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(Pokémon Translation) Only Ash can understand them
"Speaking"
Pokémon Moves
TIME SKIP: Time later or Time before
Chapter 1
The sun was high is the sky but setting fast.
"Charizard! Land before we crash! This storm isn't going to let up!"
"CHAR! CHARCHAR-ZARD!" (Never! I can make it!)
"You cannot! At this rate we will-!"
The boy and his Pokémon start to plummet down to the deserts below.
TIME SKIP: 2 hours later
"Boy….Oy! ...Boy! ...Wakeup, boy!"
The raven haired boy wakes up to see a man leaning over him. He slowly blinks and sits up. Looking around, the boy sees he's in a restaurant, but in a train.
"Excuse me, where's my Charizard? Is he okay? And where is my backpack?" The man chuckles.
"Are you talking about the orange Pokémon?" Frantic nods. "He's fine. A little roughed up due to the sandstorm, but fine. Put him in the Pokeball in your backpack. " The boy sighs in relief. "Child." Shaking his head, the man chuckles. "What were you doing in the sandstorm anyway?"
"Hmm? Oh. I was headed to Professor Krane's laboratory."
"Oh… Hmm… That's a little past Gateon Port. I would take you there, but I have this restaurant to keep running…. Oh! I'll give you Wes's old motorcycle. I tweaked it a little bit. It hovers instead of using wheels, but it's still faster than riding the Pokémon. You can have it if you can ride it, offer it to many travelers, but none have been able to ride smoothly. Notoriously hard. If you can, go for it. You should stop in Phenac City for the night."
Standing up, the raven haired boy nods and walks to the door. The man follows and points him to a motorcycle with ocean blue outlining and a pearl white paint job, with a sidecar attached, painted a royal blue and a forest green outline. The man hands him a blue key. Walking over to the motorcycle, the boy sits upon the seat and turns the key. The engine starts up and emits a steady hum. The entire motorcycle starts hovering about a foot above the ground. Putting his feet up, the boy revs the engine. Racing off, the motorcycle speeds straight ahead and the boy drives it around the restaurant a few times.
"Why, you're a natural at this!" The man states as the boy returns to the front of the door. "Here's your backpack. I added a few Great and Ultra balls. You have a good quantity of Pokeballs there. I added some machines that help to customize each Pokeball. Your Charizard is in a separate pocket. Along with the lightning bolt Pokeball." The boy pales drastically at the mention of the lightning bolt Pokeball. "What? Is something scary in there?"
The boy grabs the Pokeball with the lightning bolt on it and releases it as soon as possible. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He apologizes another five times to the yellow mouse Pokémon.
"Pikapi! Pikachupikapi!" (Satoshi! You took too long!) "PIKA-CHUUU!" (Eat thunder!)
"AHHH! Pikachu! I said I was sorry. Charizard wouldn't find shelter and insisted on flying through the storm and crashed! I was out for a while and just got my backpack back. I also was getting us a way to the Professor's."
"Pi…ka? Pikapi pika-chu? Pipi-ka-pi!" (Wouldn't…..land? Satoshi, are you okay? That orange brat!)
"Are you okay now?" Pikachu ran up and rubbed his cheek against his trainer's. "Good. We're spending the night at Phenac City."
Throughout the entire interaction the man had been silent. "So… are you going to go before daylight runs out?"
The boy blanches. "Yeah! We're going to have to leave now! Come on, Pikachu!" The boy calls, grabbing his backpack and starting towards the motorcycle.
"Wait! Here's a map if the entire Orre region. And I never got your name."
"Thanks. Ash Saku Rin Ketchum, pleasure to meet you," the newly introduced Ash replies with an exaggerated bow. Climbing onto the bike, Ash starts up the engine and revs it a little. Pikachu jumps into the sidecar and they drive off.
TIMESKIP: 1 hour later
"Here we are! Pikachu, let's go get a room and stock up on supplies."
Walking into the Pokémon Center, Ash notices 3 people wearing casual clothing over something else. Another 4 with formal clothing over the same outfit, and 2 people awkwardly pretending to be shopkeepers. 6 of which directly stared at him when he walked in.
