Authors note: First Pokemon story. Hopefully it will be good. Loosely following cannon however Ash isn't an idiot when he starts out. In this modified universe, where you have to be 14 rather than 10 to begin your journey means that Ash is a much more intelligent trainer when he starts out and has much more knowledge of pokemon and how to be a trainer. Not sticking to each pokemon having 4 moves and ash will catch all lots more pokemon that he does in cannon. This will Follow Ash's journey in hopefully all of the different generations. Probably going to be a harem fic, with lemons.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Prologue:
The looming figure of the man sat bathed in shadow as he faced the three trembling goons in front of him. His lips twitched into a cruel snarl as the thee "agents" of his trembled from simply being in his presence. He was yet to say a word, still savouring the effect he had on the scum in front of him still loving the looks of fear in their eyes. Deciding to induce even more trauma in them he finally broke his silence.
"So, what happened this time?" He growled in his most intimidating voice grinning once again as they all simultaneously jumped in fright at his sudden end to the silence.
"B-boss i'm afraid we kinda um…. we kinda failed see we kinda lost all of our poke balls when that Dragonite you sent us to capture blasted us off with a hyper beam." The blue haired man that had managed to stammer out that pathetic excuse immediately retreated back to the safety of his comrades upon uttering it, and was just in time as a large white paw viciously swiped
at the air he had just been occupying.
The large white lion roared its name as it continued to advance towards the three cowering goons. Perrrrrsian. The three were now cowering slightly further away from the man who was now laughing maniacally still covered by the shadows. He decided to finally call off his fierce pokemon as he noticed the small trickles of liquid dripping down the two humans legs. This set his laughter off again and he decided to kept these three around for a while longer, they always seemed to provide him with amusement.
"You three truly are pathetic you know that?" "You lost all of the pokemon that I supplied to you and failed to even capture one lousy dragonite?" "Why do I even keep you on the payroll I will never know." "But because you continue to amuse me I have decided to give you another chance."
He produced a photograph along with two pokebals from his coat pocket, and the light glinted off of his teeth as his shark like grin showed itself once more. I am granting you three this Ekans and Koffing as the final pokemon I will ever give you. Fail me again and lose them and I will kill you."
"Y-y-ye..Yes sir!" The three all weakly replied giving him a half hearted salute with quivering grinned once more and gave them their final command." Go explore the Kanto region keeping on the lookout for extraordinary pokemon reporting in whenever you find anything of interest." "Try to not get yourselves killed or lose the pokemon i have given you. And feel free to try catching any other pokemon you feel could aid you in your quest to actually prove yourselves not completely useless."
The three nodded and backed away to the door quickly opening it to turn tail and run. As the three misfits bolted out the door and away from their boss's headquarters as fast as they could. With the threat of death upon failure prominent in all of their minds. Followed by the heartless maniacal laughter of the man in the room behind them. The man in question was now contemplating the vastly more important issues of the numerous other projects and agents that were far more critical to his master plan. He picked up his phone and dialled the number of one of the most important parts of the plan.
"Hello. Why yes I am doing fine, i'm just calling to inquire as to how is our latest little project is coming along? I trust you have made lots of progress?."
"Why yes, I can say that we have made astounding progress and are very close to our goal" came the muffled reply. 'Good." "Keep me updated and keep up the good work" He said before hanging up the phone and returning to his contemplations.
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Chapter 1. It begins.
The delicious smell of bacon and pancakes drifted through the room of 14 year old Ash Ketchums room as he was roused from his sleep by a blaring alarm. He groaned and reluctantly allowed himself to be roused from slumber. Rubbing his eyes to get the sleep out of them and scratching the back of his unruly mop of spicy black hair he dragged himself from his bed to begin his normal morning routine for the last time. he stumbled into his bathroom and let the warm water of his shower wash away the last of the grogginess caused by his sleep. As the warm water rolled down his fairly fit body his mind was in overdrive as it eagerly awaited the main event of today. The start of his pokemon journey, and the chance of getting his very own pokemon. He had trained with Professor oak at the laboratory near his house for the past 4 years, working along with all of the starter pokemon available to him to choose as his first, but he was still unable to decide which one he would choose. All of them had their strengths and weaknesses, and all of them would be a good choice in their own way.
