What's this? A new story? Starring Ash and Gary? and, say what? Misty's not involved? xD Calm down yaoi and palletshipping fans, it's not going down that road...nonetheless, I
still think you would enjoy this friendship-themed story with possible twists and turns. The full title of this fic is... Anything You Can Do, Without a Doubt, I Can Do Better...I
shortened it to Without a Doubt because the name just stuck with me...This was originally planned as a one-shot fic for LiliNeko's Egoshipping contest...the only problem was trying
to fit Misty within this awesome plot...who knows..mabye she might appear within the later chapters... :3 Well, until then...please enjoy!
(BTW, LiliNeko if you're reading this, sorry about not entering your contest, sorry for never finishing Anything for Love, and totes sorry for not speaking to you for a while...just haven't been up to fanficiton for the past couple of months! D:)
Without a Doubt Ch. 1:
It was a dark and cold morning, clouds waiting to burst and pour out the rain. A breeze pushing its way through the quiet town of Pallet, blowing the red and orange leaves that signified the normal symptoms of any old autumn morning. Within the silenced town, there stood, side by side with his grandfather, young eight-year old Gary Oak. Only moments ago his parents were pronounced dead, as a result of a car accident that happened as they were on their way to pick Gary up from his grandfather's lab. He'd been unable to shed a single tear throughout the entirety of his parents' funeral. Of course he was heartbroken, but the horrible reality was too much to bear.
"Gary," his grandfather said solemnly. "It's going to be alright."
Gary hated those words, those empty, meaningless words used to beguile the mind into believing and hoping. The only way things were ever going to be alright, is if his parents could come back to him.
If only.
Gary looked at his grandfather with disdain. Not that he really hated him; they had many fun memories together, studying Pokémon and such. But why couldn't he have been the one to die, he was the old one; this was totally unfair. Gary would be grateful to him, but he didn't have to be happy about it. Throughout the year, Gary has been helping out his grandfather with many, various experiments, and helped around the lab, pretty much like an assistant. One day, on the porch, while reading up on a book about the theories of evolution, a boy about his age with messy, black hair came up to him.
"Hi," he said.
Gary ignored him, just like all the other kids that tried to push upon him the pathetic, idiotic thought of friendship. This boy, however, was different. He plopped himself right down beside Gary. Gary gave an immediate stare.
'Who does this guy think he is?' Gary angrily thought.
"My name's Ash. Ash Ketchum. What's your name?" the boy said amiably.
"Gary," Gary replied moodily.
"Hey, what's wrong Gary? You look sad." Ash asked worriedly.
"Everything," Gary muttered.
"What'd ya say? I didn't hear ya." Ash said.
"Can't you take a hint!" Gary yelled.
"Huh? What? Take a hint about what?" Ash asked innocently.
"Whaddaya think, chump!" Gary shouted before, in frustration, shoving his book, aggressively, in Ash's chest and walking off.
Gary clenched his fists in anger.
'What the heck's wrong with that kid? What's wrong with everybody? Why can't they all leave me alone?' Gary thought as he slammed his fist into a nearby tree.
A while after Gary had left, his grandfather came outside wondering what all the commotion was about. He looked down and spotted Ash reading a book.
"Hello, and who might you be?" Professor Oak asked.
"My name's Ash," he replied cheerily looking up from the book. "I live at the house close ta' here."
"Ohh, you must be Delia's son. Nice to meet you, I'm Professor Oak," Oak introduced himself. "That book," he said referring to the book in Ash's hand, "I'm pretty sure my grandson Gary was here just a moment ago reading it.
"Oh yeah," Ash said gloomily all of a sudden.
"What's wrong Ash?" Oak asked.
"I think I made him angry at me," Ash answered honestly.
"Really? What happened?" the professor inquired further.
"Well, he was just sittin' here all alone. I wanted to be friends with him, and I talked with him, but I think I mighta' bothered him." Ash replied almost on the verge of tears.
"It's alright, Ash. Gary has always been this way. He's just going through a tough time," Oak told the boy.
"Why is he going through all that?" Ash asked.
"A couple months ago Gary's parents had an accident. Because of that, he can no longer see them."
"You mean they're dead?" Ash asked.
"Yes," Professor Oak said solemnly, "but let's stray away from that topic. We should try to be happier these days."
"So Ash," Oak started as he took a seat next to Ash, "About that book…have you any thoughts about the world of Pokémon?"
"Well, my mom always told me that when I turn 10 years old, I can go on a journey with as many Pokémon as I want. She said I could become a great Pokémon trainer, just like my dad," Ash said with a bit of melancholy in his tone.
"Your father?" Oak pondered. 'But Delia never mentioned…'
"Yeah, he's not with us. We don't know where he is, but I'm gonna become a Pokemon master just like him." Ash said honestly.
Professor Oak smiled and replied, "That's excellent Ash."
"I can't wait!" Ash exclaimed.
"But you know Ash, being a Pokemon trainer's not going to be an easy task to accomplish. You should take this time now to gain knowledge so it can be to your advantage. For now, you should take that book, maybe you might come across a Pokemon you'd like to be your partner." Oak suggested.
"Okay!" Ash happily said.
He picked up the book and was set to go.
"One more thing, Ash. Don't worry about Gary, he'll come around sooner or later."
Yep, that's it...for now...this was originally a one-shot, so not a lot was planned...I've decided to cut them into mini chapters...but this means frequent updating! XD...maybe... :3
Please REVIEW, I'd be ever so thankful to hear your opinions! XD I'd like to see how much my writing has improved since I first came to fanfiction... (Over 3 years ago! :O)