Disclaimer: The characters Ash, Misty, Brock and all of the Pokemon is copyrighted by GameFreak, Nintendo,
and Pokemon Inc. I did not create them.
Chapter 1
So Long Pikachu, Hello Raichu!
It was a sunny day and the sky was peaceful and bright. Our heroes decided to take a rest in a shady forest by a
gently running stream.
"It sure is nice here," Missy commented, "and it looks like Horsea and my other pokemon love it!"
"Yea, and Squirtle seems to be having a blast too!" Ash added as he watched Pikachu rest.
"Well, stopping here was a good idea." Said Brock as he jotted down some notes on his notepad.
"Not just for us, but our pokemon needed to relax and have some time away from fighting battles."
"Yea, I guess your right!" Misty smiled.
They were so distracted by watching their Pokemon they didn't notice something rustling in the bushes behind them,
some kind of small dark creature. It moved closer and closer trying to get a better look at the strangers, but also tying
to stay hidden. Two large eyes glared at the group...watching them.
"Well," said Ash as he stretched and stood up. Pikachu got up and jumped onto Ash's shoulders, " we'd better get
going if we are gonna make it to the next city by night fall. I want to hurry so I can get a badge at the gym there."
"Ok," Brock and Misty agreed as they all called back their Pokemon and headed down the path toward Arason City.
As they disappeared the creature leaped out of the bushes and on to the trail. It was a Poliwag. It stared down onto
the trail for a while thinking about what to do then it ran off to the left back into the forest. Soon the Poliwag came
up to a camp where there was a campfire, a tent, and lots of cooking utensils lying around.
The Poliwag stopped and called out. "Poliwag, Poliwag!"
The noise attracted a young male pokemon trainer from inside the tent. He came out dressed in hiking clothes with a
cap on his head.
"What's the matter Poliwag?" He said as we walked up to it.
"Poliwag wag poli wag wag poliwag!" shouted the Poliwag as it jumped up and down.
The boy thought for a minute trying to figure out what Poliwag was saying.
"Poliwag wag poli wag wag Poliwag!" shouted the Poliwag as it continued to jump up and down.
"Are you saying you saw someone?"
"Poliwag," it nodded it head.
"Trainers?"
It nodded again.
"Where?"
Poliwag faced its back north and used it's tail as a pointer. "Poliwag."
"This is perfect!" The boy smiled as he began to pack up his equipment.
"So this is the Arason City Gym." Said Ash as they stared at a huge white building. There was a
path heading to the door with flowers all around and a huge fountain over to the side. "What is the badge that I could
get here?"
"Well, according to what I've heard Arason City is where trainers can get an Ice Badge." Brock said.
"An Ice Badge huh," said Ash. "Well, I'm ready for battle. How about you Pikachu?"
"Pi pikachu!" Pikachu nodded as they headed to the door of the gym.
As they got to the door they stopped.
"Maybe we should knock first!" Misty suggested.
"Good idea," said Ash as he knocked 3 times on the door.
After a second or two the door slowly creaked open and a small little girl stepped out. She was about five years old,
red hair, freckles, wearing a little red dress.
"Are you Pokemon trainers?" The little girl asked.
"Uh , yes." Ash answered.
"Come with me." She smiled as she led them into the Gym.
The further they went into the Gym the colder it got. Finally they reached a large room. It was very cold and there
were tiny icicles coming off the ceiling and walls. There were seats along the sidelines and the battlefield was solid
ice.
"Wait here," the little girl said as she ran off out of the area.
"Gee, it's sure is cold in here," Misty shivered.
"I guess the gym leader will use some ice and water type Pokemon." Ash said.
"Yea, I think you should use your Squirtle to battle here." Brock suggested.
"Want to use some of my water Pokemon, Ash?" asked Misty.
"No thanks, I think Squirtle can do the job. Besides I have Krabby and Pikachu for back up just in case."
"That is if you can use more than one pokemon to battle with. Remember some gyms only allow one Pokemon." Brock
pointed out.
"Yeah that's right!" Ash said staring at all the ice.
The little girl walked back in and a large woman appeared behind her. The woman was about 5'11, long red hair,
skinny, and shimmering blue eyes. Brock face started to turn bright red.
"I wonder if she's the gym leader?" Ash said.
