This is a rewrite of my original fic.
The themes and actions are overall the same, but I edited a lot of bad writing and errors (not all of them) and combined some of my shorter chapters for the purpose of convenience.

Kyle was currently sitting on his chair in front of the computer's screen, actually raising an eyebrow, not at all expecting this turn of events: Ash was on his way to the Kalos region finals to face Alain and his Mega Charizard X once more - this time for keeps.

In all honesty, Kyle Thought that it would have been weird for Ash to not get a rematch with Alain but he really didn't expect the guy to pull off something like that. Honestly, what would the fans say if Ash finally became a legitimate champion? Hmm...

'Welp, that was a thing' He mused briefly as he stood up, perhaps it would have been a better idea for him to simply continue watching, to know for a fact that this change wasn't just a move made by the producers to fake out the fans.

But frankly, Kyle couldn't be bothered at the He was always the type of person who thought about how things "could be" rather than what they are right As such, he would have a much better time speculating about a possible change in the anime rather than receiving it as a clear-cut fact.

No, instead Kyle Ashen walked out of his room, his parents were not home at the moment and he decided he wants to take a walk.

Yeah, walks helped him think, get his excitement and thoughts out there, in contrast to his otherwise boring life.

Seriously, wake up, go to school, come back, do what, in essence, amounts to nothing, and then do the same thing all over again. It was a mind-numbing process and it was also his life, so yeah, sucks to suck.

Kyle was an extremely average looking person, perhaps even downright plain, with only his piercing, judging eyes indicating a measure of otherwise unexpected cunning.

Walking out of the household's front door into a dull street, the youth proceeded with his short-term journey across the street, wearing a simple T-shirt and long pants.

He had a long begrudging hatred towards jeans, he liked dressing in a casual and nonchalant fashion.

Kyle was told that women, in general, find that kind of attitude attractive.

He was also told that often times the clothing did the person, but he chose to ignore that piece of advice altogether, as we often do when confronted with things that down align with our views of the world.

Suddenly, a car crashed into him.

It was entirely unremarkable, almost mocking in a sense and all in all very anti-climactic.

Kyle simply walked in front of a speeding car while crossing the road without even looking - he was a rebel at heart, after all.
Plus, he was busy with his own thoughts - who had time for safety anyway?

The four-ton metal machine slammed into him with all the subtlety and grace of, well, a speeding car, which meant that it had no subtlety or grace to speak of.
He was dead even before his head connected with the pavement.

In that sense, his death was peaceful and very unremarkable: After all, car accidents were at an all-time high.

And then, suddenly, he woke up again. He wasn't sure of what exactly what happened to him but decided to play it cool all the same.

Kyle rose to his feet casually, not noticing that he was much shorter all of a sudden.

It actually took him a moment to notice that he wasn't in his room, but rather in a childish one instead.
What's up with all of those Pokemon props anyway? since when was he a collector? Did they even make this kind of stuff? Crazy Japanese people...

Wait, why was this morning anyway? Bah, he overslept apparently, took a nap or something. Yeah, that must've been it...

Coming out of his (his?) room into an unfamiliar hallway, Kyle grew cautious and walked to the bathroom with some careful consideration behind his steps.
Seeing as he wasn't tied down or anything and was given some freedom of movement, he assumed that he wasn't kidnapped or anything, So there's that.

Walking into the bathroom he made eye contact with himself through the mirror, but the eyes that met his gaze were far too wide and child-like to be his own.

Then he noticed, for the first time, his own height and how everything was so darn tall (wait for a second, darn?).

In the mirror he saw the reflection of none other than Ash Ketchum, looking back at him with an odd, unusual expression.
So Kyle did the only logical thing he could do - he screamed off the top of his lounges. A shrill sound it was, totally unmanly, not that he cared about that.

He heard someone walking up the stairs, the door came open, and out pops a brown-haired, kind-looking woman that leveled a look of concern at him. It was odd, and she was Delia Ketchum, wearing a pink short-sleeved button shirt and a long skirt past her knees.
Ash's mom.

"Ash dear, is everything okay?" She asks, and Kyle can only think 'what the fudge (again?!) is going on?'.

