharp claws and dives from the sky to capture its prey. Unlike the more gentle Pidgey, Pidgeotto can be more dangerous. Approach with extreme caution," Dexter said with his mechanical voice.
"…Scratch…" Ash commanded. Charmander jumped up and slashed Pidgeotto across the chest.
"J'ot Pidgeotto," She screeched in pain. Pidgeotto flew straight at Charmander with blinding speeds.
"…Dodge…" Ash commanded. Charmander leaped out of the way quickly in order to avoid the attack.
"…Smokescreen…" Ash ordered. Charmander let out a thick cloud of smoke that enveloped a 30 ft. radius around them.
However, within a few seconds a strong gust blew away the smoke, clearing the battle field up again.
'Whirlwhind,' Ash thought.
"…Ember…" Ash declared. Searing flames spewed out of Charmander's mouth as he leaped towards Pidgeotto once again. Pidgeotto dodged, but her wings got clipped and burnt by the Ember attack.
Once she straightened out again she started flapping her wings really fast and a strong wind threw Charmander back.
'Gust,' Ash thought once again.
"…Finish with Metal Claw…" Ash instructed. Charmander's claws on each hand grew to twice its size as he slashed at Pidgeotto once again. This time it was too much for Pidgeotto to handle and she fell down unconscious.
Ash threw a Pokeball at Pidgeotto and within 5 seconds he had caught his first Pokemon. Besides getting Charmander this could've been one of his happiest moments of his life.
"…Good job Charmander…" Ash complimented.
"Charmander," The orange lizard hissed out. He and Ash started to walk back to their campsite and met up with Gary.
"…Come on out…" Ash said as he threw his Pokeball and Pidgeotto came out.
"Wow Ash you caught another Pokemon and it's at its 2nd evolution. We should be able to get to Viridian in a day actually since we walked a lot more than the average person," Gary babbled.
With that they went to bed and ready to take the next step in their adventure.
When they awoke they picked up the campsite and both Ash and Gary let out their respective Pokemon. Once they got to the gates of Viridian City they could see a large building in the near distance and that only meant on thing, a Pokemon Gym.
"Maybe we should go heal our Pokemon first?" Gary suggested. Ash nodded in agreement and they made their way to the Pokemon Center.
Once inside Gary went to talk to Professor Oak through the video phone.
"Welcome to the Pokemon Center, how may I help you?" The Viridian Nurse Joy asked.
"…Heal…" Ash said in somewhat of a creepy tone. Nurse Joy didn't ask twice as Ash sat down and started to meditate.
"Red, would you please come and get your Pokemon," Nurse Joy announced through a microphone. Ash came up and snatched his Pokeball's and by that time Gary was ready to.
"Grandpa says that Bulbasaur was picked up by Leaf. She's gonna compete with us in the conference. Maybe we'll see her." Gary stated aimlessly.
Ash nodded in agreement. He was about to walk out of the gym when Gary stopped him.
"Ash, we can't fight the gym leader in Viridian. We need the other 7 badges first," Gary warned.
Ash once again nodded and walked out of the Pokemon Center and towards Viridian Forest. When Gary entered Viridian Forest he started to squeal about how many awesome Pokemon he was going to catch.
Ash walked on ahead and saw a yellowish brown tail sticking from a bush.
"…Ember on the bush…" Ash commanded Charmander. Charmander took a deep breath and shots hot spurts of fire at the bush. The Ember attack definitely hit something as a small cry rang out.
"Pika Pi Pikachu," A small mouse-like Pokemon cried. The Pokemon indeed did resemble a small mouse. Its yellow fur makes its way all the way up his body and eventually is stopped at the tips of his ears, where it's black. The Pokemon has two small red circles on its cheeks. Two brown stripes ran across the back of the Pokemon's body. And finally, its tail was zigzagged with a brown patch of fur at the bottom.
"Chuuuuu," Pikachu yelled as he shot out a thunderbolt at Charmander.
'Thunderbolt,' Red thought. "…Counter with Ember…"
Charmander let out a burst of flames, but instead of it just being a few embers the attack was Flamethrower. The large Flamethrower attack ripped right through the weaker Thunderbolt attack and engulfed Pikachu.