"I wonder if she's available?" Brock said in his weird goofy voice.
"Cool it Brock." Said Misty as she push Brock away.
The woman approached them.
"Are you the gym leader?" Ash asked boldly.
"Yes, I am. I'm Angelica and who might you be?"
"I am Ash Ketchum and I challenge you to a pokemon battle to earn an Ice Badge." Ash said.
"Ash I except your challenge take your place on the ice field." Angelica said.
They each went to one side of the battlefield and stared at each other for quite some time as if trying to decide
how good of a trainer the other was.
"We will use only 3 pokemon each, no time limit," Angelica called out.
"Fine let's battle!" Ash called back.
"Trainers ready...........BEGAN!" the little girl shouted as she rung the bell starting the battle.
"Go Vaporeon!" Angelica shouted as Vaporeon appeared from the pokeball.
"Go Squirtle!" Ash shouted as Squirtle appeared from the pokeball.
"Vaporeon...water gun!"
"Squirtle you use your water gun too!"
Vaporeon and Squirtle both fired their water guns. Vaporeon's water gun was strong, but not strong enough and
Squirtle's water gun hit Vaporeon and sent it flying into the air and land hard onto the ice.
"Squirtle, skull bash attack now!" Ash commanded as Squirtle charged at Vaporeon and it knocked
Vaporeon to the side. Angelica called Vaporeon back.
"Quite impressive Ash....now try this one....go Cloyster!" Angelica shouted as Cloyster appeared out of it
pokeball. "Cloyster aurora beam now!"
Cloyster fired at Squirtle and Squirtle ducked out of the way.
"Squirtle water gun!"
Squirtle used its water gun but it seemed to have no effect on Cloyster.
"Cloyster tackle attack!" Angelica shouted as Cloyster tackled Squirtle and was tossed to Ash's feet.
"Squirtle return!" Ash said as he called back Squirtle and grabbed another pokeball. "Krabby go!"
Krabby appeared out of it pokeball ready to battle.
"Cloyster tackle it!"
"Krabby dodge it!"
Cloyster tried to tackle it but Krabby moved too quickly.
"Krabby use you water gun!"
"Cloyster tackle it!"
Krabby fired its water gun. Cloyster dodge it and tackled Krabby. Krabby got hurt, but it wasn't finished yet.
"Krabby, leer attack!" Ash ordered.
"CLOYSTER TACKLE IT!" Angelica shouted as Cloyster tackled Krabby again before it could use its leer attack.
This time Krabby couldn't get up and Ash called it back.
"Okay, Pikachu it's all up to you now." Ash said to Pikachu as it nodded and headed out onto the field.
"Pikachu Thundershock!"
"Pika CHU!" Pikachu shouted as its thunderbolt hit Cloyster and knocked it cold.
Angelica was stunned. "Whoa, now that's an impressive thunder attack! However......it's no match for Poliwrath.....GO!"
Poliwrath appeared out of its pokeball.
"Poliwrath doubleslap attack!" Angelica commanded.
Poliwrath rushed to Pikachu as Pikachu leaped out of its way.
"Pikachu try your thunderbolt!" Ash shouted.
"Pika Pika CHU!" Pikachu's Thunder bolt was right on target.
"Yes we got it!" Ash cried as Pikachu stopped. "Whoa..... what!"
Ash was shocked to see that Pikachu's Thunderbolt had no effect on Angelica's Poliwrath.
"What....What happened?" Misty shouted from the sidelines.
Angelica laughed. "My Poliwrath is way too strong to be hurt by any of those weak electric attacks. Poliwrath
body slam!"
Poliwrath body slammed Pikachu and Pikachu was too hurt to battle.
"Pikachu!" Ash ran onto the ice and picked up Pikachu. "Pikachu are you ok?"
"Pika," Pikachu replied weakly.
Angelica sighed. "That was a nice battle Ash.... however you didn't defeat me so you don't get the Ice badge."
Ash sighed and started to walk away from the battlefield.
"I'm sorry Ash. Maybe if you train harder you and you friends can come back and maybe then you could win
the badge." Angelica stated as she walked away. "Now I have to return to my work." Angelica finished as
disappeared into another room.
Ash went over to his friends and they headed out of the gym.