"Uh, um, imma-need-to-go-see-you-kay-bye" he said, going at 200 words-per-minute before passing right at her side and running down the stairs, kicking back the door with his tiny 10-year-old foot and running away with all the speed his childish limbs could carry him, which was surprisingly rather quick. Ash was weirdly capable like that.

Moving at speeds no 10-year-old should be able to attain, Kyle (err, Ash?) began noticing how he didn't put any shoes on, and yet his feet didn't hurt all that much from running on a flat dirt road. He didn't even think he got any blisters, and his running form was a mess, too!

Okay, okay, time to think about it As surreal as it may seem, he was currently a part of the Pokemon world or at least the Anime's world.
Judging from the feeling of pressure at his feet he would say that he wasn't dreaming, as shocking as it was to him, he decided to take it in stride.

Why? Being an All-around average son of two unremarkable individuals, Kyle was done with his mundane life, if Arceus and/or the drugs he was trippin' on wanted him to go around the Pokemon world and kick some major butt (E for everyone rating, is that why he can't swear?!) then he shall indeed do just that, thank you very much!

Plus, a go-with-the-flow kind of mentality will keep him as far away from a psychiatric hospital as possible, so yeah.
'Go with the flow Kyle' he told himself 'Just... go'
And so he did.

Heh, Kyle Ashen is Ash Ketchum.
Whose bright idea was this stupid pun anyway? He could totally see it as a part of some half-assed (ha!) prophecy.

Finding the lab wasn't too hard.
It was the tallest building in Pallet, and if that wasn't enough help, then the large crowd in front of the gates most definitely did the trick!

Didn't people have anything better to do? and then he heard them...

"Gary, Gary, he's the man! if he can't do it no one can!"

Wait, Gary? Gary Oak? Oh right, he used to be a jerk at the time, and those cheerleaders too...

Well...

"Excuse me!" Kyle shouted, pushing through the crowd, and randomly shoulder-bashing a cheerleader (Not on purpose!).

Kyle was at the gate when he heard the 'Hey!' shouts, only to slam directly at Gary Oak a second later and fall over.

Seriously, he was 17! 17! Getting knocked back by a 10-year-old, regardless of size, was just plain humiliating!

"Hey watch where you're going!" he heard the boy's pitched voice sneering at him, Kyle groggily stood up and locked eyes With Gary, it actually took him a moment to stutter out a confused "G-Gary?"

Now Gary was the confused one, giving him an odd expression before dismissing it as Ash being Ash.
"Heh, that's Mr. Gary to you, show some respect!" the spiky-haired youth retorted, Kyle could only 'uhhh' at him, so he did just that.

"Well, looks like you're late! not that I expected anything else from you! You snooze you lose Ashy! behind right from the start-..."

By now, Kyle got his bearings and was deadpanning at Gary, his eyebrow Gary didn't notice though, and should Kyle not cut him off he would continue wasting his time.

"Yeah yeah, good for you." But Kyle did cut him off, Making Gary gape at this unusual retort "I got Pokemons to catch, trainers to beat, you have fun with your baby Pokemon."

Kyle tapped Gary's shoulder and passed him, not noticing all of the eyes that were resting upon him.

Gary Snapped out of his shock after a moment, adopting the same arrogant tone and look.

"Well Ashy, I bet you can't guess my Pokemon!" he almost screamed in spite. Yeah, that ought to get a reaction out of him! Only, it didn't.

"Squirtle" Kyle retorted, causing some people in the crowd to gasp, and Gary to snap his neck to look at him, stupefied.

"How did you know?!" He practically demanded, Kyle just shrugged.
"3 choices and you don't look like the Bulbasaur type to me, so it was a 50-50 chance" Kyle explained, a tad too reasonably to be the real Ash, but that part was a work in progress.

He couldn't, however, bite back saying "Smell ya later Gary!" to the young Oak.

Going up the stairs, he noticed Professor Oak, Lab coat and all, just about to go down towards him, before he stopped and took a look at the unusually still crowd of people. Tilting his head in confusion, Samuel Oak noticed Ash.

"Why, would you happen to know the reason that all of them just, err, stand there?" the esteemed researcher asked and Kyle just shrugged in return.

