There once was a boy named Ash Ketchum. He lived in a place called Pallet Town. He used to live with his mom and dad, but one day, his father went missing. One night, as he was about to go to bed, he heard his mom crying downstairs. He went down to investigate. "Mom, what's wrong?" "Nothing Ash, I'm crying tears of joy. it's just...tomorrow is your 10th birthday, and that means you'll become an official ticklemon trainer. Just like your dad was before he disappeared." "Umm... what's a ticklemon?" "You don't know what ticklemon are? Well, here let me show you!" She turned on the TV, and it showed a man named professor oak. He explained that ticklemon were strange creatures that had special abilities. Some people have them as pets, most people have them in tickle fights with other ticklemon. They do have a tendency to tickle people however. He then said that anyone the age of 10 could become an official ticklemon trainer. Ash got excited. He lived in a place where there were no animals. With the exception of some birds flying around every other day. "Wow! That sounds incredible! I can't wait till tomorrow!" He ran upstairs to his room, faster than his mom had ever seen him run. She was proud of Ash. And Ash was excited for the next day. He went straight to bed.
(The next morning)
Ash woke up, and ran straight to the place where professor oak studied ticklemon. He didn't want to waste any time at all. He didn't even get changed! When he got there, he saw a boy with a strange blue and white ball in his hand. "Well we'll well, what have we got here?" "I'm Ash Ketchum. Today's my 10th birthday, and I'm going to become a ticklemon trainer!" "Well, I'm Gary oak, and i'm becoming a ticklemon trainer too. But you're too late! My grandpa already gave me the last ticklemon! Better luck next year!" Gary stuck his tongue out at Ash, as if he was a toddler. "Okay that's enough Gary." A man walked out of the lab. It was professor oak himself. "This boy just got here, and you're making fun of him? Quite rude. Now run along. I need to talk to this young fellow." Gary walked away. Ash shook his hand, and introduced himself. "I'm so excited to become a ticklemon trainer Mr. Oak!" "I can tell. You look like you ran straight from your bed to here." The 2 chuckled at the joke, and walked in. "Gary told me there's no more ticklemon. Is that true? Do I have to wait until I'm 11 to become a ticklemon trainer now?" "No. Your mom called me last night. She told me to save a ticklemon just for you. This one is quite special." He picked up a ball that looked just like the one Gary was holding. He pressed a button on it, and it opened. After some electricity flying around the place, a small, mouse-like, cyan creature with a furry tail came out. It looked at Ash. "It's name is Ticklechu. It's an electric type ticklemon. It's also very rare. I found this one lost in the forest." Ash was very happy. "Awwww! It's adorable!" He said hugging the Ticklechu. "Tic-ticklechu!" The Ticklechu used its arms to tickle Ash's armpits. "Eek!" Ash dropped to the floor from the surprise tickle attack. "Hahahaha! Tihihihicklechu, stop! That tihihickles!" Ticklechu didn't listen. "It's okay Ash. Ticklechu is just bonding with you. It's wanting to become your friend. Just let it tickle you, and it will be your friend for a long time." "Ohohohokahahay." Ash let Ticklechu tickle him for 5 minutes before it let go. Ash was given a bunch of ticklemon containers, a device called the tickledext, and a medalium for keeping badges. He walked back home, where his mom had already packed him some things. She packed him food for 3 weeks, sunscreen, and a tent. "I'm so happy for you Ash. You're going to be a great ticklemon trainer. I can feel it!" She started crying. "Mom, please don't cry. It's kinda embarrassing me." Ticklechu laughed at him. "It's not funny! How about I give you something to REALLY laugh at?" He started to tickle Ticklechu's belly. Ticklechu laughed and squirmed a little. "You like that?" Ticklechu shook his head. "That's what I thought." Ash stopped, and got dressed. Be put on a lime green shirt, long jeans, a red and black jacket, tennis shoes, and a baseball cap. He grabbed the stuff his mom packed him, and said his final goodbyes. "I promise to call you whenever I can mom." He walked out of the house. "Goodbye mom! I promise to be the best ticklemon trainer ever!" "I know you will Ash! I can feel it in my gut." Ash walked off, only looking back once or twice. Ticklechu followed him.
After Ash could no longer see pallet town, his legs started to hurt. He sat down on a nearby rock. He took off his jacket, and began to relax. "This is the start of a great journey Ticklechu. I know we'll be great friends." "Ticklechu! Tic tic tic!" After about a minute, a bird flew onto Ash's lap. It looked at him for a moment, then started pecking at his stomach. It didn't hurt, it kinda tickled. Ash coudn't help but giggle. "Hihihi. Hey cut that out!" The bird refused to stop. Ash was curious as to what ticklemon this was. He knew it was no ordinary bird. He grabbed out his tickledext that professor oak gave him. He opened it, and it began scanning the bird. ''speatickle. A flying type ticklemon. This ticklemon is very common in forests. They can be friendly to humans if they show themselves not to be a threat. If speatickle likes the person, they may consider becoming friends with them. It decides if it likes it or not by pecking at their stomach." Ash found all that interesting. He started to pet the little speatickle. "I guess we can behehe friends." The speatickle enjoyed getting pet. Ticklechu didn't like speatickle. He used his electricity to give speatickle a ticklish electric shock. Speatickle dropped to the ground. "Hey! What was that for Ticklechu? He was nice!" Speatickle looked at Ticklechu for a moment, before giving a big call into the sky. Then, a flock of speatickle flew out of a tree. Ash saw this, and began to freak out. "With that many speatickle, we just might end up laughing to death! Let's get out of here!" Ash and Ticklechu ran away from the flock as fast as they could. Eventually, Ash tripped. The flock of speatickle flew onto him, and started pecking at his stomach and neck. "Hahahahahahaha! Stahahahahap thahahahahat! I'm too tihihihicklish!" Ticklechu zapped them all. The speatickle dropped for a moment, giving Ash the opportunity to run away. The 2 ran for a while, eventually tripping, and falling off a ledge. They fell on some rocks along the way, getting scratched and bruised on their arms and legs. The speatickle flew right past them, as if they didn't notice them. The 2 looked at each other. "Ticklechu...thanks for zapping all those speatickle." Ash said, hurt. Ticklechu smiled at him. Ash smiled back. The 2 chuckled, then passed out.