"Hi! Can I rent a room please? I just need it for one night. Preferably one where I can keep my Pokémon out. Oh and can you check my Charizard, he was flying in a sandstorm and we crashed. Pikachu here is fine, due to being in his Pokeball." Ash requests as Pikachu rubs cheeks with Ash from his perch on Ash's shoulder.
"Sure, my name is Nurse Joy and I would be happy to take care of your Pokémon. I'll deliver to your room when I'm done. Here is your room key and the room is optimized to hold at least 5 large Pokémon," Nurse Joy states, handing over a key with a number on the tag.
"Oh! Before I forget, can you check my egg real quick? Professor Oak said that it should hatch within the next 3 months," Ash sheepishly asks.
"Sure! I'll check right now if that's okay with you."
Ash takes out the incubator from his backpack and places it on the counter. The egg is a swirling of white, blues, greens, and a little bit of pink. Taking the egg, Nurse Joy checks all the vitals of the egg and the shell to make sure that nothing is cracked from the crash. Handing back the egg, Nurse Joy walks into the backroom. Ash stays there for a few minutes, waiting to get a new incubator.
Walking back in, Nurse Joy hands Ash a new incubator, which Ash puts his egg in.
"Thanks, Nurse Joy!" Ash calls as he walks to his room, Room 23. As he walks, he hears multiple footsteps behind him. Reaching his room, he puts in his key and opens the door. He walks in and closes the door behind him. Pikachu jumps down, walks over to the bed, and jumps on to it.
"Pikachu, who were the people behind us?"
"Pi-kaka-Pikachupi!" (They were strange-suited people!)
"Okay. Let's go to the PokeMart for now. We can figure out who they are later."
"Pi-Ka!" (Okay!)
Heading out, Ash makes sure to seal his door to only open to his or Nurse Joy's Aura. Walking along the hallway, Ash hears footsteps behind him again and keeps walking. He heads to the PokeMart, after looking at the map Nurse Joy gave him, and starts to gather potions, status healing sprays, revives, stat boosts, and Ultraballs. Ash brings them to the counter and gets out his money. The shopkeeper rings up his purchases and totaled the cost to $137,600 PokeDollars. Ash neatly puts away all the supplies into his backpack and walks out of the PokeMart. The footsteps follow him again and disappear as he walks back to his rented room. Ash and Pikachu wash up and get ready for bed. They fall asleep almost instantly.
TIME SKIP: The Next Day
Ash woke up at dawn and saw that Charizard's Pokeball on the nightstand. Waking Pikachu, both Trainer and Pokémon prepare for the day and pack all their supplies. Leaving the room, Ash takes down the seal and walks to the front of the Pokémon Center. After eating a small breakfast and saying good bye to Nurse Joy, Ash walks out the front doors.
Heading over to the gym, Ash and Pikachu take notice of how many more people were wearing clothes, covering something. Awkward shopkeepers, strangely acting 'citizens', and people in formal clothes and not acting correctly. Within his ten minutes of walking, Ash noticed 21 people acting weird, dressed strange, or awkwardly acting. Reaching the front gates, Ash made to go to his bike, when three people stepped in his way. With Charizard hidden on his belt and Pikachu next to him, Ash wasn't unprotected.
"Who are you?" Ash asks sweetly.
"Hey, kid! You can't leave until we say you can. So go back to the plaza. Cause, we're Team Snagem and we're going to take over this city," the men proclaim as they shed the covering clothes, showing more thuggish clothing.
"But sirs, I-"Ash started, trying to keep up the sweet, innocent façade,
"No! Get into the plaza or we'll- oh whatever! You! Stun him! You tie him up and take him to the plaza," the apparent leader of the group orders to the other two men, then leaving.
Sending out an Electrike and Geodude, Geodude attacked Pikachu, while Electrike tried to knock over Ash, which only scratched his face a little. Both Trainer and Pokémon resisted the attacks.
"Fine," Ash snaps, turning his hat backwards. "Pikachu, Quick Attack, Volt Tackle, Iron Tail, and another Quick Attack!"
Pikachu, knowing exactly what Ash was doing, started running into Quick Attack, hitting Electrike, sending it sprawling. Continuing his speed, Pikachu started releasing electricity, turning Quick Attack to be Volt Tackle. Using Volt Tackle, Pikachu used the velocity and power to boost into a jump and used Iron Tail on the Geodude, with concentrated electricity. Turning around, Pikachu jumps and uses Quick Attack to slam Electrike into the ground.