"I'm sorry Ash. Angelica is right you can try again another time." Misty said as they left the gym and started
down the road.
Ash stopped and looked down at Pikachu.
"Do you think that Angelica is right? Are Pikachu's attacks really all that weak?" Ash asked his friends. "I
thought for sure that Pikachu was strong."
"Actually, Ash, it depends on how you look at it. Pikachu is amazingly strong for a Pikachu. However maybe
Pikachu isn't all that strong when faced against a strong evolved Pokemon like Poliwrath." Brock concluded as
they began to walk again.
"Yeah I guess your right. Pikachu isn't as strong as we thought it was." Ash finished as they continued on their
way.
Pikachu, who heard the whole thing, grew very depressed about the fact that its own trainer, its best friend,
thought that it was weak. Pikachu followed slowly behind its friends still thinking about what had happened
and starting to have doubts about its power as well.
Later that afternoon Ash and his friends stopped to eat. While Brock was busy cooking Ash and Misty were
talking about the match with Pikachu close by.
"Don't say things like that Ash," Misty said, "Pikachu tried it's best!"
"Yea, I know. Still I wish I could have gotten that Ice badge." Ash sighed.
Suddenly there was some rustling in the bushes ahead of them.
"What was that?" Ash wondered silently.
Out jumped the little Poliwag. "Poliwag Poliwag!"
"Wow it's a Poliwag!" Ash cried as she pulled out his Pokedex.
Pokedex: -Poliwag the tadpole pokemon. It's newly grown legs prevent it from running. It usually prefers to swim.-
"Well, them I'm gonna catch it! Go get it Pikachu!" Ash ordered.
Pikachu didn't budge.
"Pikachu....what's the matter...go get it!" Ash commanded again.
"Pika pi chu," Pikachu answered as it continued not to obey Ash.
"PIKACHU!" Ash screamed.
"Chu!" Pikachu said as it shook it's head and walked away.
Ash turned to Misty. "I wonder what's wrong with Pikachu?"
"I'm not surprised Ash, you probably hurt Pikachu's feelings when you said it was weak!"
"Oh yea, you could be right." Ash said.
"You must be a horrible trainer kid. Your pokemon won't even listen to you!" A strange voice said!
"Who's there?" Ash shouted!
The young boy stepped out of the forest wearing his hiking clothes and a big backpack full of gear on his back.
He set his gear down and smiled at Ash. " My name is Rick Penterson and I'm the greatest Pokemon trainer in Arason
City!"
Ash looked at him furiously.
"And you my friend must be a lousy trainer for your pikachu to walk away like that. I wish to battle you, not
just because I want to, but because I know this would be an easy win."
Ash , who was getting madder and madder, grabbed a pokeball.
"If it's a battle you want, then a battle you'll get!"
"Then let's get started then," Rick grabbed a pokeball, "Go Charmeleon!"
"Go Squirtle!"
Both Charmeleon and Squirtle appeared from their pokeballs.
"Charmeleon flame thrower!"
"Squirtle bubble!"
Charmeleon's flame thrower over powered Squirtles bubble attack and Ash had to call Squirtle back.
"I can't use Bulbasaur or Pidgeotto against a Charmeleon." Ash pondered. "Go Butterfree!"
Butterfree appeared out of its pokeball ready to fight.
"Butterfree sleep powder!" Ash ordered.
Butterfree flew over Charmeleon sprinkling it's sleep powder.
"Charmeleon try to shake it off!" Rick ordered as Charmeleon despretly tried to get the powder off, but it was
no use. Charmeleons's eyes shut and it fell on it's back....sound asleep.
"Chameleon return!" Rick commanded as he called his pokemon back, "Now try this one! GO IVYSAUR!"
Ivysaur charged at Butterfree as soon as it was released. Butterfree dodged it.
"Butterfree tackle attack!"
"Ivysaur, use your vine whip now!" Rick commanded.
Ivysaur used it's vine whip to grab onto Butterfree and slam it on to the forest ground. Butterfree tried
to break away, but Ivysaur kept slaming it on the floor. Finally Ivysaur let go of it and Butterfree was lying
unconsoius when Ash called it back.
"I can't use Charizard, it never listens to me," Ash thought for a second. "Pikachu is my last hope!"