"Dunno." He said exuberantly, his eyes alight at the prospect of an adventure "Hey, hey! I heard Gary got a Pokemon already! What about me?! I wanna get my Pokemon too!"

Under normal conditions, Kyle would never show such raw emotion but had 'normal' long since flown out of the window.

The Professor blinked for a moment, noticing that the crowd was dispersing, before taking a good look at Kyle, a smile crawling up his face.

"A Pokemon?" he said, clearly amused, something which only caused Kyle to stomp on the ground angrily, why was Oak holding him up like that anyway?

"Yes! I am ready!" He actually shouted, but Oak's smile only Grew, a sense of mirth adorning his eyes.

"You look like you are ready for bed, not for Pokemon training" the Professor Quipped.

Kyle looked down, before chuckling, abashed.

"Ehh, I can Fix that" he said, before remembering why he was Might as well get down to it "But I am ready for a Pokemon!"

The lab was painfully plain, not at all what Kyle would expect. Sure, it got that futuristic look but it really wasn't 'All That'.
To Kyle, that really didn't matter right now, for he was contemplating on what Pokemon he should take.

Surely, all of the 'normal' starters were taken already, as they were in the Anime, but Kyle didn't really mind.
He didn't want any 'normal' starter anyway, if everything went according to the anime he would get a Pikachu, which was... fine?
But honestly, the more Kyle thought about it, the less he wanted Pikachu as his starter: Kyle wanted to do something great here, while this illusion or what-not lasted at least, and quite frankly Ash's Pikachu that great of a Pokemon.

Sure, he was loyal, but only after Ash nearly killed himself for the Mouse-Pokemon's sake, he didn't want to evolve at all, which only meant that he was afraid of change, or at least that's how Kyle saw it.

And at the moment, Kyle was all about change: Change his persona, Change his relations, heck, change the very planet upon which he walked.
A constant as the ever stale and Familiar Pikachu wouldn't suit him at all given the circumstances, they won't mesh together well.

Plus, Kyle wasn't noble or foolish enough to stare death in the eye in order to protect a stranger.

Of course, if Oak would offer him Pikachu and Pikachu alone, Kyle would take the Rat in a heartbeat, heck, even if Samuel offered him a Zubat Kyle would still play along.
He really was just that desperate.

They arrived in front of a familiar station with 3 Pokeballs that Kyle knew for a fact to be empty. Seriously, what was Oak trying to pull off anyway?

Meh, if nothing else, Kyle would play along for that heck of it.

Flexing his shoulders a bit, Kyle just grabbed one Pokeball randomly, something which caused Oak to raise an eyebrow at him, since normally people were more selective with their choices.

The Pokeball snapped open, empty, what a shock.

"Already taken-..." only to be cut off by Kyle as he took another Pokeball, which was also empty. Oak smiled a little at the excitable boy, Kyle just wanted to get this over with.

Another Pokeball, nothing. Kyle dismissed it just as quickly and took the last one, opening it, and facing no result what so ever.

Oak rubbed his chin thoughtfully "The early bird gets the worm, or in this case, the Pokemon" he quipped, causing Kyle to actually smile a little, but he quickly schooled his features and gave Oak a pleading, pouty look.

"Does this mean that there isn't a Pokemon left for me? didn't you plan for 4 trainers today Professor?"

The Question took Oak by surprise, not expecting this level of perception from the otherwise blunt Ash Ketchum. Maybe Gary was wrong about his childhood friend yet?

Ash did always have a certain... spark to him, these changes he was noticing were positive, maybe the boy was simply maturing? It was a bit of a shame, really, for one so young, but also a good thing in such dangerous times.

Tilting His head thoughtfully Oak decided to take some time and think, at first he planned to give Ash a Pikachu which he caught a few days prior but was there really no alternative...?

"Well, I could always give you one of the Pidgeies, we have plenty of those." He soon found himself saying.

Kyle actually blinked, this is different.

"Ugh, well yeah, I mean... Pidgeies are pretty common, right? I could always catch one just down the road" He didn't dare to get his hopes up.
Plus, if everything went well then he would be the proud owner of a Pidgeotto soon enough.