"Still want to attack us?" Ash taunts the two men. Sweetly, Ash says," How about Pikachu against 3 Pokémon? If I lose you can do whatever you want, bar taking my Pokémon."
"Grr… Fine, if we win, you-you join Team Cipher! The real brains behind the operation."
"*Yawn* Sure, sure…*Yawn*."
"You-you! Go! Mightyena/Hypno/Fenniken!"
"Go on, Pikachu." Ash laughs as Pikachu stood up from its nap and went into a lazy battle position. "Oh stop yawning…..what is that? Pikachu watch out for the Fenniken! There's something wrong with the aura of that Pokémon," Ash wavers as he whispers the last part to Pikachu.
"Mightyena, Bite. Hypno, Yawn. Fenniken, Shadow Rush!"
Ash sits down and makes a peace sign to Pikachu. Pikachu perks up and grins madly. Dancing around Mightyena's Bite, Pikachu jumps on its head, uses Thunderbolt to paralyze Mightyena, and spins his tail in a circular motion fast, blowing the mist of Yawn, back to Hypno, who slowly fell asleep. Fenniken, who is covered in a shadowy mist, charges at Pikachu, who jumps and twirls gracefully to the ground, using Thunder on the Fenniken, causing it to faint. Pikachu then pokes Ash, who was dozing, cross-legged on the floor.
"What? Oh I win. I'll take that Fenniken, and be on my way," Ash smiles innocently at the gaping men.
"What is taking so long that you can't handle ONE boy?!" The leader yells, stomping over to the two men. "Why is there five Pokémon knocked out? Huh?! You can't handle ONE LITTLE BOY?! I'll show you how to take out a little boy. Go! Machoke, Golem, Machamp! Machoke grab the brat! Golem, Machamp distract the rat!"
Golem starts rolling into Roll Out, causing Pikachu and Ash to split up, where Machamp uses Shadow Rush and knocks over Pikachu, who was facing in Golem's direction. As Pikachu is distracted, Ash is grabbed by the arms by Machoke and lifted. Bringing both Pikachu and Ash to the leader, Machamp and Machoke bring their struggling captives, while Golem walks behind and growls softly.
"Well? Are you waiting for an invitation? Go tie them up you fools!" The leader barks at the two men.
"Please sir. I care not what you do to me, but please let me keep my Pikachu," Ash asks softly. He was still unnerved by the swirling darkness in the Fenniken and Machamp's auras.
"Ugh. Fine. Put both the boy and rat in the plaza with the rest of the captives. Just make sure they don't escape."
Leading Ash over to the fountain and sitting him on the edge, the two men place Pikachu on his lap and leave.
Two citizens near him help untie him and Pikachu, allowing Ash to hug Pikachu close and dab at the scratches from Electrike.
TIME SKIP: 2 Hours Later
Team Snagem came to the Plaza with a strange guy with lightning bolt-like mustache, really long eyebrows that defied gravity, a red vest, and long brown pants. Who was walking over to Ash and Pikachu.
"Did you guys realize I am just a harmless, mostly law abiding person?" Ash asked innocently.
"Pshh! Liar!" The two men from earlier coughed out.
"No! I am Gonzap! Leader of Team Snagem! Two of my men with five Pokémon were beaten by you with that Pikachu. I want to know if they were lying about a mere 16 year old beating them or if my men are just weak."
"Ummm…. Do I have to? Pikachu here is really not getting any experience from these battles, and I actually think it lowers Pikachu's levels," Ash asks, adopting a bored attitude. Which makes the grunts and citizens drop their jaws.
"You insolent little! Fine! If you don't battle me, then I'll battle the kid with the Swablu." The said kid starts shaking in fear, causing Ash to sigh.
"Fine…. If I havvve to, but if this is how we're battling, then I'm battling with my other Pokémon too."
"And that is?" Gonzap asks, amused.
"Why Charizard, of course! Just finished training with all the others *cough* beating *cough*, at Charific Valley!"
"Charific Valley?! How'd it even survive there! Those dragons are where all the most powerful of the Charizards come from! Oh. Whoops! Just ignore that I said that," Gonzap exclaims.
"With tender love, of course!" Ash states with a grin.