Ash turned to Pikachu. "Pikachu, I choose you!"
Pikachu walked up to Ash and shook its little head. "Pika pi!"
"Pikachu you gotta fight!" Ash bent down to talk to Pikachu. " Do you want me to lose this match?"
"See what I mean! You have to be a bad trainer in order to product a pathetic Pokemon!" Rick stated.
Pikachu's ears shot up.
"I have never seen such a dumb pokemon!"
Pikachu started to get mad.
"I swear that must be the most worthless Pokemon in the world!" Rick laughed.
"Ivysaur!" Ivysaur agreed!
Pikachu's blood started to boil. It stepped up to battle and Ash knew Pikachu has had enough.
"So the little wimp decide to battle. This shouldn't take that long!" Rick smiled. "Go Ivysaur, tackle it!"
"Pikachu thundershock!"
Ivysaur tried to tackle Pikachu, but Pikachu leaped out of its way at the last second and fired its thundershock.
It hit Ivysaur, but it wasn't enough Ivysaur got up practically unharmed.
"Ha, you think that that weak attack is gonna beat my Ivysaur." Rick laughed and Pikachu got even more furious.
"Pikachu try your thunderbolt!"
"Pika pika pika pika CH!" Pikachu fired it's thunderbolt at Ivysaur, but Pikachu was in such a hurry it
didn't aim so the attack missed Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur solar beam!"
"Ivy ivy ivysaur," Ivysaur said as it stood up on it's vine whips and fired it's solar beam.
Pikachu tried to run, but it didn't run fast enough and the solar bean struck Pikachu and sent it flying in the
air. Ash ran and caught Pikachu before it could hit the ground.
"Pikachu are you ok?" Ash asked worryingly. Pikachu leaped out of his arms. "You don't have to battle Pikachu."
Pikachu tried to stand up, but finally Pikachu collapsed to the ground.
"Ha, see I told you that that Pokemon is pathetic!" Rick laughed.
Suddenly Pikachu started to glow.
"Pikachu?" Ash said.
"Ash you don't think that Pikachu is..........!"
But before Misty could finish Pikachu got bigger, and it's ears and tail grew.
"Rai!"
"Whoa, Pikachu evolved into Raichu!" Ash shouted.
"Raichu!" Raichu said.
"You want to battle Raichu?" Ash asked his new Raichu.
"Rai rai!" Raichu answered as it nodded it's head.
"Ok, Raichu get ready!" Ash shouted.
Rick shrugged. "If you want to battle some more then thats up to you. Go Ivysaur tackle it!"
"Raichu, thundershock!" Ash ordered.
"Rai CHU!" Raichu delivered the attack.
Raichu's thundershock smacked into Ivysaur tossing it off it's feet.
"Raichu! Mega kick!" Ash shouted.
Raichu Mega kicked Ivysaur and Ivysaur was finished.
"Whoa, I didn't expect that!" Rick said surprised. "Try this one.....GO ARBOK!"
Before Arbok could even attack Raichu shocked it with a thunderbolt as soon as it came out of it's pokeball.
"It's over!" Rick sighed. "I have no more pokemon!"
Ash walked over to Rick and shook his hand.
"I was wrong Ash.....you and your pika...I mean Raichu are great!"
"Thanks Rick.....you were pretty awesome too!" Ash looked down at Raichu and back at Rick. "I hope we'll meet again!"
Rick nodded his head. "Same here, goodbye Ash!"
Rick called back Arbok, picked up his stuff, and he walked away with his Poliwag.
Misty walked up to Ash.
"I wonder why he didn't use his Poliwag." Misty said.
"Maybe he realized how strong Raichu was and he decide to give up." Ash smiled at Raichu and Raichu smiled back.
"Hey, maybe you and Raichu can beat Angelica for the Ice Badge now!" Misty said. "Want to go back?"
"Maybe tomorrow...right now I just want to eat!"
"Brock should be done with his cooking."
"Great lets go and see!"
"Ok!"
Misty, Ash and Raichu hurried back to Brock. Ash decided to wait until tomorrow to re challenge Angelica.
All his Pokemon would be too tried to battle so soon. Ash and his friends sat down to eat as the sun started
to set.