"Yes, I suppose..." Oak mumbled in thought "How about a Nidoran? Those would make for good companions. I also have a Pikachu, however that specific specimen is rather volatile and I couldn't give it to you in good conscience as your starter, no offense"

"None taken, sir! I actually had a lot of time to think about it." he lied "And the more I thought about it the more I realized that I want to do things differently, my way! Like a real master!"

Oak looked a little uncomfortable, it was unusual for Ash to think such thoughts, however childishly, but foresight was an overall good quality to have.
So why was it bothering him like so?

Still, it was something the good Professor could both respect and relate to, which made him all the more willing to help Ash out in whatever way he could.

And then, it hit him.

A smile crept up Oak's lips, one that Kyle found to be rather creepy, as he grabbed both of Ash's shoulders and shook him a bit.

"I got just the one! Wait here!" and he ran out of the door, surprisingly into what Kyle assumed was the Oak Corral.

Whatever, it wasn't like Kyle had anywhere else to go...

In fact, it was the opposite - he was here to stay, it was a weird, but rather pleasant thought all the same.

After what seemed like half an hour, and in fact was just that, Samuel Oak, emerged from the Corral, only to see Ash standing there, bouncing on his heels and fidgeting in suppressed excitement.
Oak Smiled. Now this was the Ash Ketchum the Old Professor knew and loved.

"This one is actually very special, It came from a breeding program supervised by the esteemed Professor Elm all the way from the Johto region, although it is native to Kanto."

By this point Kyle was already panting and hoping in one place, man Oak sure knew how to make a good exposition.

He tossed the Pokeball and out came a Pokemon that Kyle did not expect in the slightest.

It was an Elekid, the type of Pokemon that genuinely made the otherwise aloof boy squeal in delight. Oak chuckled.

Elekid stood up and checked its surroundings, there was the old man wearing the same lab coat he wore every day (the very same one), and next to him stood some kid who looked like a total pushover if he was being honest. Wearing some PJs and all, Elekid huffed out loud in indignation.

"Elekid here is a very special Pokemon." Oak began explaining "For you see, Professor Elm's breeding program was meant to determine mental and physical differences between similar Pokemon with different parents."
"This Elekid was bred from a rather loyal Electabuzz that belonged to a retired ranger and a jolly assistant Mr. Mime. After Checking and confirming general data Professor Elm sent him over just yesterday to rehabilitate him to wildlife." He coughed, slightly embarrassed "Well, as wild as my Corral can be, but Elekid is otherwise a perfect fit as a starter, matching all the criteria set by the League."

As Kyle listened, Elekid got bored, so he raised his fist and poked Oak with it, zapping the old fool in the process.

The professor yelped in shock, both literally and figuratively, and fell on his bum, hissing.

Kyle blinked for a second, and then he burst out in laughter, joined by Elekid's snickering. Somehow he got the feeling they would get along just fine.

"Alright buddy, gimme five!" Kyle opened his palm, Elekid raised its own chubby arm to high-five its fellow youth, but Kyle noticed the malicious gleam in Elekid's eye, moving his arm away just in time to avoid being zapped by a stray spark.

Meanwhile, the professor looked at the exchange with a small pained smile. The 'pained' part is because even a small zap stung a lot.
His smile dropped into a somber expression when the annoyed Elekid huffed and hit Ash with a Thunder Shock, causing him to drop to the ground, fidgeting.

"Quite the electrifying personality, wouldn't you say?" Commented Oak with comical amounts of seriousness in his voice, he apparently has a sick and vindictive sense of humor, the bastard. (Yes! All of the bad words!).

"yeahhh... I se-ee what you d-i-d-d there-e-e-e, gooddd oneee..."
"Shocking, isn't it?" He just rubbed it in, for the heck of it.

'S-screw y-you!' Kyle mentally screamed.

Elekid just continued snickering, not entirely disliking the boy. He will give him the benefit of the doubt.
For now, anyway.

After taking a set of 6 Pokeballs and a surprisingly advanced-looking red Pokedex from Professor Oak, Kyle decided to give Elekid and himself some time to get to know each-other, and as such he did not return the Electric Pokemon back to its Pokeball, a gesture that Elekid... honestly didn't care for.

No, instead the two walked down the stairs alongside Professor Oak, something which made Kyle remember that he was wearing Ash's PJs with no shoes to boot. Darn.

