Episode 1
"Friendly Encounters"
A boy with black hair and brown eyes, wearing green pajamas, yawned as he slowly opened his eyes. He sat up in his bed and stretched his back. His name is Ash Ketchem. Ash always looks for challenges, to accomplish his goal of being a great pokémon trainer. He so far had beaten five regions and hopes that more challenges await. Of course another thing he loves about traveling to regions is seeing different pokémon, especially the lengendaries. A yellow mouse-like pokémon named Pikachu ran instantly into the room. Ash got up of his bed and picked up his pokémon.
"Hey Pikachu. Ready to take on another day?" he asked.
"Pikachu!" the pokémon replied happily.
Ash quickly changed into a red and black cap with a white pokéball symbol on it, a blue short-sleeved jacket, a red shirt, black pants, black fingerless gloves with blue cuffs, and gray shoes. He grabbed his pokéball that had his Oshawott, a blue and white otter-like pokémon inside. At first he was going to bring some of his other pokémon, but then he decided against it since this would give him a chance to catch some he didn't have. Ash dug through his backpack, making sure he had everything he need. He was getting ready because that day was the start of the new International Regions League battle. It was an event that the people of the regions Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova came up with that would have trainers from all over fight and battle the top trainer of the region. Ash wasn't too surprised that he didn't make it as top trainer in his home region Kanto. he has been traveling to other regions so much that of course that gives the chance for someone else to rise to the top. Seeing he had everything he put backpack on and walked down the stairs.
Pikachu ran after him and climbed up onto his shoulder. Downstairs Ash's mom Delia was waiting. When she saw her son she smiled, trying to fight off tears from the fact that he was leaving again. She walked over to him and pulled him into a hug.
"Do good out there okay." she said.
"Don't worry mom. I will give it my best as always." he replied back.
Delia let Ash go and watched him walked to the door. They both waved at each other before opened the door and left. She wiped away a tear that managed to escape her eye, knowing that Ash would indeed keep true to his word.
Ash looked up at the sky as he walked down Route 1 that led to Viridian City. He had heard about how there was a new gym leader now. He was lost in his thoughts until he hit something. He fell to the ground with a yell.
"Hey why don't you watch where you're going!" a voice yelled.
Ash looked up to see a girl with blond hair pulled into a pony with bangs covering her right eye, a pink cap worn sideways on her head with a green pokéball symbol on it, a green shirt, blue vest, gray belt, pink skirt, black fingerless gloves, and blue shoes. She stared at Ash with anger in her eyes.
"I spotted a pokémon, but you had to bump into me from behind when I was fixing to go after it." she said.
Ash stood up quickly and returned the same look.
"Hey it's not my fault!" he replied back in an annoyed tone, "All I was doing was going to cut through Viridian City to get to Pewter City."
The girl paused for a moment when she heard this. Just then she spotted Pikachu on Ash's shoulder. Her eyes went wide when she noticed this.
"You aren't by any chance Ash Ketchem?" she asked.
Ash was confused by her sudden change in mood, but went ahead and answered "Yes."
A grin grew on the girl's face, infact Ash started to get worried about her smile.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe it's you!" she exclaimed, "I've heard so much about you're adventures and how you defeated five regions so far!"
"Uh who told you about me?" Ash asked.
"Professor Oak, who else." she answered.
Ash sighed in relief, for a second he was worried. Now that Ash thought about when he went to pick up the national pokédex from Professor Oak, he did mention to him that he had told someone about his accomplishments. So that meant that girl was the one Professor Oak told.
"Oh I almost forgot." she started, "My name is Alena."
Alena held out her hand partly for a greeting and partly for an apology. Ash took her hand and shook her hand, making Alena happy, knowing he has forgiven her. Just then she got an idea. Alena reached into bag that was hooked to the side of her belt. With a grin she pulled out two pokéballs.
"Since you love battling so much how about we have a battle?" she suggested.
"Alright!" Ash replied.
He pulled out his pokéball with Oshawott. Obviously it was going to be a tag team battle. Alena smirked, knowing that it was going to be quite a challenge. She pushed the button on both of the pokéballs to activate them. She spun in a circle before throwing the two items.
"Go Rai and Charmander!" she yelled.