Note: I do know that Pikachu only evolves into Raichu using the Thunderstone. I just decided to bend
the rules a little.
and Pokemon Inc. I did not create them.
Chapter 1
So Long Pikachu, Hello Raichu!
It was a sunny day and the sky was peaceful and bright. Our heroes decided to take a rest in a shady forest by a
gently running stream.
"It sure is nice here," Missy commented, "and it looks like Horsea and my other pokemon love it!"
"Yea, and Squirtle seems to be having a blast too!" Ash added as he watched Pikachu rest.
"Well, stopping here was a good idea." Said Brock as he jotted down some notes on his notepad.
"Not just for us, but our pokemon needed to relax and have some time away from fighting battles."
"Yea, I guess your right!" Misty smiled.
They were so distracted by watching their Pokemon they didn't notice something rustling in the bushes behind them,
some kind of small dark creature. It moved closer and closer trying to get a better look at the strangers, but also tying
to stay hidden. Two large eyes glared at the group...watching them.
"Well," said Ash as he stretched and stood up. Pikachu got up and jumped onto Ash's shoulders, " we'd better get
going if we are gonna make it to the next city by night fall. I want to hurry so I can get a badge at the gym there."
"Ok," Brock and Misty agreed as they all called back their Pokemon and headed down the path toward Arason City.
As they disappeared the creature leaped out of the bushes and on to the trail. It was a Poliwag. It stared down onto
the trail for a while thinking about what to do then it ran off to the left back into the forest. Soon the Poliwag came
up to a camp where there was a campfire, a tent, and lots of cooking utensils lying around.
The Poliwag stopped and called out. "Poliwag, Poliwag!"
The noise attracted a young male pokemon trainer from inside the tent. He came out dressed in hiking clothes with a
cap on his head.
"What's the matter Poliwag?" He said as we walked up to it.
"Poliwag wag poli wag wag poliwag!" shouted the Poliwag as it jumped up and down.
The boy thought for a minute trying to figure out what Poliwag was saying.
"Poliwag wag poli wag wag Poliwag!" shouted the Poliwag as it continued to jump up and down.
"Are you saying you saw someone?"
"Poliwag," it nodded it head.
"Trainers?"
It nodded again.
"Where?"
Poliwag faced its back north and used it's tail as a pointer. "Poliwag."
"This is perfect!" The boy smiled as he began to pack up his equipment.
"So this is the Arason City Gym." Said Ash as they stared at a huge white building. There was a
path heading to the door with flowers all around and a huge fountain over to the side. "What is the badge that I could
get here?"
"Well, according to what I've heard Arason City is where trainers can get an Ice Badge." Brock said.
"An Ice Badge huh," said Ash. "Well, I'm ready for battle. How about you Pikachu?"
"Pi pikachu!" Pikachu nodded as they headed to the door of the gym.
As they got to the door they stopped.
"Maybe we should knock first!" Misty suggested.
"Good idea," said Ash as he knocked 3 times on the door.
After a second or two the door slowly creaked open and a small little girl stepped out. She was about five years old,
red hair, freckles, wearing a little red dress.
"Are you Pokemon trainers?" The little girl asked.
"Uh , yes." Ash answered.
"Come with me." She smiled as she led them into the Gym.
The further they went into the Gym the colder it got. Finally they reached a large room. It was very cold and there
were tiny icicles coming off the ceiling and walls. There were seats along the sidelines and the battlefield was solid
ice.
"Wait here," the little girl said as she ran off out of the area.
"Gee, it's sure is cold in here," Misty shivered.
"I guess the gym leader will use some ice and water type Pokemon." Ash said.
"Yea, I think you should use your Squirtle to battle here." Brock suggested.
"Want to use some of my water Pokemon, Ash?" asked Misty.
"No thanks, I think Squirtle can do the job. Besides I have Krabby and Pikachu for back up just in case."
"That is if you can use more than one pokemon to battle with. Remember some gyms only allow one Pokemon." Brock
pointed out.
"Yeah that's right!" Ash said staring at all the ice.
The little girl walked back in and a large woman appeared behind her. The woman was about 5'11, long red hair,
skinny, and shimmering blue eyes. Brock face started to turn bright red.
"I wonder if she's the gym leader?" Ash said.
"I wonder if she's available?" Brock said in his weird goofy voice.