Not surprisingly, in front of the lab's gate stood Delia Ketchum alongside some other were making a lot of noise.
Heck, some of them even held a big 'Go Ash go!' sign. Kid sure was popular around these parts of town. Who knew?

That aside, the fact that those people were giving him odd looks, probably due to his attire, alongside the encouraging smiles was rather odd to him.
Kyle wasn't used to much attention, so it really caught him off guard.

He chose to disregard it for the moment, Focusing on Mrs. Ketchum (or maybe Miss? Who knew?).

"Umm, hey mom!" Kyle said, putting on a forced smile. God this was so weird. Hopefully he could cope with it for now. Maybe.

"Oh, Ashy, I am so proud of you! you are finally going to fulfill your dream and start your Pokemon training! But i-gon-.." By God, why is she getting so emotional here?! It made Kyle all the more uncomfortable "I am going to miss you so, so, much, my little boy..."

By now Delia was sniffling into the backside of Ash's backpack, Kyle just rubbed the back of his head bashfully while Elekid was giving everyone measuring looks.

"Don't worry mom! I'm a big kid now!" Heavens help him, that dialogue was so cliché! "Pokemon trainers can take care of themselves you know!"

Delia gave him a small and sincere smile, which made his stomach clench, feeling the sheer guilt of it all crawling up his back

"I know Ash, and I am just so proud of you, oh my little boy!" at this she actually pulled Kyle into a warm hug that made Elekid tilt its head in slight wonder, humans sure were affectionate, it was odd to the tiny Pokemon, to say the least.

Elekid really didn't care much for its mother, and his father was a joke, who would take a Mr. Mime seriously anyway?
It recalled how the rest of the bred Elekids had fighting types as parents, how powerful they all were physically, how all of them could perform those different amazing attacks.

With some sudden eye-twitching it recalled how they made fun of him over his 'egg move' and over the fact that among the bred Elekids he was physically the weakest and least capable, in term of both pure brawn and agility.

As for Kyle, this was getting very awkward very quickly.
Did she really have to hug him? His real parents were both busy careerists, so he really didn't get much physical affection growing up and he preferred it that way. But now? Fate was just mocking him, he would bet a 100$ to anyone that this part never happened in the anime!

After Delia pulled away and handed Kyle Ash's backpack, he decided it was time to get a move on, and so he did.
Putting the backpack on his back he marched off, to Viridian and beyond!

"Sweetie, you forgot to change your clothes."

Oh, um...

right after he changed that is!

Walking up a hill away from Pallet, Kyle could only wonder about the recently occurring events - becoming Ash Ketchum aside and all.

during the time it took him to change clothes and bid everyone farewell it was very much apparent that Delia was onto him.

Stupid female intuition.

Stupid mother intuition.

maybe it was the way he walked, maybe the way he talked, but a mother should know best and Delia certainly did.

So right now Kyle was walking up the hill, with Elekid at his side, both were looking forward until Kyle realized something and stopped.
Elekid took a few more steps himself before stopping as well, recognizing that he and the boy Ash weren't in line with each other.

Kyle waved at Elekid to hold on for a moment as he took out his newly acquired Pokedex. After shortly examining the advice he pointed it Elekid and after a moment and a confirming 'ting!' sound Kyle checked out the information.

And his mind was prominently blown away.
The information was extensive, very much so in fact, ranging between Biological & Mental evaluation & data all the way to possible moves and how to teach them. There were at least 50,000 words in those documents, Videos included as well!

This made the anime's Pokedex look like a complete joke in comparison, or maybe they were one and the same and Ash was just being a big dum-dum? Maybe.

Looking over the 'General Info' part of the page, Kyle proceeded to read some of it.

Elekid, the Electric Pokémon. Elekid is the pre-evolved form of Electabuzz. It generates electricity by spinning its arms. Elekid's weak spot is between its horns, but the electric current that runs there can shock the unwary. It gains strength when lightning is present. Even in the most vicious storm, this Pokémon plays happily if thunder rumbles in the sky. This Elekid is male and has the ability Static, it knows the following moves: Quick Attack, Leer, Thunder Shock, and Barrier. This Elekid is 8 months old, reaches the height of 0.72 meters and weighs 27.5 Kg. Overall status: Healthy.

