In the TV show they refer to Pikachu as an it, and I chose to make it a girl because any pokemon with a definite sex in the show (i.e. Mewtwo, Lugia, Meowth,) are all male. As the author, I can take creative liberties regarding such. From all the reviews, I'm starting to wish I had gone with my first idea and called Pikachu and it. Then no one could complain. I think it acts like a girl a lot, and like a boy a lot, so I just chose one. Sheeh!
[Ash, you can't be my friend and my master. I see that, and you don't. I still don't know the answer to Mewtwo's question, but I need to find it. I just don't know… I will go and find Mewtwo. Maybe he can tell me. If he can't, I guess I will just find it on my own. Goodbye, Ash.]
Pikachu walked off sadly.
"Hey Pikachu," called Meowth, " can I come? You were right 'bout treatin me better dan Jessie an' James. Dey chose a dumb ol' snubble over Me-owth before, you don't hurt me without reason, like me stealin ya, an' at least you share food…"
[Sure Meowth, you can come] said Pikachu kindly.
"Tanks…" said Meowth, tears in his eyes.
The two pokemon walked off. Ash watched them go, dumbstruck. Before he could call out to Pikachu, she was already gone.
[So, where do you think Mewtwo would be?] asked Pikachu. [As a cat-type, where would you go?]
"I'm not sure. I guess if we knew where mews are supposed ta live we'd have an idea," replied Meowth.
[I think they live in the great jungles in the south, but I'm not sure. I wasn't even sure they existed until I saw that one, so I may well be wrong. I think we might look on southern islands like New Island because they're perfect for hiding, but I don't know in what area. There are literally thousands of small, sub-tropical and tropical islands that are uninhabited and that people avoid all over the world. We need a basic area to check out.]
"Hey, what about dat professor whose got all of da twerp's-" Pikachu's cheeks sparked, and Meowth quickly remedied his mistake " ah, Ash's pokemon. Oak, isn't it?"
"Pika!" she agreed affirmatively.
"Well, he's a major pokemon researcher, so he must know 'bout da legendary Mew. If we checked his computer an library, I'm sure we'd find info on them"
[Great idea Meowth! Who would have thought such an intelligent pokemon would fail to trick Pikapi so badly? He wasn't too smart after all.]
Before Meowth could reply, Pikachu started off. Meowth shut his mouth, not even sure what to reply. Was that an insult or not? Mystified, he opted to stay quiet and just follow.
"So, who's gonna go in an' risk gettin caught by the Prof?" asked Meowth a trifle nervously. If Pikachu told him to go, well, he didn't want to be thundershocked any more then he had to be.
[I'll go, of course. If the Oak sees me, I'll just leave. He won't think anything of a stray pikachu that got in somehow, but meowths aren't native to this area.] said Pikachu. She knew Meowth didn't like the idea of being caught and trained. Besides, it was true.
"Tanks, Pikachu." Said Meowth happily.
Although it took a long time to find what she wanted, Pikachu soon found out all about mew. It lived, according to legend, in the jungles south of the Orange Islands. Pikachu smiled and jumped out of the Prof.'s library through a window left open by him.
The next morning, the Prof. stared in shock at his library. Many books had been taken off the shelves and most were lying open to sections about Mew. In fact, all the books had some mention of Mew, he realized, as he leafed through them. The only ones that didn't looked like they had fallen off when another book was removed. Someone was very interested in Mew. Either he had had a very strange burglar, one who didn't steal any pokemon or other valuable items, yet didn't disguise his trail, or… perhaps this was a sign that he should go find the legendary mew!
"So, Pikachu, where are we goin?" asked Meowth as they walked south.
[to the islands around the Orange Jungles.] said Pikachu cheerfully.
"But how are we gonna get der?"
[I know two pokemon who can help, and we only need one] replied Pikachu.
A/N From the reviews, I see that I wasn't clear enough in the story. Below are more specific explanations of my ideas. If anyone else would like to state more things in the story that don't make sense or that you think are wrong, feel free to. If you want to just ignore all the normal and blue writing, don't review and complain about the same stuff I explained.