A Bulbasaur would provide powerful utility to his team with its status affecting abilities and wide skill move, it was also a very strong grass type in its final evolutionary state of Venasaur. He knew a Bulbasaur would be a good choice. And yet so would the other two. A Squirtle would be a powerful all-rounder with strong defensive capabilities as well as powerful water type attacks, but as strong as the two of them were, Ash found himself leaning towards picking the fire type of the group. A fire type was almost always guaranteed to be a powerful pokemon, and a Charmander could become one of the most powerful fire types of all. He believed that a Charmander would be the best starter for him, providing very powerful offensive moves and being an all round tough little pokemon. Having finally made up his mind on his starter, Ash was pulled from his musings as the water in the shower had turned cold. He yelped and jumped out of the shower to get changed and farewell his childhood room.
He towelled himself off and started getting dressed. He pulled on a snug pair of dark jeans, a black undershirt and a blue coat with white sleeves and a white collar. Finishing his look with his trademark red cap and pulling it down over his face to cover his face in shadow trembling with excitement. He was almost ready to burst when his mothers melodic voice drifted into the room from down stairs. "Aaaaash, Breakfast is ready dear". His face lit up at the prospect of food and he followed the smell of freshly cooked pancakes down to the kitchen in a trance like state.
His mum cheerfully greeted him as he entered the room and started giving him a pep talk for the beginning of his journey. She asked him for what seemed like the millionth time which starter he was going to choose and this time he could finally give her a definitive answer. She was overjoyed at his choice in charmander, and began recounting a story from her time traveling around Kanto and some Charmander that she had once met. He sweat dropped and tried blocking her out while still shovelling pancakes into his mouth and trying to drink his glass of orange juice. His mother realising that he was no longer listening gave him a kind hearted tap on the head, scolding him for being rude. He just looked at her and grinned. It was time for him to start his journey at long last. he had studied for 4 years and was entirely ready for the next stage of his life. So he stood up, kissed his mums cheek and walked out the door waving at her and saying his goodbyes. Ignoring the cry of "change your underwear every day" and plastering his grin on his face and turning around to wave goodbye to his mother and childhood home for the last time in a long while. He then turned and headed up the hill to the pokemon laboratory and the beginning of his journey to become a pokemon master.
he arrived at the laboratory with 15 minutes to spare and leaned on the fence to wait for the professor to let him in and give him his first pokemon. He was still leaning against the fence when the high pitched and nasally voice of his fiercest rival grated against his ears. "Hey Ashy-boy i'm surprised you actually showed up on time, who would have thought you could be punctual for once." Gary sneered and then burst into laughter at his own insult. His ever present cheer squad started chanting his name joining in laughing at the insult. Ash however was used to comments like that by now, having hung around Gary almost all of his life at the Laboratory. The close proximity to another boy aspiring to be a pokemon master had inevitably caused the two to butt heads on numerous occasions. And had eventually lead to a fierce rivalry, which was about to become a lot fiercer as Gary and Ash would soon have a medium in which to actually fight through their soon to be acquired starters. And so, long used to the insulting greetings thrown at him by Gary, Ash promptly ignored him and closed his eyes to continue waiting for the professor to open the lab.
And as if on queue, the gates rattled open and the kindly old voice of professor Oak invited the soon to be trainers into his lab. Ash opened his eyes and grinned at Gary before following the professor into the lab with Gary hot on his heels. As they entered the familiar setting of the lab Ash was excited to finally get to own one of the pokemon he had been working with for years, but he was also sad that he would probably not be seeing the lab again for a long time after he left. He decided to focus on the positives and was once more overwhelmed with excitement. He was quivering as the professor reached his desk and turned to face the two young trainers.
"Now Ash, Gary. It is good to see that you are both punctual for once today" This earned a sweat drop from both of them and a chuckle from the professor before he continued. "Unfortunately, you are both a day late to start your journey. The majority of the young trainers from Pallet started yesterday. And because of this I only have two pokemon to offer you. The only normal starter that I have left is this squritle" he said as he pressed the button on a poke ball and a small blue turtle materialised from the inside of the ball. Squirrrtllle! it exclaimed as it laid eyes upon it two potential new owners. Gary's eyes immediately lit up, and in the blink of an eye squirrels poke ball was in his hand and Professor Oak was transferring ownership of the water type starter to his grandson. Ash grumbled at the blatant family favouritism, but wasn't too bothered, as he preferred Charmander and could still hopefully get a Charmander from the last remaining starter pokemon in professor Oaks possession.