Kyle was taken aback by the fact that Elekid knew Barrier. 'How' would have been a good question to ask, but Elekid and he really couldn't communicate properly yet, so he was forced to take a guess.

'Must've been an egg move from that Mr. Mime that Elekid was bred from' Kyle mused to himself. That was actually a good thing as far as he could tell.
Sure, it wasn't an offensive move, but after checking the Pokedex for more information Kyle found out that 'Barrier' wasn't a fully psychic defense move by itself, but rather a nimble use of psychic, pushing particles together in front of the user and around, for however briefly, to create a wall, or an armor, of "matter" that was held together by a constant psychic wave.
Due to its thick and physical nature Barrier is a very good move to use against all types of blunt, pushing, and wide-spread attacks. However when faced against a piercing force or just a type of force that lacks pushing/crushing power (e.g Flamethrower) Barrier loses much of its usefulness.

That... made some sense to Kyle. He never thought that Pokemon mechanics could be overall so well thought out, for a lack of better words.

Kyle smiled at Elekid, who actually looked unnerved at that.

"Man, that's awesome! To think you know a move like Barrier!" Elekid's eyes widened at that "You are the most awesome starter in the world!"

Was the boy mocking him? Elekid changed his mind, he didn't like this punk kid after all, not one bit. Putting on a facade, Elekid smiled and walked up to Ash, only to punch him in the stomach. Hard. And he added a Thunder Shock just to spite the stupid insensitive jerk.
Did he mention that Kyle was stupid? Because he was!

Falling to his knees from the blow Kyle gasped, only the have his breath taken yet again, this time by the high voltage going through his body.

The trainer collapsed face first to the ground, holding his stomach in pain. His arms were shut and he could barely move them. Actually, he could barely move at all due to the electricity overdose jamming his nervous system.

"B-but whyyyyyy?" was all he could manage when Elekid turned on its heel and started walking away. Not that Kyle was going to let his journey end this way!

After taking a few steps Elekid suddenly bumped into some other Pokemon judging by its height. Oh, great, one of those stupid birds.

Said stupid bird squawked angrily and flew to the air, determined to punish the idiotic (and unfamiliar) Pokemon.

However, as it turned out, the Spearow ended up being the butt of their joke.

Elekid raised its arms, using barrier to increase its own relative bulk, and flat-out caught Spearow by its wings, being pushed a few feet back from the impact.
Giving Spearow a nasty Slasher Smile, Elekid hit it with a fully powered Thunder Shock point-blank.
Spearow fell over, powerless to resist further.

In Elekid's Mind, the only thing that his barrier was good for is taking hits.
And the fact that he made for a good punching bag wasn't something he took pride in, to say the least.

Meanwhile, Kyle stared at this scene in shock, not expecting this level of ability from Elekid.
Sure, the Electric Pokemon may have had the type advantage, but it didn't seem to Kyle as a battle between two Pokemon on the same level - Elekid took Spearow to school!

Elekid meanwhile checked over its arms in some dismay. Stupid Barrier, stupid Mr. Mime, if he wasn't so weak he would have caught Spearow with pure physical strength alone, Or maybe he would have just flat-out Countered it with that nasty ice punch move that some of the others could do, but this was disgraceful.

Elekid was so busy with self-pity that he didn't notice the prideful Spearow pull back to its feet, a look humiliation in its eyes. One way or another...

He. Wil. Pay!

Opening its mouth to alert the rest of their flock, Spearow could only feel something hitting the side of its head before being dematerialized.

He was hit, of course, by a Pokeball that Kyle picked up and threw at him after getting up.
Kyle didn't trust fate not to spite him the same way it did to Ash so he was ready with a Pokeball at hand from the moment he pulled back to its feet.
Turns out he was right, and Spearow was indeed about to call for backup. Kyle, however, was ready.

Elekid took a step back in suprise when Spearow was sucked into the Pokeball before turning back to Kyle and giving him a nasty look.

"Hey, don't give me that look! That Spearow was about to call for backup, and as strong as you are you wouldn't be able to deal with an entire flock of those birds!"