"Cool it Brock." Said Misty as she push Brock away.
The woman approached them.
"Are you the gym leader?" Ash asked boldly.
"Yes, I am. I'm Angelica and who might you be?"
"I am Ash Ketchum and I challenge you to a pokemon battle to earn an Ice Badge." Ash said.
"Ash I except your challenge take your place on the ice field." Angelica said.
They each went to one side of the battlefield and stared at each other for quite some time as if trying to decide
how good of a trainer the other was.
"We will use only 3 pokemon each, no time limit," Angelica called out.
"Fine let's battle!" Ash called back.
"Trainers ready...........BEGAN!" the little girl shouted as she rung the bell starting the battle.
"Go Vaporeon!" Angelica shouted as Vaporeon appeared from the pokeball.
"Go Squirtle!" Ash shouted as Squirtle appeared from the pokeball.
"Vaporeon...water gun!"
"Squirtle you use your water gun too!"
Vaporeon and Squirtle both fired their water guns. Vaporeon's water gun was strong, but not strong enough and
Squirtle's water gun hit Vaporeon and sent it flying into the air and land hard onto the ice.
"Squirtle, skull bash attack now!" Ash commanded as Squirtle charged at Vaporeon and it knocked
Vaporeon to the side. Angelica called Vaporeon back.
"Quite impressive Ash....now try this one....go Cloyster!" Angelica shouted as Cloyster appeared out of it
pokeball. "Cloyster aurora beam now!"
Cloyster fired at Squirtle and Squirtle ducked out of the way.
"Squirtle water gun!"
Squirtle used its water gun but it seemed to have no effect on Cloyster.
"Cloyster tackle attack!" Angelica shouted as Cloyster tackled Squirtle and was tossed to Ash's feet.
"Squirtle return!" Ash said as he called back Squirtle and grabbed another pokeball. "Krabby go!"
Krabby appeared out of it pokeball ready to battle.
"Cloyster tackle it!"
"Krabby dodge it!"
Cloyster tried to tackle it but Krabby moved too quickly.
"Krabby use you water gun!"
"Cloyster tackle it!"
Krabby fired its water gun. Cloyster dodge it and tackled Krabby. Krabby got hurt, but it wasn't finished yet.
"Krabby, leer attack!" Ash ordered.
"CLOYSTER TACKLE IT!" Angelica shouted as Cloyster tackled Krabby again before it could use its leer attack.
This time Krabby couldn't get up and Ash called it back.
"Okay, Pikachu it's all up to you now." Ash said to Pikachu as it nodded and headed out onto the field.
"Pikachu Thundershock!"
"Pika CHU!" Pikachu shouted as its thunderbolt hit Cloyster and knocked it cold.
Angelica was stunned. "Whoa, now that's an impressive thunder attack! However......it's no match for Poliwrath.....GO!"
Poliwrath appeared out of its pokeball.
"Poliwrath doubleslap attack!" Angelica commanded.
Poliwrath rushed to Pikachu as Pikachu leaped out of its way.
"Pikachu try your thunderbolt!" Ash shouted.
"Pika Pika CHU!" Pikachu's Thunder bolt was right on target.
"Yes we got it!" Ash cried as Pikachu stopped. "Whoa..... what!"
Ash was shocked to see that Pikachu's Thunderbolt had no effect on Angelica's Poliwrath.
"What....What happened?" Misty shouted from the sidelines.
Angelica laughed. "My Poliwrath is way too strong to be hurt by any of those weak electric attacks. Poliwrath
body slam!"
Poliwrath body slammed Pikachu and Pikachu was too hurt to battle.
"Pikachu!" Ash ran onto the ice and picked up Pikachu. "Pikachu are you ok?"
"Pika," Pikachu replied weakly.
Angelica sighed. "That was a nice battle Ash.... however you didn't defeat me so you don't get the Ice badge."
Ash sighed and started to walk away from the battlefield.
"I'm sorry Ash. Maybe if you train harder you and you friends can come back and maybe then you could win
the badge." Angelica stated as she walked away. "Now I have to return to my work." Angelica finished as
disappeared into another room.
Ash went over to his friends and they headed out of the gym.
"I'm sorry Ash. Angelica is right you can try again another time." Misty said as they left the gym and started
down the road.
