Saving Ash. The first fanfic made by Abel "Pikmin Master" (that's me). Seen by few, read by fewer, loved by at least one. This is the first of four stories coming later and out of the four, this makes the least crossovers and the most sense. Finished.

Note: The (aterisk, AKA Shift-8) is used heavily in the original version of Saving Ash for actions between speeches. If you see something odd between speeches, it is likely to be an action used between aterisks.

Arcs so far:

Chapters 0-1 (and 3): Introduction of characters
Chapters 2,4-6: Pokemon Fusion
Chapters 7-8: Flashbacks R Us
Chapters 9-20: Pre-Mount Battle Tournament
Chapter 21: Mount Battle Preliminary
Chapters 22-23: Outside Trouble
Chapters 24-27: Mount Battle Tournament
Chapter 28: What happens elsewhere
Chapter 29: Red's Plot
Chapter 30-31: The rescue
Chapter 32: Ending?

Prologue: A Story's Introduction to a Pokemon Master

Abel is the second badge-collector in Ash's group in the anime "Pokemon Diamond and Pearl". However, he has 12 Pokemon with him; He has 2 mini-boxes, "A" and "B", in which his 2 Pokemon Teams can be stored in. His part of the story is his journey to catch my Sinnoh All-star Team ("B" Team) except for SirMaster the Gallade, as he had him prior to his debut. Also, he teaches Ash and crew Pokemon combination attacks.

A long time after the debut of Abel, at the Sinnoh League, the group meets Richie and AJ (a minor character from Season 1). In the finals, instead of a 2-way match, it is a 4-way match between Ash, Richie, AJ, and Abel (Paul lost to Ash.). Richie lost first, then AJ. Abel beats Ash easily afterward, making him the Champion.

Chapter Zero: The group assembles

Later, when returning to Twinleaf Town, for some reason, Ash, Dawn, Brock, and all of Abel's Pokemon were missing, leaving Abel and Pikachu. Queen Ivysaur (Abel's first Pokemon, a talking female Ivysaur who can use any Pokemon attack) showed up from a portal from Pokemon Castle and told Abel that an invisible aircraft took them. Since she can't use her abilities and see invisible things at the same time (wonder why…), Abel can't rescue the party. In the nearest Pokemon Center, in the night, Abel called Dawn's mom, Forrest, and Ash's mom and told them that the group was kidnapped. Then for the backup: Abel called Sabrina the Gym Leader (Sabrina is Abel's girlfriend) and AJ to meet up in the Violet City International Airport, Jhoto (The airport is recently made). While the Queen and abel were asleep, Pikachu somehow called Misty and "told" her to come by as well.

Note that the invisible aircraft is made from Team Rocket and it was heading for the Orre region

At the airport, everyone came and said which Pokemon came with them.

AJ's Pokemon: Sandslash, Dugtrio, Flygon, Torterra

Sabrina's Pokemon: Alakazam, Gengar, Venomoth, Jynx

Misty's Pokemon: Starmie, Gyarados, Ash's Pidgeot, Ash's Butterfree, Ash's Pikachu (Pikachu insists)(Misty recaught Ash's Butterfree and Pidgeot.)

Abel's Pokemon: Stretch the Hitmonlee, ZeroCelsius the Lapras, Madame the Mismagius, Catastros the Rapidash, Queen Ivysaur (Like Pikachu, Queen Ivysaur does not have a Pokeball to be in.)

Abel's previous Pokemon:

(A) AuroraArmor the Vaporeon, CouchPotato the Slaking, Man-of-Silver the shiny Metagross, Dragonzord the Salamence, Dudette the shiny Weavile (evolved from Sneasel), MissMaster the shiny Gardevoir.

(B) FreezeArmor the shiny Glaceon, Surprise! the Togekiss (evolved from Togetic), Forarms the Machamp (evolved from Machoke), Pulseman the Lucario (hatched and evolved from the Riolu egg), Trident the Empoleon, SirMaster the shiny Gallade.

(end of chapter)