The pokéballs opened up and a red light shot from them. The red lights formed, revealing a yellow female pikachu with a star clip on her left ear and a female Charmander. Ash smirked when he saw this. Alena's pikachu nicknamed Rai would have an advantage over Oshawott due to electric types are greater than water types, but Oshwott would have and advantage over Charmander since water types are greater than fire types. He pushed the button on his pokéball and threw it.
"Oshawott I choose you!" he yelled.
The samething with Alena's pokéballs happened again and Oshawatt appeared. Pikachu ran up next to the water pokémon. Sparks came out of his red cheeks as he got ready.
"Alright! Let's do this!" Alena yelled happily, "Charmander use Ember on Pikachu! Rai use Thunderbolt on Oshawott!"
Charmander blasted fire from her mouth at Pikachu and Rai quickly shot lightning at Oshwott.
"Pikachu block that attack with your Electro Ball! Oshawott use Aqua Jet on Charmander!" Ash yelled.
Pikachu got hit by ember, making him take some damage, but he was still able to quickly run in front of Oshaw0tt and launch an Electro Ball. The attack hit the thunderbolt and destroyed it. Alena gasped at this. Oshawott ran past Pikachu and started glowing blue. Water formed around his body and he quickly launched like a rocket at Charmender. The attack made contact, causing the fire pokémon to fly back a bit with a yell of pain. Charmander hit the ground hard, but was still able to get up.
"Pretty smart protecting your pokémon." Alena commented.
"Thanks!" Ash replied.
Alena nodded as she thought up her next move.
"Rai use Quick Attack on Pikachu! Charmander use Metal Claw on Oshawott!" she yelled.
Rai quickly charged at Pikach and collided into him. Pikachu a knocked a bit to the side, but not by much. Charmander's left claws glowed white and she charged at Oshawott.
"Oshawott dodge it!" Ash yelled.
Oshawott tried, but it wasn't fast enough to avoid it when Charmander slashed. Oshwott yelped in pain as he was knocked back. Ash had to admit Alena was good, but not quite there yet at his level.
"Time to finish this! Oshawott combine your Water Gun with Pikachu's Thunderbolt!" he yelled.
The two pokémon obeyed their trainer's command and combined the two attcks, sending it toward their opponents. Alena didn't have time to command her pokémon to dodge. The attack made contact, knocking back both of the pokémon. Charmander and Pikachu wobbled for a bit before passing out on the ground at the same time. Ash, Pikachu, and Oshawott jumped for joy, they had one the battle.
"Yeah alright we did it!" Ash yelled happily.
Alena pulled out her pokéballs and had Charmander and Rai return to them. She smiled and held the pokéballs close to her face.
"You did great you two. I'm proud of you both." she said before putting them back in her bag.
Alena turned toward Ash to see him have Oshawott return to his pokéball. She was indeed impressed by his skills and how well he works with his pokémon. Her goal with pokémon is to make them happy and be their closest friends. She definitely saw that connection with between Ash and his pokémon. Just then she got an idea. She walked up to him.
"Ash after seeing the strong bond you have with your pokémon, I want to accompany you on your journey." Alena stated.
"How come?" Ash asked.
"Well you see that's the kind of bond I want with all pokémon. My dream is to become a pokémon breeder and I want the pokémon I take care of to be happy so I do all that I can to form a strong bond with them." she answered.
"Wow that's great! It's awesome you care for pokémon like that." Ash replied, "In fact I know someone that can help you. I was on my way to Pewter City to meet up with him. He's planning on becoming a pokémon doctor."
"Wow that's great! Let's go then!" Alena said happily.
Ash laughed when he saw how happy Alena was. Pikachu hopped up onto Ash's shoulder and laughed too. So Ash and Alena began walking the path that led to Viridian City so they can head to Pewter City from there. Unknown to them three figures was watching them. One of them was a woman wearing a black shirt showing her midriff with a long sleeved shirt over it that had a giant red R on it, a white skirt, long black gloves, and long black boots. She had long magenta hair and blue eyes. The other on was a man wearing a long sleeved white shirt that also had a giant red R on it, a black belt, white pants, black boots, and black gloves. He had lavender hair and green eyes. Finally the last on was a light-tan cat-like pokémon name Meowth. These three were Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket.
"Well it seems the twerp has made another annoying friend." Jessie commented.