Ash stopped and looked down at Pikachu.
"Do you think that Angelica is right? Are Pikachu's attacks really all that weak?" Ash asked his friends. "I
thought for sure that Pikachu was strong."
"Actually, Ash, it depends on how you look at it. Pikachu is amazingly strong for a Pikachu. However maybe
Pikachu isn't all that strong when faced against a strong evolved Pokemon like Poliwrath." Brock concluded as
they began to walk again.
"Yeah I guess your right. Pikachu isn't as strong as we thought it was." Ash finished as they continued on their
way.
Pikachu, who heard the whole thing, grew very depressed about the fact that its own trainer, its best friend,
thought that it was weak. Pikachu followed slowly behind its friends still thinking about what had happened
and starting to have doubts about its power as well.
Later that afternoon Ash and his friends stopped to eat. While Brock was busy cooking Ash and Misty were
talking about the match with Pikachu close by.
"Don't say things like that Ash," Misty said, "Pikachu tried it's best!"
"Yea, I know. Still I wish I could have gotten that Ice badge." Ash sighed.
Suddenly there was some rustling in the bushes ahead of them.
"What was that?" Ash wondered silently.
Out jumped the little Poliwag. "Poliwag Poliwag!"
"Wow it's a Poliwag!" Ash cried as she pulled out his Pokedex.
Pokedex: -Poliwag the tadpole pokemon. It's newly grown legs prevent it from running. It usually prefers to swim.-
"Well, them I'm gonna catch it! Go get it Pikachu!" Ash ordered.
Pikachu didn't budge.
"Pikachu....what's the matter...go get it!" Ash commanded again.
"Pika pi chu," Pikachu answered as it continued not to obey Ash.
"PIKACHU!" Ash screamed.
"Chu!" Pikachu said as it shook it's head and walked away.
Ash turned to Misty. "I wonder what's wrong with Pikachu?"
"I'm not surprised Ash, you probably hurt Pikachu's feelings when you said it was weak!"
"Oh yea, you could be right." Ash said.
"You must be a horrible trainer kid. Your pokemon won't even listen to you!" A strange voice said!
"Who's there?" Ash shouted!
The young boy stepped out of the forest wearing his hiking clothes and a big backpack full of gear on his back.
He set his gear down and smiled at Ash. " My name is Rick Penterson and I'm the greatest Pokemon trainer in Arason
City!"
Ash looked at him furiously.
"And you my friend must be a lousy trainer for your pikachu to walk away like that. I wish to battle you, not
just because I want to, but because I know this would be an easy win."
Ash , who was getting madder and madder, grabbed a pokeball.
"If it's a battle you want, then a battle you'll get!"
"Then let's get started then," Rick grabbed a pokeball, "Go Charmeleon!"
"Go Squirtle!"
Both Charmeleon and Squirtle appeared from their pokeballs.
"Charmeleon flame thrower!"
"Squirtle bubble!"
Charmeleon's flame thrower over powered Squirtles bubble attack and Ash had to call Squirtle back.
"I can't use Bulbasaur or Pidgeotto against a Charmeleon." Ash pondered. "Go Butterfree!"
Butterfree appeared out of its pokeball ready to fight.
"Butterfree sleep powder!" Ash ordered.
Butterfree flew over Charmeleon sprinkling it's sleep powder.
"Charmeleon try to shake it off!" Rick ordered as Charmeleon despretly tried to get the powder off, but it was
no use. Charmeleons's eyes shut and it fell on it's back....sound asleep.
"Chameleon return!" Rick commanded as he called his pokemon back, "Now try this one! GO IVYSAUR!"
Ivysaur charged at Butterfree as soon as it was released. Butterfree dodged it.
"Butterfree tackle attack!"
"Ivysaur, use your vine whip now!" Rick commanded.
Ivysaur used it's vine whip to grab onto Butterfree and slam it on to the forest ground. Butterfree tried
to break away, but Ivysaur kept slaming it on the floor. Finally Ivysaur let go of it and Butterfree was lying
unconsoius when Ash called it back.
"I can't use Charizard, it never listens to me," Ash thought for a second. "Pikachu is my last hope!"
Ash turned to Pikachu. "Pikachu, I choose you!"
