Ash woke to the screeching ring of his alarm clock. He absentmindedly noted that it was 9:48. Pushing the thought to the back of his mind, he prepared to reassert himself in his dreams of meeting his starter Pokemon.
Wait…
"I'm gonna be late!" Ash launched out of bed, somehow managing to get a shirt on, and put on his hat before touching the ground. He grabbed his pre-prepared backpack while also fitting one leg through a pair of jeans, but doing so caused him to fall down the stairs.
"Ow." He said simply. His mother seemed to think that the crumpled ten year old was looking hilarious with his posterior in the air, and a pant leg loose on the floor. "Hi Mom! Bye Mom!" Ash yelled after fixing himself, and grabbing a piece of toast. He ran out the front door.
The road to the Pokemon professor's laboratory was not a long one. Ash watched the sky as pidgeys flew with their evolutionary brethren. He smiled. But his smile fell when he spotted Gary Oak, his rival, of all things, DRIVING, away from the building. Several groupies in his car, he sped away from his grandfather's laboratory. Ash shook his head and entered the building.
"Ash! You're very late!" Professor Oak exclaimed.
"Sorry about that! My clock some how snoozed itself nine times." Ash joked. Oak chuckled.
"I'm sorry Ash, I've ran out of the regular starter Pokemon, even my extra's have been used up!"
"Is there anything you can give me?" Ash said, expecting a no. his dreams of becoming a pokemon master crumbling into dirt.
"Actually..." the doctor looked off in thought. "...there is one Pokemon from another region… trainers aren't allowed to use Pokémon from other regions normally, but TECHNICALLY it did originate here." Oak smiled, Ash looked ready to burst. A pokeball rose from the floor. It had a custom snowflake design. "Alolan Vulpix is an ice Pokemon. As a trainer, you might pick up a Kanto Vulpix, and I'd love to see the species to breed."
The pokeball opened, and Ash fell in love with the beautiful six tailed albino fox. The fox looked curiously at Ash, and when he bends down to pet the Pokemon, he let it sniff his hand. Satisfied, the fox pushed its head into the teens hand. Vulpix's fur was ice cold, but even still, Ash petted the fox. The professor handed a pokedex to Ash, and he scanned Vulpix immediately.
VULPIX, the Fox pokemon. It exhales air colder than -58 degrees Fahrenheit. Elderly people in Alola call this Pokémon by an older name—Keokeo. In hot weather, this Pokémon makes ice shards with its six tails and sprays them around to cool itself off.
This Vulpix is Female, and has the ability Snow Cloak, and knows the moves; powder snow, tail whip, roar, and baby doll eyes. It also has the Egg move Moonblast.
"She seems to like you. She's going to grow very strong." Ash nodded
The trip to Viridian City was relatively short, but Ash wanted to be prepared to skip the town, and head straight to the Viridian Forest. Along the way, Vulpix battled many enemies, mostly pidgeys and rattatas, and gained some experience battling. Ash had her practice powder snow, so that the icy wind and snow flurries could even freeze water. And the layers Vulpix made got thick enough for Ash to comfortably stand on.
"Alright, Vulpix!" Ash exclaimed, getting the fox's attention. "You've worked hard these past few hours, deserve some relaxation." the fox acknowledged this with an agreeing call, and settled herself into his lap. When the preteen laid back, the kit moved its way to his chest, her ice cold fur and cool breath was perfect for the unusual intense heat.
They laid comfortably for at least an hour. Ash decided that catching a pidgey wouldn't be such a bad idea, but maybe in a few days. Ash was planning on camping out in Viridian forest for a few days to make sure Vulpix was strong enough to take out anything the first gym could throw at her.
He gently shook his starter pokemon. She woke slowly, and when she finally opened her sky blue eyes, she closed them again as she yawned. Ash wasn't sure if he ever saw anything half as cute as his starter anytime in his whole life, and he was sure he wouldn't ever. Ash spent the next few hours teaching Vulpix ice shard. It was easy considering the kit used something similar to cool herself off.
The first trainer they met was, oddly enough, a full grown man, maybe in his mid twenties. He had black hair, and red eyes. He wore a red jacket, open with a black shirt underneath. He also wore a red hat with a white bill, and black jeans. He was stoic looking, and he was laying back in the tall grass off the side of the road. He sat up just as Ash was about to pass him.
