Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. If I did, Ash would age, have a romantic harem, and actually show some skill.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh! I'm going to be late!"

Ash ran out of his house screaming. Today was his 13th birthday, meaning he could now go on his journey. Unfortunately, he was late as it was 11:45.

"Sorry mom, can't talk! I have to get my first pokemon! Gotta go!" he said while running so fast a Rapidash would have eaten his dust. When he got to the professor's lab, he was shocked to see that there were no more pokemon. He began to leave the professor's lab, pissed at himself for not realizing that he forgot to set his alarm.

Suddenly Professor Oak called out, "Wait a minute, Ash. I know how you were looking forward to getting your first pokemon so I'll give you a deal. You can either wait another week for a new batch of starter pokemon to arrive, or you can have a different pokemon instead right now.

Ash didn't hesistate in his answer. "Now, please!"

The professor chuckled, he wish he had this much enthusiasm. "Very well, you can have this pokemon. Go Ralts!"

A Ralts appeared. It scanned its surroundings. When it saw Ash, it blushed and hid behind Professor Oak. Ash caught this and figured that the Ralts was a girl.

"Now Ash, this Ralts was recently hatched and has a shy nature. However, she is close to evolving into a Kirlia and needs a trainer's help to evolve. Will you accept her?

The Ralt's heart nearly leapt when she heard the answer. "Yes, Professor Oak. Since it is a girl, I will evolve it into a Gardevoir, as I know they have some very strong psychic and fairy attacks." said Ash. When the Ralts heard this it jumped towards Ash, as it always wanted to be as beautiful as her mother. Ash laughed nervously at the affection that the Ralts was showing him."

"...Okay... so here is your pokedex and your journey now begins!" Oak said after a period of awkward silence at the Ralt's actions.

Ash quickly scanned the Ralts. He was surprised at the moves it knew: tackle, teleport, psybeam, confusion, toxic, moonblast and psychic. He was amazed that the Ralts knew psychic, as it was a powerful psychic attack. He then remembered that the Ralts was ready to evolve and ignored it.

"Let's go Ralts!" he said while the Ralts hurried to keep up with him."

-Timebreak 2 days-

It had been two days since Ash got his Ralts. In that period of time, he managed to evolve it, as well as getting a Pidgeotto and a Metapod. He also fougt off a pack of psychotic Spearows and caught a glimpse of Ho-oh. Suddenly, he heard a noise.

"Lu-Riolu!"

What was that? he wondered. It can't be a Riolu, as they are not found in this region. Then again, I did see Ho-oh yesterday. Maybe-holy crap!

Ash was shocked out of his thoughts when he saw a seriously wounded Riolu. He then saw a Fearow tormenting it.

"Hey, leave the poor Riolu alone!" he yelled at the Fearow. "Kirlia, use Psychic and throw it away!" His Kirlia was angry at the poor Riolu's condition and threw the Fearow so hard, it smashed into a Beedrill nest, where it ran away to escape the barrages of Twinneedle it was receiving. Suddenly, a lone Beedrill came at their direction and began to use Poison Sting. Ash knew that he was in big trouble if he didn't do something.

"Kirlia, use Moonblast to keep the Beedrill away from you. Then use Psychic!" he cried out. His Kirlia heard him and sent a Moonblast that knocked the Beedrill away from her and then smashed the Beedrill to the floor.

"Pokeball, go!" said Ash as he threw a Pokeball at the Beedrill. After a brief struggle, it dinged, signifying that Beedrill was now caught.

"Oh yeah, I caught a Beedrill!" said Ash as he started to put a pose on. His Kirlia giggled at the sight while his Metapod tried to use his ability shed skin to have some wall to block out the sight. His Pidgeotto just covered its face and shook its head. Suddenly, he remembered the Riolu.

"Riolu, the only way for me to help you is if you let me capture you. Are you okay with that?" he asked the Riolu. The Riolu weakly nodded his head, and got sucked into the pokeball. He then sent out Riolu and used a Hyper Potion on it, healing it with some minor discomfort.

"There you go, Riolu!" he said happily to the now smiling pokemon. He then sent out Beedrill. "Hey Beedrill, sorry about that earlier. I just didn't want to see my pokemon get hurt. If you want, I can release you after I heal you."

The Beedrill was shocked. He had never heard of a trainer who was so kind to all pokemon, whether they were his or not. After a moment of decision, he decided to stay.

"Alright, thanks for staying Beedrill!" Ash cried out happily. "Now let's get you healed up and see what moves you guys know."

After using a super potion on the Beedrill, he took out his pokedex and scanned the pokemon.

These were their moves:

Kirlia: tackle, psychic, psybeam, confusion, toxic, moonblast, thunder wave, thunderbolt

Metapod: harden, string shot, tackle, sleep powder, take down, bug bite

Pidgeotto: gust, aerial ace, agility, whirlwind, san attack, fly, peck

Riolu: force palm, extreme speed, blaze kick, aura sphere, bullet punch, bulk up, mach punch, captivate, hyper beam

Beedrill: twinnedle, poison sting, agility, toxic,

Ash blinked in surprise. Fo a pokemon that knew only four moves, the Beedrill was surpirsingly brave. What truly amazed him was the amount of moves that the Riolu knew. He guessed that the Riolu had hatched a while ago and was taught some moves by his parents. Sudenly he heard a voice.

Are you my father? asked the Riolu.