Pikachu walked up to Ash and shook its little head. "Pika pi!"
"Pikachu you gotta fight!" Ash bent down to talk to Pikachu. " Do you want me to lose this match?"
"See what I mean! You have to be a bad trainer in order to product a pathetic Pokemon!" Rick stated.
Pikachu's ears shot up.
"I have never seen such a dumb pokemon!"
Pikachu started to get mad.
"I swear that must be the most worthless Pokemon in the world!" Rick laughed.
"Ivysaur!" Ivysaur agreed!
Pikachu's blood started to boil. It stepped up to battle and Ash knew Pikachu has had enough.
"So the little wimp decide to battle. This shouldn't take that long!" Rick smiled. "Go Ivysaur, tackle it!"
"Pikachu thundershock!"
Ivysaur tried to tackle Pikachu, but Pikachu leaped out of its way at the last second and fired its thundershock.
It hit Ivysaur, but it wasn't enough Ivysaur got up practically unharmed.
"Ha, you think that that weak attack is gonna beat my Ivysaur." Rick laughed and Pikachu got even more furious.
"Pikachu try your thunderbolt!"
"Pika pika pika pika CH!" Pikachu fired it's thunderbolt at Ivysaur, but Pikachu was in such a hurry it
didn't aim so the attack missed Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur solar beam!"
"Ivy ivy ivysaur," Ivysaur said as it stood up on it's vine whips and fired it's solar beam.
Pikachu tried to run, but it didn't run fast enough and the solar bean struck Pikachu and sent it flying in the
air. Ash ran and caught Pikachu before it could hit the ground.
"Pikachu are you ok?" Ash asked worryingly. Pikachu leaped out of his arms. "You don't have to battle Pikachu."
Pikachu tried to stand up, but finally Pikachu collapsed to the ground.
"Ha, see I told you that that Pokemon is pathetic!" Rick laughed.
Suddenly Pikachu started to glow.
"Pikachu?" Ash said.
"Ash you don't think that Pikachu is..........!"
But before Misty could finish Pikachu got bigger, and it's ears and tail grew.
"Rai!"
"Whoa, Pikachu evolved into Raichu!" Ash shouted.
"Raichu!" Raichu said.
"You want to battle Raichu?" Ash asked his new Raichu.
"Rai rai!" Raichu answered as it nodded it's head.
"Ok, Raichu get ready!" Ash shouted.
Rick shrugged. "If you want to battle some more then thats up to you. Go Ivysaur tackle it!"
"Raichu, thundershock!" Ash ordered.
"Rai CHU!" Raichu delivered the attack.
Raichu's thundershock smacked into Ivysaur tossing it off it's feet.
"Raichu! Mega kick!" Ash shouted.
Raichu Mega kicked Ivysaur and Ivysaur was finished.
"Whoa, I didn't expect that!" Rick said surprised. "Try this one.....GO ARBOK!"
Before Arbok could even attack Raichu shocked it with a thunderbolt as soon as it came out of it's pokeball.
"It's over!" Rick sighed. "I have no more pokemon!"
Ash walked over to Rick and shook his hand.
"I was wrong Ash.....you and your pika...I mean Raichu are great!"
"Thanks Rick.....you were pretty awesome too!" Ash looked down at Raichu and back at Rick. "I hope we'll meet again!"
Rick nodded his head. "Same here, goodbye Ash!"
Rick called back Arbok, picked up his stuff, and he walked away with his Poliwag.
Misty walked up to Ash.
"I wonder why he didn't use his Poliwag." Misty said.
"Maybe he realized how strong Raichu was and he decide to give up." Ash smiled at Raichu and Raichu smiled back.
"Hey, maybe you and Raichu can beat Angelica for the Ice Badge now!" Misty said. "Want to go back?"
"Maybe tomorrow...right now I just want to eat!"
"Brock should be done with his cooking."
"Great lets go and see!"
"Ok!"
Misty, Ash and Raichu hurried back to Brock. Ash decided to wait until tomorrow to re challenge Angelica.
All his Pokemon would be too tried to battle so soon. Ash and his friends sat down to eat as the sun started
to set.
Note: I do know that Pikachu only evolves into Raichu using the Thunderstone. I just decided to bend
the rules a little.