{you reference the Surge episode, but it was Pikachu in that episode who said he wanted to fight raichu and win it, for HIMSELF, for all pikachu..}
In my refrence to the Lt. Surge ep, I was referring to when Ash (after seeing all the injured pokemon who were in the pokecenter nearly dead) tells pikachu that they are going to go get another badge. Pikachu is initially enthusiastic but before they go a Pidgey is seen rushed to the emergency room from battling Lt. Surge. Pikachu is scared and refuses. Ash tries to drag her and Pikachu talks. Ash realizes she is saying something like 'don't you even care if I end up like that Pidgey?' and Ash says that of course he cares, then continues dragging saying that Pikachu won't end up like that because she will win, and Pikachu thundershocks him.
{but some ppl will look at the fact that Pikachu battles for Ash and say that because of this, they can't be close.. but that's just as silly as saying that two humans in the military can't be good friends, "brothers" even, even though one of them may eventually have to order the other one into a situation where he might be harmed, or die... Actually, now that I've written that, it! 's a very good analogy.. you and your leader must respect each other, you must trust each other, and you must be responsible for each other.. but you must also realize that when the leader gives an order, you must generally follow it, because that's the way it works}
Two people in the military can be friends, just as a pokemon can be friends with a human, and like the digidestined and their digimon. But a general does not order a soldier into battle for his own glory alone. A soldier gets paid, can move up and become a general, and most importantly, battles not for the general but for himself and his country. Ash orders Pikachu to fight for ASH'S glory. When Ash shows off his badges and people are impressed(which they aren't always) they don't say 'wow, pikachu, you must have worked hard for those' but instead give the credit to Ash, like a general getting all the medals given to soldiers under him. And (with rare exemptions, like during war) soldiers chose to join. Pokemon are captured.
{in fact, Ash has OFTEN allowed his pokemon to choose not to battle, or decide to do something of their own desire, because he felt it was what was best for them}
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{Ash sees Pikachu as a brother, above all else. And I mean that in the sense that I might think of some of my closest friends as brothers.}
I wouldn't tell my brother to fight for me and get hurt, nor anyone who I cared about (actually, the only people I would do that to are my enemies). I have two cats, but I don't enter catfighting competitions and force them to battle! We don't even have catfights, and in most areas animal fights are forbidden.
{In the pokemon world, we give pokemon the ability to have thought and feelings, just like humans. Therefor, there's no reason not to be able to extend that same closeness, that same sense of unity to them.. }
If pokemon are like people, all the more reason not to battle them! I never said anything involving treating pokemon like animals.
{I've never seen Ash treat a Pokemon different! ly than I've seen someone treat a good friend (except the battling thing, but that's what pokemon do).. }
I am trying to point out that maybe pokemon don't want to battle each other. In the Earth gym, Ash gets to go through all the pain that his pokemon are going through. He seemed to be in a great deal of pain to me, so much that he could barely move, and if pokemon go through that when they battle, why would they do it for fun? And in Pikachu's Vacation, they don't battle, they compete.
And, going against most of pokemon trainer ideals: pokemon can survive fine in the wild, so I don't see why they need a trainer to take care of them. Alakazam has an IQ of 5000, so why would it obey a trainer if it is probably a lot smarter?
That said, I do see how having a trainer would help a pokemon fight. The pokemon could be distracted and may miss the other pokemon attacking from behind or something, so having a trainer to warn the pokemon is a advantage, and to have a trainer to take the pokemon to a center also helps. But on the show, the trainer is the more important one and the trainer is the one who benefits from the pokemon battles.
Finally, I would just like to say that I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD PIKACHU DECIDE IF SHE IS GOING TO LEAVE ASH FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP TELLING ME THAT ASH TREATS PIKACHU GREAT AND THAT PIKACHU SHOULDN'T ABANDON ASH AND ALL THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On another note, could you please tell me if Ash left his Pidgeot to protect the pidgey and pidgeotto permanently or just until he returned from the Orange Islands?