"Are you a trainer?" The stranger asked, already knowing the answer. "Do you wanna battle? One of my eggs hatched a few weeks ago, and my Charmander is ready for its first real battle."
"That's fine." Ash agreed. "My Vulpix is from Alola, and I'd like to see her fight at a disadvantage for once." Ash smiled, calling out his starter.
The mystery man smiled. He called out a Charmander, true to his word. It was an almost golden yellow color.
"Wow!" Ash exclaimed. "That's a handsome lizard!"
"Your Vulpix looks amazing too." The man commented. Both Pokemon beamed at the compliments. " I'm sorry to say this, but your not going to win this match. Even though Charmander is young, I've been training him very hard. He's close to evolving, and already has learned some pretty powerful moves."
Ash smiled. He had noticed the way Charmander stood, and how strong it looked. Vulpix was toast. Just really cold toast. But she needed experience.
"Let's go!" Ash shouted.
"Charmander, use ember!" The lizard spit a rather large ball of fire
"Vulpix, powder snow, followed with baby doll eyes!" Ash called. Vulpix summoned an icy snow filled wind, that extinguished the flame, but Charmander was already charging for a scratch. Charmander hesitated at the sad look on Vulpix's face. Ash let the weak attack hit, before yelling, "Ice shard point blank!" And Vulpix's eyes squinted, as she jumped forward and landed a hard slash to Charmanders chest, all six tails scratching with icicles.
"That was a nice move," the stranger called out as the Pokemon separated. Charmander looked no worse for wear, and didn't look to be in much pain. Vulpix however took some damage. "I'm impressed. Your Pokemon trusted you enough to take a hit even without you commanding it."
"Thanks!" Ash smiled "That ember was huge though, I didn't think we could actually take it down."
"Well then try to evade this. Ember! Fire a few of 'em!" Charmander obeyed, and three shots at Vulpix. The white fox dodged between them and charged, without a word from Ash, understanding the unspoken strategy.
Vulpix got in close and launched an icy wind, which at point blank blew back and chilled Charmander. Ash saw an opening and yelled a command at the same time as his opponent.
"Dragon rage!/Ice shard!" Ice shards formed on each tail of Vulpix. She spun on her heal and flung them towards a giant blue flame heading her way. The blue flame surrounded the icicles, overtook them, and hit Vulpix. The fox yelped and fell back hard, barely conscious.
"Vulpix return!" Ash yelled. Immediately using a potion on his pokeball. "You're a very skilled trainer."
"I've been doing this a while." The man smiled honestly. "You really didn't have much chance. Charmander knows flamethrower. He's also got dragon rush as an egg move." Ash gasped. That most definitely meant that this pokemon was ready to evolve easily.
"That's amazing!" Ash exclaimed.
"Yeah, but I already have two Charizards. One of them is shiny too. So there's no room for this little guy in my party." The man said, with mock distraught. "No one seems willing to take him off my hands." Ash smiled. He walked towards the lizard. He bent down and scratched under its neck.
"Would you like to join me?" The Pokemon drew out its name longingly as it was scratched, and nodded. The man smiled. He walked forward and snapped Charmander's pokeball in two.
"This isn't a trade, so you should catch him yourself." He explained. Ash nodded, and selected a pokeball from his waist. He pressed it against Charmander's unusual yellow skinned head. He was absorbed without hesitation.
"My names Ash Ketchum. Who are you?"
"You can call me R." He said strangely.
"Would you like to travel with us?" Ash asked.
"Thanks but I've got a faster way to travel then walking." The man released a Black Charizard from the Pokeball at his waist. It roared intensely, and R mounted the dragon. He waved as the beast took flight, expelling enormous flames from its black snout.
"Wow…" Ash stood gobsmacked, then grinned, and marched toward Viridian.
He released both of his pokemon. Ordering them to spar. He watched them carefully, as he cooked them both dinner over a small fire Charmander had lit for him. It was generic poke-soup, meant to warm up cold, tired pokemon. Of course, he left one bowl of it aside, heated food was bad for ice pokemon. Vulpix would probably freeze her soup anyway.
Ash gathered old leaves and bigger pieces of wood to change his cooking fire, into a campfire. He called over his pokemon, and they soon were all eating silently.
"Would you two rather sleep in the pokeball, or out here?" Ash asked the two, as they sleepily blinked their eyes, minutes after finishing their food. Vulpix tacked him from his sitting position, hard into the dirt, and was 'asleep' barely after he hit the ground.