Gary accepted his poked from professor Oak and with one last sneer at Ash he bolted for the door to get a head start on Ash. Sighing once more at the favouritism, but not really blaming the old professor for it Ash turned to look at the man. "So professor, can I have my starter yet? Please tell me its a Charmander." "Hmm, well Ash unfortunately I do not have a Charmander here for you." Ash sighed once again and hung his head in disappointment. Hopefully the pokemon he did have left would be just as good, but he had his doubts. "I do however have this Pokemon for you to have." He said as he released a small yellow rodent looking pokemon with long floppy ears and a zigzag shaped tail. Chaaa it exclaimed as it took in its surroundings, and the tall looking trainer with unruly black hair and a hat standing in front of him looking on expectedly. "Hmm, a Pikachu. Not exactly a conventional starter, but its an electric type so it could become very strong. Plus it has the advantage over Gary's Squirtle." "Now I know its an unexpected starter for you Ash, but truthfully I was saving this pokemon specifically for you." "But why professor? Why would you save this Pikachu just for me?"
The professor chuckled before saying " Well you see Ash, I see the most potential in you out of any of the budding new trainers from Pallet. I believe you will surpass them all, even my Grandson Gary. And this Pikachu will be the ideal starting pokemon for you on your journey to become a Pokemon master. I believe that it will be your most loyal friend on your journey and will become a very strong pokemon in no time!"
"Really? Cool!." "Alright Professor, ill take Pikachu gladly." Ash exclaimed. He then turned and knelt down next to the small pokemon to look into its eyes. He offered his hand for Pikachu to sniff and slowly extending his hand to scratch it behind its ears. This earned a happy squeal from Pikachu, who then promptly leapt onto Ash's shoulder and licking him on his cheek. Ash grinned at his new partner and turned back to professor Oak. And upon noticing the startled look on the mans face asked what was wrong. Oak stammered that he was surprised at how quickly Pikachu had warmed to Ash, and that normally Pikachu would shock anyone other than Oak that tried touching it. Ash just grinned at this and looked back at Pikachu who just tilted his head and squeaked his name. "Well i'm glad you decided i don't deserve to be shocked on sight Pikachu. I hope that we can become best buds and partners soon. I know that together we can both become really strong." Ash said as he reached over to scratch Pikachu's ears once again.
"Well it truly is good to see that you two are already getting along so well Ash. But before you go to start on your journey I have a few more things to give you as well as some advice. First of all, here is you Pokedex, Dexter. It can provide information on any pokemon you see such as its type, gender traits and characteristics. It can even show you the moves of some wild pokemon which can be great at helping you find the strongest wild pokemon to catch. Your Pokedex will be one of your most useful assets on your Journey, as well as wing your identification. use it well." Oak handed the small red device to Ashe who began examining it as Oak continued. " Next I'm going to give you a supply of poke balls, potions and antidotes to help get you started on your journey and help with catching new pokemon. And finally, I have already taken the liberty of programming your poke balls to transfer any excess pokemon from your team to my laboratory when you catch them. This will allow me to research them and look after them for you while you travel. I can also help you with their training and take care of any eggs that may be made. And if you ever want to trade out any of the pokemon in your party to my lab or vice versa, you can simply contact me from any pokemon centre and I will gladly switch around your party.
Ash grinned at this news and thanked the professor for all of his help. he was about to wave goodbye and set out after Gary, when the professors voice wrong out again. "Now Ash, one last thing before you leave. Catch lots of pokemon, and make them really strong, girls love that!" He said giving Ash a cheeky smile and grinning at him. The boys face turned red and he turned heal and ran away before the professor could express any more of his perverted ideas. But not without hearing the cry of "Don't forget to use protection!". Now blushing even more furiously he kept running until he reached the edge of his home town. He then turned around and surveyed the place that he had lived for his entire life. He had great memories of the small town and would miss it dearly. But he was extremely excited to be starting his journey at last. And so, he pulled his hat down over his eyes, plastered a grin onto his face again, took one last look at his home, then turned around and walked off to start his journey. Not looking back once.
End of Chapter 1.
Hopefully that was a good intro for the story. I hope to make this pretty long story, and follow ash's journey at least until the end of the Sinnoh League, I will follow the main cannon storyline but with my own twist. Ash will be a lot smarter, and actually have strategy in all of his battles. He will catch lots more pokemon than cannon, and they will be rotated regularly. I plan on making this a harem fic, and the girls will most likely be Misty, May, Dawn and Zoe. And well, hopefully I can make this a pretty good story in the future.