"Chu Pika," Pikachu grunted as he took the full brunt of the attack. Pikachu tried to break free, but Charmander's new attack was too much for him to handle. He fell unconscious with swirls in his eyes.
"…Pokeball…" Ash whispered as he threw one at Pikachu. It hit him with a thump and he was sucked into it. After a few nerve racking moments the Pokeball stopped shaking and Ash had officially caught his second Pokemon.
"Nice job Red," Gary said impressed. "But can you beat this?" He threw a Pokeball and out came a green, human-sized praying mantis. Its arms resembled a curved blade and its wings are a white color. It was a Scyther, one of the rarest Pokemon to find in the whole Kanto region, much less Viridian Forest.
"…Impressive…" Ash commented. He returned Charmander and started to walk off again. Gary sweat dropped. He ran and caught up to Ash. They walked for the whole day and could finally see the exit, when a samurai looking guy jumped out at them with a sword.
"Holy shit!" Gary yelled. Ash's face just remained passive.
"My name is Samurai," the Samurai dude started, "I wish to battle one of you."
Gary immediately hid behind Ash who had one thought go through his mind, 'Wimp'.
Ash stepped up and threw out Pikachu's Pokeball. The yellow mouse appeared in a red flash and a 'Pika'.
"Go Pinsir," Samurai yelled. The large bug Pokemon with huge two huge pincer's on her head.
"…Thunderbolt…" Ash demanded coldly. Pikachu slumped for a second before letting out a huge bolt of thunder. Since Ash and Pikachu's battle, Pikachu had become a lot stronger, with Pidgeotto and Charmander, since they fought off a lot of bug Pokemon that tried to attack Ash and Gary.
"Use Harden," Samurai yelled out. Pinsir screeched and a white veil covered him as the Thunderbolt attack hit him. The attack still dealt damage, but not as much as it could have.
"…Quick Attack then use Iron Tail…" Ash ordered. Pikachu shot forward with a cry and smashed his silver tail into Pinsir's face. Pinsir fell back with a thud and was unconscious.
"Pinsir is unable to battle, the winner is Pikachu," Gary, who decided to be the referee, said.
"Pinsir return, go Metapod," Samurai yelled though gritted teeth.
Ash snorted and swiftly said, "Thunderbolt again." Pikachu let out another strong Thunderbolt and it cloaked Metapod, who was knocked out instantly.
"…Return…" Ash said with a hint of praise in his voice. He walked towards the exit of the forest, as Samurai crashed to his knees.
"AAAAAGGGGHHH," Samurai cried out.
"What the hell!" Gary wailed. Instantly a huge buzzing sound could be heard from right behind Samurai as hundreds of Beedrill came into view.
"…Charmander…Pikachu…Pidgeotto…" Red yelled as his eyes bulged. The three came out of their Pokeball's, confused, until they saw the massive swarm of Beedrill.
"Let's go Squirtle and Scyther," Gary yelled with a high pitched voice, when he finally got his senses back.
Not all of the Beedrill attacked at once, so both Gary and Ash let out a side of relief. Around 20 came at each of them each time.
Ash didn't need to command his Pokemon, they knew what to do. Pikachu let out constant Thunderbolts and Iron Tail's. Pidgeotto attacked with Gust, to blow the Poison Sting or Pin Missile attacks away, and used Wing Attack, which knocked out a Beedrill instantly. Charmander was having a bit of trouble though. His Flamethrower attack seemed to miss its mark constantly, so he was getting beaten up pretty badly.
On Gary's side he was panicking, but he still was holding them off perfectly.
"Squirtle use Water Gun," Gary called out, "Scyther use Slash." Both Pokemon attacked and knocked out two Beedrill.
The Beedrill noticed that Ash was more of a threat so more of them started to attack his Pokemon. A bunch of them surrounded Charmander and knocked him to the ground. They all fired Poison Sting attacks at him and those attacks could've been fatal, except for the fact that Ash jumped in front of Charmander, shielding him and taking the full brunt of the attack.
Ash whimpered and Gary ran over to him.
"Ash are you alright?" Gary asked frantically.
"…I'm fine, just a bit sore…" He said softly. With that he passed out.