Ash chuckled at her antics. Charmander timidly approached him. Ash realised the small lizard was afraid to sleep near him because of his flame. Ash remember reading about fire pokemon and their relationships with trainers.
"Do you trust me?" ash asked, and Charmander nodded, curious of his new master. "Then your flame can't hurt me. Watch." Ash stuck his hand into the fiery tail of Charmander, nocking Vulpix off his chest. The fire pokemon whipped his tail away, not looking at Ash in shame. "You can look up. I'm not hurt." Ash indead, was not on fire. Charmander looked astonished. Ash smiled and placed the lizard next to him, on his right side, while Vulpix took his left, silently cooling the burns on Ash's hand. It was a small price to pay for Charmanders trust.
The next morning, Ash woke up from the strangest rest ever. On one side he was sweating, and the other, he was ice cold. His pokemon had switched sides occasionally to make him more comfortable, but that keep him up longer.
Ash gazed upon the trees around him. Everywhere in the tall grass he could see the bending of leaves, signifying that small rodent Pokemon were near. He heard caws as the pidgey and Spearow flew together.
Then he heard a screech, and all hell broke loose. The sky was choked in a cloud of avian Pokemon. A Pidgeot and Fearow were clawing at each other, and smaller evolutions of the birds joined in.
"It's a turf war." Ash said out loud. He ran down the road. On his right was a stream where he saw a girl his age jumping on her bike. "Head towards the Pokemon center, I'll cover you!" He yelled as the flock took notice in him, turning combined rage from each other to the trespasser in their disputed territory.
Ash released his Pokemon. "Sorry to push you guys like this. Charmander, flamethrower! Vulpix ice shard!" The lizard let loose an explosive burst of flame, Charring the birds wherever it touched them. Vulpix took the opposite side, either chucking ice shards, or chilling birds with powder snow, shivering so much they fell from the sky, others actually froze, falling in great thumps to the ground.
The flocks fled in different directions, almost all except a few Pidgeottos, and the flock leaders.
"Vulpix! Ice shard! Get the small birds out of the air" Ash ordered. "Charmander get in there with a few embers then use rage!" Vulpix fired hail after hail at the birds flying at them. The ones who weren't hit were soon scorched by embers, Charmander fired few at Pidgeot and Fearow to get their attention. Then the lizard let a red veil fall over his vision as he growled. The birds dive bombed him, scratching him slightly, but he held on, his anger growing, making him stronger.
"NOW! Fire fang!" Ash yelled. Charmander lashed out, slashing with his claws and biting at Pidgeot, flames billowing from his mouth and red hot fangs digging in. Fearow looked to be preparing a drill peck on either one of the battling pokemon. "Vulpix! Cover him!" The Pokemon shot a powder snow, the flurry, while not to damaging, froze and blinded Fearow. It fell to the ground, out of the fight. Ash figured that by the time it thawed, it would have calmed down and would never want to be in this area again.
Meanwhile, Pidgeot gave Charmander an intense fight. It was very big even for a Pidgeot. And it quickly overpowered Charmander as he came out of his rage. The fire Pokemon tried to spit a spout of fire, but the bird pinned him by the throat. Vulpix flew in with an ice shard, smacking off the bird. It flew into the air, and Vulpix orderlessly stood and glared up at the avian. The moment the two pokemon made eye contact, the large bird fell from the sky, flailing its wings. Charmander then spat a flame so large that Vulpix dodged closer to Ash to avoid the heat. Pidgeot fell directly into the firestorm, burned. It crashed hard into the ground, and Ash threw a pokeball immediately. The bird was in critical condition, and barely showed any resistance.
Ash walked to the ball, and picked it up. He was worried for the Pidgeot. But that wouldn't stop him from congratulating his pokemon on the capture of a fully evolved pokemon.
"You guys rocked!" Ash exclaimed. "Let's get you some rest." Ash returned Vulpix. He turned to Charmander. "You did great. I'm just wondering, why didn't you evolve during the fight?" Charmander got a distraught look and meekly responded in poke-speech. Ash tilted his head. "You're worried that you'll change upon evolving?" The lizard nodded. "That's fine buddy, it's part of growing up. You'll still be you, you'll just look older." The lizard looked more confident. "You wanna evolve?" It nodded. "Even though you can change right now, I think we should wait, surprise our opponent with an evolution. Is that okay?" The Fire Pokemon nodded, and returned to his Pokeball.