"How are we suppose to steal Pikachu now?" James asked.
"You numbskulls it's simple! That girl had a Pikachu too, so we just need to capture both of them." Meowth answered.
"You're right! Why steal one pikachu when we can steal two!" Jessie exclaimed.
"By capturing those two pikachus we'll prove to the boss that we're better than how he thinks we are!" James exclaimed as well.
"And we'll all get a promotion!" they happily said in unison.
Back with Ash and Alena they have arrived in Viridian City. They went to the Pokémon Center so they could heal up their pokémon before they continued on to Pewter City. It took a few seconds till finally a woman with pink hair wearing a nurse uniform handed them back their pokémon.
"All of the pokémon are back to full health." she stated happily.
"Thanks Nurse Joy!" Ash and Alena said in unison.
"Well, well, well if it isn't Alena." a voice said.
Alena clenched her teeth in anger, she knew exactly who that was. Ash and Alena turned around to see a girl with blue shaggy hair and purple eyes, wearing a black shirt with a dark-blue sweater underneath, black skirt, dark-blue tights, and brown boots.
"At the Pokémon Center I see. Let me guess lost another battle." she smirked.
"Zoe you know I don't care about winning! All I care about is the pokémon having fun!" Alena yelled.
"Pfft. No wonder all your pokémon are weak." Zoe replied in an uncaring tone.
Alena let a growl escape her mouth. She couldn't stand that Zoe, her cruel cousin was insulting her pokémon. Zoe always believed strong was better. Alena was fixing to say something until Ash did instead.
"It doesn't matter if her pokémon was weak! She did her best which is what matters!" Ash yelled.
Zoe did not reply instead she examined him. She had no emotion on her face until she saw Pikachu on his shoulder. Her eyes snapped wide at this. Before either Alena or Ash can notice she quickly erased the expression on her face.
"Alright whatever. I don't care losers." she said as she walked out of the door.
Alena sighed in relief that Zoe left, she could never stand her. Outside Zoe walked over to the trees and hid in the shadows. She lifted her wrist that had a black video communicator on it. She pushed a button and a dark figure appeared on it with a cat-like pokémon known as Persian next to him.
"Sir I've found him." she said.
"Excellent work Agent Zoe. Is there any sign of those three idiots?" he replied.
"No sir." she responded.
"Good, we don't need that kid or those three idiots messing up my plan." he said.
"Any orders?" she asked.
"No. Stay hidden for now." he answered.
"Understood Giovanni." she said.
She pushed a button and ended the video communication. She had her orders and planned on not failing Team Rocket.
Ash and Alena had their pokémon out to feed them. Alena held two bowls of pokémon food that she had bought from the Poké-Mart. As soon as she set the bowls on the floor her pikachu Rai quickly ran up to the bowl. It squealed in happiness before it began to eat it's food. Alena smiled and scratched behind Rai's ear. Her Charmander sniffed the food before deciding to take a nibble. Ash gave both Oshawott and Pikachu food. Pikachu was fixing to eat his food until Oshawott swiped his food from him. Oshawott took Pikachu's food because he thought he deserved it more than him. Pikachu yelled at him, telling him how it's wrong toi steal other's food. Oshawott groaned before giving Pikachu back his food. Oshawott always had been jealous that Pikachu is closer to Ash than he is.
"So Ash how long do you think it will take us to reach Pewter City?" Alena asked.
"Just a couple of days if I remember right." he answered.
"Okay. I'm still so excited to meet your friend." she replied.
Just then three people entered the Pokémon Center. It was Jessie, James, and Meowth in disquise. Jessie had pulled her hair into a pony tail and put on a red shirt, a brown jacket, blue jeans, and white boots. James wore sunglasses over his eyes and had a black sweater, a blue jacket tied around his waist, gray jeans, and brown shoes. Meowth was painted pink to look like an Espeon.
"Oh what adorable pokémon! I'm Jessitha from the Pokémon Fan community." Jessie said.
"I'm Jamerett and I'm also from the Pokémon Fan community." James said.
"Espeon!" Meowth said happily.
"I've ran into some trainers from there though they kind of creep me out." Ash said.
Jessie, James, and Meowth sweat dropped and they let out a nervous laugh. Jessie quickly walked over and picked up Rai.