Gary turned to Samurai, who was in shock, and said in an unusually high-pitched voice, "Run to the Pokemon Center and get someone, quickly."
Charmander seeing, this cried out and his whole body was engulfed in a white light. After a few seconds the light died down and a whole new Pokemon was born.
"Meleon Char Charmeleon," Charmeleon roared out. While Charmander was orange, Charmeleon's scales were a dark red, or crimson, color. The tail of Charmeleon was definitely bigger, as well as the flame that was on the tip of his tail. He also had a single horn-like thing protruded from the top of his head.
With a huge roar Charmeleon let out a funnel of fire that swamped all of the Beedrill. It was a Fire Spin attack. By the time Charmeleon took out all of the Beedrill, Samurai got back with an ambulance. Gary returned both his Pokemon and Ash's Pokemon and helped load Ash into the ambulance.
"Cya creepy dude," Gary spluttered out. Samurai waved back at the ambulance that took off immediately.
When they got to the Pewter City Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy gave Ash an injection, which stopped the poison from seeping into his bloodstream and heart. She gave Gary the job of talking to Professor Oak, which he probably would have and let's just stay Professor Oak was pissed.
"What the hell do you mean Ash was attacked by Beedrill?!" Professor Oak yelled out.
"Grandpa listen," Gary groaned out, "Some retard dressed as a Samurai yelled really loudly and a swarm of at least 200 Beedrill attacked us. Charmander was gonna get hurt real badly and Ash jumped in the way and took the attacks. Charmander evolved into Charmeleon and fried them with Fire Spin. We could've made kebabs out of those Beedrill if they were edible," Gary said, though that last part was full of humor.
"So what Pokemon do both of you have?" Professor Oak asked when he calmed down.
"Ash has Charmeleon, a Pidgeotto, and a Pikachu. I have Squirtle and a Scyther," Gary said after a moment of thought.
"Pikachu and Scyther are very rare Pokemon to find," Professor Oak said impressed. He was about to say something else, but was cut off when both Gary and the good Professor heard a groan.
They turned around to see Ash groan again and sit up, wincing as he did so.
"Ash!" They both yelled out. Ash opened his mouth to say something, but before he did he saw Charmeleon.
"…You evolved…" Red coughed out.
"Char," He growled softly as he nuzzled Ash. Another wave of pain coursed through Ash's body and he fell back into the land of unconsciousness.
For the next few days Ash drifted in and out of unconsciousness, but on the 3rd day Nurse Joy tested Ash to see if he was okay and they finally released him.
"Hope you feel better Ash," Nurse Joy said warmly and waved to him and Gary as they left the Pokemon Center.
"We finally get to challenge our first Pokemon gym," Gary said pumped.
"…No…" Ash said bluntly.
"What now," Gary moaned out.
"…I need to train…" Ash whispered. "…You can come if you want…"
"Sure we can train for a day, rest up and then beat the gym?" Gary asked hopefully.
Ash rolled his eyes, but nodded.
Once they found a place to train, obviously not Viridian Forest, Ash and Gary started to train their Pokemon.
Ash had two of his Pokemon attack the other one, to strengthen their defense. Pidgeotto and Pikachu attacked Charmeleon. Then Charmeleon and Pikachu attacked Pidgeotto, who was extremely susceptible to Pikachu's Thunderbolt attack. And finally, Pikachu was attacked by Charmeleon and Pidgeotto.
Gary had his Pokemon constantly attack boulders until they could break each one with just a single attack. In the process, his Squirtle evolved into Wartortle. Wartortle tough, leathery skin became a dark blue, or indigo. His ears and tails became furry. Wartortle also learned Water Pulse and Rapid Spin in the process of evolving.
"…Congrats Wartortle…" Ash said, praising the Pokemon, as he patted his head.
Ash went back to training his Pokemon and started do the same exercises as Gary did with his Pokemon. In all, they trained about 3 hours, but before they went to heal their tired and sweaty Pokemon they decided to have a mock battle.
"…Pidgeotto…" Ash called out.
"J'ot" Pidgeotto screeched as she flew onto the battlefield.
"Go Wartortle," Gary yelled out. This was his first serious battle against Ash. They had a few sparring matches to show each other moves, but they never knocked each other's Pokemon out, until now.