Him? Strong? Elekid's expression twisted in contempt and he just continued walking. A shout of 'OH COME ON!' could be heard from Kyle before he gave chase, picking up Spearow's pokeball while at it.

Man, dealing with moody Pokemon sure was tough.
They didn't show you this side of them in the games, did they? It was an Anime-Only kind of thing, right? Then again, it did make much more sense.

So there he was, Kyle Ashen, walking around the Pokemon world and following a moody baby Pokemon.
Well, still better than being home, he supposed. However Kyle did wonder, what exactly happened to his body? What happened to Ash? Yeah, on second thought, he wasn't going to think about it.

Going further down the road after the annoyed Elekid, Kyle could hear rushing water, He quickly recalled how Ash jumped down a waterfall in the first episode.
This means that somewhere around here was a waterfall, and very close to it was Misty.
He.. didn't know how he was going to deal with Misty, or if he wanted to deal with her at all, but he will just have to improvise.

That is after he gets Elekid to stop being a jerk and to listen to him!

"Was it something I said?"

"Ele-kid!"

"Look can you just please stop walking away from me like that?"

Well, he was persistent. Elekid decided to humor him and actually did stop. Kyle stopped as well.

"Look, if I did something that displeased you then I am sorry. I want to be your friend, can't you have a little faith in me?" at this Kyle walked over and knelt in front of Elekid, looking the tiny Pokemon in the eye.

"I don't know what you may think about yourself or me, but I want us to be a team. And not just some team too, but the very best one there is. You have plenty of potential, and together we will have to work at it to get there."
Potential? Elekid himself preferred to think that he had plenty of potential that was just waiting to be unleashed, it helped him fight off the cruelty of reality.

Together did he say? Mmm, alright then.

Giving one nod to confirm his thoughts, Elekid proceeded to walk forward.
Kyle chuckled at that and decided to walk in line with Elekid this time around before outright cutting a step ahead of the Electric Pokemon, who didn't seem to mind all that much.

Walking down the road near the river, he could hear the sound of a waterfall crashing down.

After coming out of the undergrowth and looking right, he did indeed see Misty just standing around and fishing, and certainly not looking like person who has the potential to change his whole life.

Smiling slightly, Kyle decided to walk over and greet her.

After passing her bike, and thanking the Pokegods that he didn't get it destroyed, he stood at her side and greeted her. "Hello!"

A squeal later, and an elbow connected with his nose, making him fall over. clutching his face in pain Kyle gave her a look. Misty actually gasped at this.

"Oh, I am so sorry-I... Wait, why should I be sorry?! What were you thinking sneaking up on me like that kid? Who are you anyway?"

For someone who only arrived to the Pokeworld, he sure was getting beat up a lot. This was the fourth time something hit him, and he has been here for about four hours.
He really should be scared for his health.

"Well hello there too." Kyle commented, "It's not polite to ask for someone's name without giving your own first." This wasn't the right response to give, seeing as Misty just gave him an angry look in return as she pouted, clearly miffed.

That was actually kind of cute, in little-girl terms that is.

"Misty, and who might you be?"

"Well, Misty, name is Ky-Ash Ketchum" Misty raised an eyebrow at his slip-up and Kyle mentally cursed, hopefully she won't-...

"Kyash Ketchum? That's an odd name." she said suspiciously and Kyle decided just to go along with it. His new go with the flow mentality and all that jazz.

"Yeah, sure, you're telling me." he shrugged it off "So, are you fishing for water types? That's really cool!"

Misty rolled her eyes and took note of Elekid, figuring that he must be one of those new trainers from Pallet. She could entertain him she supposed.

"Yeah, but not just some lame ones! Not that there is such a thing as a lame water Pokemon of course, but I want the really special ones!"

And just like that, there was a sudden pull on her fishing rod and Misty pulled hard on it, only for a Magikarp to come out and land on the rubble between them, Kyle just stared.

There was a moment of silence, and then...
"Not a word" Misty warned, but instead of saying something mean a huge smile appeared on Kyle's face.

"Hey, hey! would you mind if I caught this Magikarp?!" Kyle asked, vibrating with energy.

Misty was taken aback by his excitement over a Magikarp, but smiled a little and nodded.

It was nice to see people taking such great interest in a Magikarp instead of just mocking the poor Water-Type.