Ash walked towards Viridian. The quality of the road was improving, less wild Pokemon bothered him, so when he saw the first buildings, he wasn't surprised. He made his way towards and into the Pokémon center. It's odd shape and colors alerted him when he was blocks away to where it was. He noticed a bike laying on the side of the building just as he entered. The red haired girl was sitting on a bench in the lobby.
"Hey!" She stood, running over to him. "How did you escape? I was fairly confident me and all of my Pokémon couldn't have survived that storm."
"Well, me and my Pokémon fought them off." She looked at him gobsmacked. "I'm willing to
Show them to you after their check up" she nodded furiously.
He moved toward the desk.
"Hey, I've just caught a Pidgeot that fell from the sky in our battle. It was hurt really bad when it fell, and my Charmander fired a flamethrower at it as fell."
"That sounds rather brutal. But a new trainer and his starter Charmander fighting of a Pidgeot? That's unheard of, on the third day away from pallet no less!" Ash blushed. He didn't bother to correct her.
"Hi professor." Ash said to the screen.
"Why hello Ash! You must have made it to Viridian finally. I hope you caught lots of Pokémon!"
"Well I made one new teammate, and caught an amazingly large Pidgeot. I might have you take care of it. "
"Yes, a Pidgeot does seem a bit out of your talent for Pokémon training." Oak said. Ash sweatdropped.
"Explain how my new teammate Charmander is at a high enough level to evolve into Charmeleon." Oak smile dropped. Where had Ash gotten that?
"Is this new Charmander perhaps shiny?" Oak asked. He had been begging for that man to let him study his Charizard for years, and he hands its offspring to a newbie trainer.
"Yeah, why professor?"
"Ash. Who gave you it?"
"Dunno, he called himself 'R'." Oak shook his head.
"Send me it's pokeball Ash." The Professor demanded.
"Um… why should I?"
"Besides the fact that it's out of your experience to train along with you don't have the badges required to make it obey and respect you," the Pokémon Professor started, " I had asked this 'trainer' you met, several times to let me see the specimen, and he refused, saying he could do what he wished with his Pokémon."
"He's not wrong." Ash agreed
"No, he's not. What I want is to study shiny Pokémon, learn what makes them change color, and apply that in a way so shiny Pokémon are less rare." The Professor explained.
"Sorry doc, but that's stupid. If you change more Pokémon shiny, they won't blend in with environment and die off. You could kill off species." Ash explained.
"Still, I'd like you to send it over. Perhalp pokemon trainers should have the choice to have a colored starter."
"No. He's my Pokémon."
"But Ash-" The young trainer hung up. He did not send over Pidgeot's Pokeball. And he would not send Charmander.
"So are you gonna show me what amazing pokemon you used to defeat an entire swarm of bird pokemon?" the red-orange haired girl asked. Ash took a moment to really look at the girl. She was just a bit taller than him, and had very soft features. She wore a yellow crop top that showed a toned belly, and short shorts that cut off really high. Red suspenders held up her pants to the shoulders. She was cute, ash admitted to himself.
Currently the two were outside the pokemon center, behind the building, where large trainer arena was located. Ash stood in the middle with misty.
"Of course. Come on out guys!" He called. His two opposing type pokemon revealed themselves in a flash of white light. Misty had mixed reactions from the two. Charmander was a very handsome pokemon, and very rare as a shiny. But Ash's Vulpix… that was inarguably the most adorable thing she had ever seen. (how many of you remember regular Vulpix's relationship with misty? If your curious, look up the scene on youtube.)
"I really wouldn't do that." Ash said as the girl went to pick up Vulpix. If she heard him, she didn't show it. The girl picked up Vulpix and held her up to her face. This proved to be a bad idea. She wasn't prepared to the coolness of Vulpix's snow like fur, and almost dropped Vulpix, and Vulpix unleashed powder snow, cooling the red heads skin. She screamed and dropped the fox pokemon.
"Here." Ash dropped his jacket upon the girls unsleeved shoulders. "Charmander, help her out." the lizard walked their way, turned around, and the fire that lit his tail grew, warming up the shivering girl. Vulpix 'hmph-ed' in poke-speech
"Thanks…" she said, her shivering slowing down. She giggled. "I forgot to ask your name."