"Okay let's rock this with Rapid Spin," Gary ordered. Wartortle withdrew into his shell, started to spin, and flew right at Pidgeotto.
"…Gust…" Ash demanded. Pidgeotto flapped her wings awfully fast and the wind was strong enough to stop Wartortle in his tracks and send him flying back.
"Tortle," Wartortle grunted as he landed heavily.
"Let's go Wartortle," Gary called out encouragingly. "Now use Water Pulse."
Wartortle formed a sphere of water and smashed it against the ground, creating a mini-wave that crashed into Pidgeotto. However, due to the rigorous training, she didn't feel that much pain.
"…Agility into Quick Attack..." Ash simply said. Wartortle was hit almost instantly as the really fast Quick Attack was boosted by Agility. Once again Wartortle was sent crashing down hard.
"Water Gun," Gary yelled out through clenched teeth.
"War Wartortle," Wartortle grunted as he instantaneously shot out a jet stream of water at Pidgeotto.
"…Dodge…" Ash ordered. Fortunately for Pidgeotto and Ash, the Water Gun attack was already off the mark and nowhere near Pidgeotto.
"J'ot Pidgeotto," Pidgeotto chirped tauntingly.
"Tortle Tortle Wartortle," Wartortle panted.
"Wartortle use Water Pulse again," Gary called out, frustrated. Wartortle formed the sphere of water once more and smashed it against the ground. The wave this time was noticeably smaller since Wartortle was fatigued.
"…Agility into Wing Attack…" Ash uttered. Pidgeotto sped right through the Water Pulse and slammed both of her glowing wings into Wartortle.
Wartortle fell back with a crash, unconscious and had those famous swirls replace his eyes.
"Return," Gary said depressed. 'How could one of his newer Pokemon take out my strongest,' Gary thought bewildered.
"…Nice job, now return…" Ash praised. "…Pikachu…"
"Pika Pika," The little mouse Pokemon cried out.
"Go Scyther," Gary yelled as he threw the Pokeball.
"Scy Scyther," Scyther purred as he appeared in a flash.
"Alright let's start this off with Quick Attack," Gary uttered out.
"…Quick Attack…" Red called out. Both Pokemon crashed into each other, fighting for dominance. Since Scyther was an extremely strong Pokemon he pushed Pikachu back, but both Pokemon did take damage.
"Get a quick Wing Attack in there," Gary swiftly said.
"…" Ash didn't say anything. The Wing Attack barely fazed Pikachu, and in fact the Wing Attack backfired since Pikachu's Static kicked in. Scyther became paralyzed.
"…Thunderbolt…" Ash said calmly.
"Pikachuuuuuuu," Pikachu cried out as a large, continuous, thunderbolt overwhelmed Scyther.
The paralysis and the ongoing, super-effective Thunderbolt attack eventually knocked out Scyther, who couldn't break free from the attack.
"…Thank you…" Ash said as Pikachu jumped on his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek.
"Return," Gary said disappointedly. Ash gave a rare smile to a slumped over Gary and patted him on the back.
They quietly walked over to Pokemon Center and approached Nurse Joy again.
"Hi Nurse Joy, could you please heal our Pokemon again?" Gary asked politely.
"Of course," Nurse Joy said happily. Gary and Ash handed over there Pokeball's to Nurse Joy and crashed onto a couch, tired.
After a few minutes there Pokemon were all healed up and Nurse Joy gave them a key to the room they were staying in.
Both Ash and Gary took a shower, let out their Pokemon, and fell asleep instantly. The Pokemon were so worn down they curled up and also fell asleep within a few minutes.
When the night passed and morning arose the two aspiring trainers got up and checked out of the Pokemon Center.
"Gym, gym, gym, gym, gym," Gary sang. Once they got to the Pewter City Pokemon Gym Ash opened the door and was immediately surprised at what he saw.
The gym was relatively simple. There was a rock field, with a bunch of little kids playing on it, though.
Ash and Gary sweat dropped. There were 10 of them in all. One of them, the oldest presumably, was playing with the younger kids, while some of the older ones were hitting each other with rocks.
"…Ahem…" Ash coughed.