Ash wan't freaked out since he knew that Riolu's, Lucario's, and other psychic types could use telepathy.

"Well...I guess you could call me that." he said sheepishly to the young Riolu. The little pokemon was happy that he found a new father.

Then, Ash heard a scream. He quickly recalled all his poemon and rushed to the sight.

-Cynthia's point of view-

Well this is great. Me and my friends Diantha, Sabrina, Skyla, and Elesa were visiting the Kanto region (Sabrina's native region) when we were ambushed by a group of rude thugs called "Team Rocket" who demanded our pokemon. we couldn't do anything about it. As soon as they collected all our pokemon, a few of them began to eye us and started to fondle my friends. Soon, the leader began to look at me and give me a onceover.

"Well, since we have no use for you, I guess you can always pleasure us..." he said evilly as he began to reach for my arm. I did the rational thing. I screamed.

Suddenly, I was smacked. "Shut up!" roared the leader. "We are miles away from the nearest town. No one can rescue you!" He then grabbed my arm, causing me to scream again.

"Leave them alone!"

All of us turned our heads at the voice. Me and my friends were amazed by the sight. A boy, maybe around our age, came to our rescue. He evidently worked out and his unruly hair only complimented his good looks. I turned around and saw some of my friends blush at him. I didn't blame them. However, I wasn't sure he could do anything, as he was outnumbered 5 to 1.

They let go of us and said, "What Team Rocket does is none of your business. Leave before we make you."

The boy smirked. He said one thing, "Try."

-Ash-

I watched as the leader growl at my response. I knew I was at a disadvantage but i had to try and save those girls.

Suddenly, the Team Rocket villains threw out their pokemmon, namely Crobats. The leader threw out a Muk. This was going to be easier than I thought.

"Go, Kirlia!" I yelled. Evidently they had not suspected that. They were probably expecting one of the starter pokemon. Nevertheless, they were going down.

"Kirlia, use Psychic to knock the Muk out." I ordered. The Muk was wiped out in that one attack. Shaking my head, I told Kirlia to use Thundebolt to get rid of those Crobats.

"Now leave those girls alone as well as their pokemon, or else I will have Riolu here use hyper beam and send you on a one way trip to Giratina's shadow dimension." I threatened as I brought out Riolu.

The leader gulped and ordered his lackey's to leave them alone. He left with a feeble threat. "You haven't ssen the last of us." he whimpered after being beaten so badly.

I sighed. I looked at the girls to make sure they were okay. Not one of them were willing to make eye contact with me and all were sporting blushes. Okay...

I decided to break the ice.

-3rd person POV script (I am that lazy)-

Ash: Hey, my name's Ash. Are you all okay?

Cynthia:...H-hi, my names C-cynthia. This is Diantha, Sabrina, Elesa, and Skyla. We're all okay. Luckily, you showed up before they tried anything. (hugs Ash) My hero.

-Ash's POV-

As soon as Cynthia hugged me, I thought, Wow, these girls are nice. Suddenly, the rest of the girls overcame their shyness and ran to hug me. Kirlia's face grew red and she huffed while she ran away.

"Excuse me," I said sheepishly. "I have to get my Kirlia back." I couldn't see where she was so I climbed up a tree and started to run on the treetops to look for her.

I finally caught up to my Kirlia and I hugged her. She seemed surprised at this but she gladly returned it.

"Kirlia," I said. "You are my starter pokemon and one of my best friends. I would never neglect you."

My explanation caused my Kirlia to blush madly. Suddenly, she began to evolve. When the bright light died down, it showed a Gardevoir in all her majestic glory. She was surprised at her evolution but did not regret it when she saw my jaw drop. She giggled and let me awl her back into the group.

-Meanwhile, with the girls (3rd POV)-

"Okay girls." said Cynthia. "we all like ash but we can't all be his girlfriend."

Soon, everyone began arguing as to who would get Ash.

"Girls!" shouted Diantha. " Since we all like him, why don't we form a harem and follow him so we can all have a piece of his love?' We all admitted it was better than not having Ash at all.

They saw Ash return and we were about to explain their situation when their jaws dropped when we saw who he was with. Apparantly, his Kirlia evolved into a Gardevoir. The Gardevoir gave an confident smirk at them before returning to her pokeball.

"...Okay, so anyway Ash, what are you doing later?" asked Skyla and Elesa in unison. They were sisters in all sense except by blood.

" I was heading to the Pewter City to get my first gym badge." replied Ash.

The girls were shocked that Ash had such powerful pokemon he could ontrol, yet didn't have a badge yet.

"Well, I'm sure that with your Riolu and Gardevoir you'll have no problem." said Sabrina.

Ash smile. "Thanks for the support!" he said. Sabrina blushed at the compliment while the other girls glared in jealousy.

Unbeknownst to them, Arceus was watching them through his own dimension.

"Soon, my chosen one, my legendary children will join you. Only then, will you end the darkness that will rise."

So what do you think of this? Please review. I will accept flames but try to minimize them. A shoutout to kevin1984 whose stories inspired me to make this. Also, add which characters you want in the harem. I will not accept Misty or Iris, however.

BTW thank you ultimateCCC for pointing that out. I have now replaced it with a Muk.

Also, can someone tell me how to make a new chapter? This is my first try, and I don't really know this stuff...

Final note, tell me which legendary you want Ash to have.

Thank you, and please review.