"I'm Ash." he said, smiling.
"Misty." She responded. He quickly realised their closeness, he had put his arms around her neck to secure the coat, and he never removed them. Their faces were incredibly close. Hoping she wouldn't notice the awkwardness of the situation, he removed his arms slowly, he started telling her the short story up to his present location.
"Eek! A bug!" Misty screamed. Ash held his ears.
"Wow Misty, it's just a caterpie. It probably only knows string shot." Ash said, trying to calm the teen down. He already had Vulpix with him.
"Vulpix, roar." the small pokemon happily obliged, and a guttural roar escaped the small pokemon. Ash was sure every pokemon within the mile heard the roar, and most were running. It was a shame really. He was hoping to catch a Pikachu. He had thought out his team already, and figured that right now what he needed was an electric or rock type. Ash didn't like how slow kanto's rock pokemon are, so electric was his best choice. He figured Pikachu, one of the fastest, would be a great addition.
"Thank you." Misty sighed in relief.
"No problem." Ash said, then drifted back into his thoughts.
"What's the matter?" Misty asked. His frown deepened.
"My pokemon aren't great against rock types. I'll have to pull something great to win against the Pewter gym."
"Try to find a grass type while were in these awful woods." Misty suggested. Ash shook his head.
"These woods are known for their teeming bug pokemon. That doesn't bode well for any grass type. The most diverse things here are pikachu. And they aren't any good angest rock either."
"Unless you teach them iron tail. Do any of your pokemon have any iron attacks?" Misty tilted her head cutely as she asked.
"Actually, I'm pretty sure Charmander can learn iron claw. Never thought to use it though." Ash said, "Anyway, I was hoping you could-
"HIYAAAAAAAAAAAA!" A kid about Ash's age screamed as he chopped down with a sword inches from slashing the new trainers face. Ash jumped back, and Vulpix sent an icy wind at the boy (recently learned). The boy shivers, but tried to hide his discomfort.
"What's wrong with you?!" Ash yelled
"Are you the trainer from Pallet town?" the 'samurai' asked.
"So what if I am?" Ash changed. "That's no reason for you to chop my head off."
"You misunderstand me, amature. I wish you battle you." Ash growled.
"Oh really? And who are you?" The new trainer asked
"My name is Samurai! And I have battled all of the pallet trainers before you! Each was a glorious match in which I lost happily. But my latest challenger informed me of an upstart trainer tailing behind, and not training his pokemon properly!" The 'Samurai' sheathed his sword, and drew a pokeball instead.
"Fine. My name is Ash and you just made a big mistake!" Ash returned Vulpix. He took out Charmander's pokeball. "Let's do this!" the trainers through their pokeballs. Samurai released a Pinsir, and it stood firm as Charmander let out a loud call.
"Pinsir, get in and crush him with vice grip!" Samurai ordered.
"Charmander, hold your ground, and push back those claws." Ash called out calmly.
When the Bug pokemon charged, Pinsirs closing, Charmander let out his subby arms, able to fit between the spikes, and pushed hard. Holding the larger-than-him bug in place.
"Open up and give him an ember." Ash said. He was convinced this was over.
"Pinsir! Hyper beam!" Ash would have been shocked, if not for the fact at Charmander's ember blew pinsir in the air. The type advantage, plus point blank range, put the bug pokemon down. A low buzzing slowly was rising from the monotone of the forest.
"Are we done?" Ash asked. He took no pride in the match. Charmander growled. The buzzing grew substantially louder.
"That is once fierce pokemon. But I fear that our match has brought in a hive of Beedrill!" Ash turned without fear to the buzzing behind him. Dozens of beedrill were approaching. Misty screamed and ran to him, putting her arms around his neck and shoving her face into his shoulder. Ash called out Vulpix. He took charge immediately.
"Both of you, use roar!" the pokemon obeyed, letting lose sounds that vibrate the air and caused most of the Beedrill to flee immediately. Ash ordered Charmander to use flamethrower. Very few of the bee pokemon where burned, but the rest fled immediately.
"How did you do that?" Samurai asked, amazed. Misty was looking awestruck, and a little starstruck too.
"Simple. Most pokemon can tell when they are outclassed. And a roar can show how strong your pokemon are. As for the few that were left, well, beedrill are VERY flammable. And it's easy to tell what happens when a bug catches fire." Ash explained. Samurai paused. And Misty took the chance to untangle herself, but she still held Ash's hand.