"Why this is the cutest Pikachu ever!" she squealed.
James quickly walked over and picked up Pikachu.
"No this one is!" James exclaimed.
"I know let's take them back to the community and have them decide!" Jessie said.
They quickly ran out of the door of the Pokémon Center. Ash and Alena ran after them, upset that they ran off with their pikachus without even asking. Outside they heard laughing. They look up to see the three in the traditional Meowth balloon.
"Prepare for trouble!" Jessie said.
"Better make it double!" James smirked.
Jessie swung out her arm as she said "To protect the world from devastion."
James did the same thing as he said "To unite all people within our nation."
Jessie crossed her arms and said "To denounce the evil of truth and love."
James pulled out a rose and said "To extend our reach to the stars above."
The three of them ripped off their diquises.
"Jessie." she announced.
"James." he annouced as well.
They both stood with their backs to each other.
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!" she continued.
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!" James finished.
"Meowth that's right!" Meowth said happily.
Just then a blue blob-like pokémon appeared behind them and yelled "Wobbuffet!"
Jessie groaned and had Wobbuffet return to the pokéball. She always hated how it would get out on it's own. James picked up a container that had Pikachu and Rai in it. The two pokémon yelled to their trainers for help.
"Oh no Rai!" Alena said in a worried tone.
"Team Rocket give back our pikachus!" Ash yelled in anger.
"Not happening twerps!" Jessie laughed.
Ash clenched his teeth. Just then Charmander and Oshawott ran infront of them. Charmander blasted her ember at the balloon. Jessie, James, and Meowth screamed and ducked down so the fire would go over their heads. Just then Jessie smelt something burning. When she saw what it was she screamed, the tip of the end of her hair was burnt.
"Grr! You'll pay for that!" she yelled as she pulled out her pokéball.
"Go Seviper!" she yelled as she threw it.
The pokéball opened up and released the green snake-like pokémon. When Oshawott saw this he ran behind Charmander and shoved her near Seviper. Ash face palmed at this, Oshawott always wants to do battles he could win and always tries to back out of ones that he can't.
"Go Cacnea!" James yelled as he threw the pokéball.
Though as soon as Cacnea was released it turned around and clung onto James' face. He begin yelling, telling Cacnea to attack the opponents and not him. He still couldn't believe after all that training Cacnea did with Gardenia, the grass pokémon still clings onto his face. Finally Cacnea let go and landed next to Seviper.
"Seviper use Poison Tail!" Jessie commanded.
"Cacnea use Bullet Seed!" James commanded.
The end of Seviper's tail glowed purple and it swung it at Oshawott and Charmander. Cacnea shot Bullet Seed.
"Dodge it!" Alena and Ash yelled in unison.
Charmander and Oshawott jumped out of the way of the incoming attacks.
"Charmander use Metal Claw!" Alena yelled.
"Oshawott use Razor Shell!" Ash yelled.
Oshawott took his scalchop off of his chest and it formed a glowing blue blade. Just like last time Charmander's claws glowed white. The attacks made contact with their targets causing Seviper and Cacnea to fly back and land on Jessie, James, and Meowth. When this happened James dropped the container that had Pikachu and Rai in it. It fell and hit the ground, breaking upon contact. Pikachu looked up and glared at the trio in the balloon, sparks coming out of his cheeks.
"Uh oh." Jessie, James, and Meowth said in unison.
Wobbuffet came out of it's pokéball again and said "Wobbuffet."
Ash pointed at the trio and yelled "Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu used his Thunderbolt and electrocuted them. He electrocuted them so much that the balloon exploded.
"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" Jessie, James, and Meowth screamed as they went flying.
"Wobbuffet!" the blue pokémon yelled before all of them flew out of sight.
Alena ran and scooped her pikachu up in her arms, thankful that she was okay.
"Thanks Ash for saving Rai!" Alena said.
"Ah it was nothing." Ash replied.
"Well we better get headed for Pewter City, the sooner we get there the sooner you can challenge the chosen Gym Leader of this region." Alena said.
Ash nodded, he had to battle the chosen Gym Leader of Kanto that once will defeated will give him a badge that will grant him access to battle Kanto's top trainer. Once they gathered everything up. They headed on their journey for Pewter City, not knowing what may lie ahead.