Elekid narrowed its eyes, not believing what his trainer just said.
This thing looked even weaker than the Spearow from earlier!

Kyle simply smiled, he was fully prepared to train a Magikarp, Knowing that a mighty Gyarados lies inside that stupid, dull face.

Pointing dramatically at the Magikarp, Kyle exclaimed "Magikarp, I challenge you to a battle!"

Misty looked at him as though he was an idiot, Elekid facepalmed, and Magikarp just continued to splash sand around dumbly.

"C'mon Elekid! Hit it with you Thunder Shock!"

Elekid snapped its fingers, generating some static electricity, which it flung lazily at the dumb fish, zapping it hard. Hopefully his trainer will stop wasting time and take this 'training' business seriously.

Kyle tossed a Pokeball and hit Magikarp with it. It was sucked in and offered no resistance what so ever, making it an instant capture.

Kyle walked forward and picked up the Pokeball. This was his second capture today!

Misty just sighed

"You know, you could have just thrown a Pokeball at it and catch it right away, right?"

And before Kyle could answer her, Out pops a giant Gyarados from the river.

You know, Pokemon in real life might sound awesome and all, and Gyarados was awesome as well, terrifyingly awesome that is.

Over 30 feet in length and thicker than an Oak tree, with a face that screamed terror, Gyarados roared, unleashing a massive shockwave with nothing but its voice.

Misty was frozen in fear, as unmoving as a statue and Kyle wasn't any doing any better.
That thing was a monster, there was no way in hell he could take on it. Elekid just fell on its behind, the fear of death washing all over it, for once overpowering his bravado.

And then came the real kicker.

Gyarados looked straight at them and generated a Hyper-Beam, an orange ball of death.
Misty snapped out of her stupor and grabbed one of her Pokeballs, she wasn't going to make it however.
Kyle couldn't help but wonder how deep was this river anyway?

"Raichu, use Thunder!"

And... done!

I thought about writing a story for a while, but I didn't, mostly because English is my fourth language and I am not confident in my ability as a writer to pull off anything presentable.
I gave it a shot anyway and I think that I still pulled off something half-decent.

This isn't a Self-Insert

An OC he may be, but Kyle and I are not alike.
This should be further augmented by the fact that the story is written in third-person

About my choice of having Elekid be Kyle's Starter

Truth be told, Pikachu and Kyle would be an absolutely terrible team.

Pikachu starts off as a jerk, although not an unreasonable one (Pokemon training is basically slavery)
Kyle Wouldn't be able to earn his trust the same way that Ash did simply because Kyle isn't "heroic" or like Ash is - If given the choice, he would rather leave a stranger to die than to face the same fate himself.

Not an unreasonable thing to do, but one that Pikachu would not appreciate.

But even without that problem, we still have plenty more to cover.

Let's assume for a moment that Kyle did earn Pikachu's trust, somehow.
Pikachu is energetic, friendly, slightly naive and trusting.

Kyle is none of those things, instead opting to view the world with some rather bleak pessimism.
Plus, having an "opposites attract" kind of starter would only frustrate Kyle (and not in a fun way), I'd much rather have someone that compliments his personality and traits.

Which is why I think that A bitter, vindictive, battle-hungry and oddly complex Elekid was the right way to go about it.
After all, Pikachu has never beaten a member of the Electabuzz family line before.

Plus, from a writers point of view, I'd rather have Kyle's starter grow alongside him.
Pikachu just doesn't fit the criteria

Elekid's Strength

Elekid is a bred Pokemon
By default, this makes him better than most - He was carefully raised in optimal conditions, has a solid grasp of his egg move and plenty of fighting experience against the other Elekids.

In that sense, Elekid is much stronger than most wild Pokemon within its age group.
Still, he is but a big fish in a small pond - as he will soon learn.

Gyarados

This part is actually 100% canon.
During the first episode, when Ash was being chased around by the Spearow flock, he jumped into the river.

The river was unreasonably deep and had a bunch of water Pokemon inhabiting it.
One which happened to be a Gyarados.

Plus, you didn't think that I'd make Kyle's life that easy, did you? On one hand, he avoided the Spearow flock but on the other hand, he is staring a murderous Gyarados straight in the face.