"The other trainers are very wrong. You may be behind them, but you surpass them in every way. Good luck to you, friend." and Samurai walked off.
"Is everyone ready?" Ash asked his group. Charmander roared. Vulpix nodded. "Remember, flamethrower then icy wind." His pokemon nodded.
"Are you sure about this? My pokemon could help if it goes berserk." Misty pleaded.
"I have to gain its respect as its trainer if I want to keep it. I'm not going to force it into submission, I'm going to offer it a place on my team, if it refuses, I'm going to release it. Just hide somewhere in the trees so he doesn't see you."
When Ash did release Pidgeot, it cawed. Loud. It might as well have been a screech attack.
"Woah! Calm down. It's fine it's fine." the bird ceased its calling, and looked down upon the trainer and his pokemon. It glared hard upon them. "My name is Ash," The bird didn't seem to care much. "And I know you can tell I'm a talented trainer. But I am also very new, and if you don't want to be my pokemon…" he paused to see if Pidgeot was paying attention. When he saw attentiveness and calculating eyes, he opened his palm, showing the alpha bird his hands. Within them was its pokeball. "I will, without hesitation, release you."
The birds eyes widened, until he realised the boy was bluffing. Of course it did not want a trainer, especially one so early in his journey. The boy would never pass up the opportunity to have such a strong pokemon in his party. Pidgeot cawed, still glaring. Then ash did something that surprised everyone present.
He snapped Pidgeots pokeball in two. The bird remained still for only a moment, before it flew away at speeds fast enough to warp trees.
"So, have you ever gone fishing?" Misty asked. They were taking a short break next to a small pond. Ash let both his pokemon out, and they were playing a game. Vulpix fired ice shards into the air, and Charmander shot embers at the icicles before they hit the ground. Ash searched his pack, and found a collapsible fishing pole.
"A few times when I was younger. I've only ever caught small magikarp."
"Well I love fishing. I only use water pokemon." Ash looked at her strangely.
"What if your opponent has Electric types?" Ash asked.
"I didn't say my pokemon only use water type moves, did I?" she smirked. Ash smiled widely.
"No, you did not." Ash answered. They fell into a comfortable silence. After a while of watching his pokemon play, he decided upon some training for them. He left his pole with Misty after wedging it between to lumps of stone.
"Charmander, come here." Ash said. He took out his Pokedex and scanned the lizard as he rushed over.
CHARMANDER, the Lizard pokemon. The flame that burns at the tip of its tail is an indication of its emotions. The flame wavers when CHARMANDER is happy, and blazes when it is enraged.
This pokemon is male and has the ability Blaze, and knows the moves Scratch, Growl, Ember, Smoke Screen, Fire Fang, Slash, and Flamethrower. This pokemon has the Egg move Dragon Rush.
Misty whistled. "Wow." She said. "That's a nice moveset."
"Charmander," the little lizard looked up at Ash. "have you ever trained your dragon rush technique?" the little lizard nodded his head. He turned, kneeled, and suddenly an aura of draconic energy surrounded Charmander, and his blue eyes shrunk into slits. His green aura only stuck out an inch or so, and probably wouldn't get much bigger until he evolved. Charmander realized that he had nowhere to run to do the Rush part of the dragon move. So, embarrassed, Charmander dissolved the technique.
"Wow." Ash said amazed. Then a light clicked in his head. "Charmander, keep up your dragon rush, just don't crash into anything, stay as still as possible." The fire pokemon nodded, although confused. The draconic aura sprang up around him like green fire. "Keep that up buddy. Don't stop until you can't stand it anymore."
Charmander held the move for thirty seconds. He would take five minute breaks to catch his breath but his first run was definitely his best. Meanwhile he turned to Vulpix.
"We are going to work on Moonblast." Ash said as he look at his pokedex, describing the move and how to properly teach it. "But for that we will have to wait until nighttime." he smiled at his cute starter pokemon. "You can relax for a while." Vulpix yawned at him and pawed at his legs until he picked her up. She immediately fell asleep, he cold body cooling Ash. Ash smiled evilly.
By night she would train Moonblast, and by day she would learn Ice beam. Aurora beam was a move she could learn first, but Ice beam was stronger and he felt it matched her current training better. Flashy rainbow energy beams just wasn't something he wanted to teach.
"Ash! You've caught something!"