The ten identical people turned to the newcomers and blushed. The oldest one got up.
"I'm Brock and these are my younger brothers and sisters," Brock started, "Are you here to challenge the gym?"
Gary nodded.
"Alright kids time to go watch upstairs," Brock said warmly as he ushered them upstairs.
"Which one of you will go first?" Brock asked.
"I will," Gary said stepping up.
Once both trainers got into their spots the referee said, "This is an official gym battle between gym leader Brock Stone and Gary Oak of Pallet Town. This will be a 2-on-2 match, the first person to run out of Pokemon loses. Ready? Begin!"
"Go Scyther," Yelled a giddy Gary.
"Geodude let's rock," Brock yelled. (No pun intended) The Pokemon seemed to be a rock, with two arms and two eyes. The Pokemon did have a hand and it levitated a bit in the air.
"Alright Scyther use Fury Cutter," Gary ordered. Scyther slashed and hacked at Geodude, but did minimal damage since Geodude's defense is really high.
"Rollout," Brock commanded. Geodude curled up into a tight ball and rolled right over Scyther, doing massive damage since the attack was 4x effective.
"Shake it off and use Swords Dance," Gary called out. Four swords surrounded Scyther and seemed to melt into his body. He looked significantly stronger and more pumped.
"Use Rock Throw Geodude," Brock said calmly. Geodude picked up a large boulder next to him and hurled it at Scyther, at the speed of a fastball in baseball.
"Let's take a page from Red's book," Gary smirked, "Use Agility to dodge and use then use your new move!"
True to Gary's word, Scyther was able to nimbly dodge the Rock Throw and went in with a Steel Wing attack. Both of Scyther's wings glowed as they smashed right into Geodude's face, knocking him back, unconscious.
"Geodude is unable to battle, Scyther is the winner," The referee started, "Gym leader, please send out your last Pokemon.
"Boooooo!" Brock's siblings yelled from upstairs. Gary sweat dropped.
"Let's rock Rhyhorn," Brock yelled out with a smirk plastered on his face. Rhyhorn resembled a rhinoceros that was made of rock plates. She had visible fangs coming out from her mouth and a single horn standing up straight on the tip of her nose. Rhyhorn also has a double ridge that stuck out on her back.
"Return," Gary ordered. Seeing that Scyther wouldn't be able to win this match, he returned him her in a red flash.
"Go Wartortle," Gary shouted. His trusty blue turtle came out with a roar.
"Shit," Brock muttered, "How come it's always Wartortle?"
"Wartortle use Rain Dance," Gary bellowed.
"Tortle!" Wartortle cried out as he raised his arms. Immediately an artificial cloud became visible and it started to pour.
"Rhy Rhyorn," Rhyhorn screeched in pain and agony.
"Rhyhorn use Earthquake let's go," Brock murmured. Rhyhorn lifted her two front legs up and smashed them into the ground, creating massive vibrations, which threw Wartortle off his feet. Jagged stones came up and hit him, but luckily a lot of stones caught his shell, which blocked a lot of the stones from harming him.
"Water Pulse," Gary ordered. When the aquatic sphere was smashed into the ground, it was at least 3x stronger, now rather when he faced Ash, since Wartortle was at full strength and got a boost from the Rain Dance.
Rhyhorn aren't the most nimble Pokemon so Brock could only watch in horror as his Pokemon was engulfed by the water.
"Horn!" Rhyhorn bellowed in pain. The super-effective attack knocked her out. The combination of Water Pulse and Rain Dance was too much for her to handle.
"Rhyhorn is unable to battle, the winner is Wartortle," The referee started. "That means that the challenger is the winner!"
"I'll give you the badge after I battle your friend," Brock smiled.
Ash stepped up to the battlefield and stared coldly at Brock.
"This battle is between Gym leader Brock and the challenger Red from Pallet Town," The referee declared, "Ready? Let the battle begin!"
And done. How was the first chapter?! I'll be working on this story and post a few more chapters, before finishing the Tournament of Legends. Please leave a review on your thoughts… Oh and tell me when you'd want any of Ash's Pokemon to evolve. I don't know where to place the evolutions.
Thanks,
Dragonheart1234