Striving to be the Best

Chapter 1

Note: Hello everyone, Scribe0magic here with another pokemon fanfiction. This time the story is going to be a little sadder as Ash isn't as well liked in this story as in my other ones and only a few people will take him seriously for quite sometime. Also note Ash will have both psychic and aura powers at some point and they do play into why he's not well liked by most people. Will Ash rise above those who think so poorly of him, or sink beneath the competition? I don't own Pokemon no matter how much I'd like to

Welcome to the world of pokemon, a place full of wonder and adventure. Where exciting things happen all the time, however for one kid this is just simply not the case due to how mistreated he's been in his own hometown of Pallet Town

Who you may ask is the object of so much scorn? It's non other than Ash Ketchem, a very energetic boy with a kind and caring disposition. Why then is he so disliked? It's because of his "gift" that he gained at an early age. Yes young Ash Ketchem has the rare power to use psychic abilities and this scares most people, even his own mother. Now Delia still loves Ash, but finds it hard to be around him due to how afraid most people are of his powers and think he's some kind of monster

But that couldn't be further from the truth as Ash had complete control over his powers even though he has done little to control them. This is due to Ash's other power, aura, that keeps it in line, but Ash has no idea that he has this other power as it is still dormant inside of him

Combine the fact that Ash has this power that no one else in Pallet has and all the false rumors spread about him leads to a rather poor childhood for Ash. Very few people treated Ash like a regular human being and respected him, the two main people being Prof. Oak and Ash's father who is a Pokemon Ranger

Prof. Oak decided to take over Ash's schooling due to the fact that non of the schools in Pallet would teach him due to how afraid the parents were of him, and didn't trust Delia to home school him very well either due to her own fear of Ash's powers

Ash's father was rather disappointed in the people of Pallet Town as well as his wife for their fear of Ash's powers. Ash's father encouraged Ash in everything he did and was glad that Prof. Oak was helping Ash when no one else would

Now due to the large amount of power Ash held the local pokemon populace slowly changed to include more psychic pokemon and out of region pokemon, but Ash was the only one they ever willingly went up to or allowed to approach, much to the annoyance of Gary Oak who was more jealous of Ash's powers than afraid of them and tolerated Ash way more than other kids did

So now we see Ash going to Prof. Oak's Lab to get his starter pokemon and get away from Pallet Town and find a place where he could live away from people who fear his powers. Saffron already crossed of the list as the psychic that live there are way to stuck up for Ash's taste

"Oh great Ash's here" groaned Leaf, a young girl who also lived in Pallet Town and disliked Ash for his powers

"He better not mess up us getting a pokemon" scowled Blaze a hot headed boy who also came from Pallet Town

"Hey just think that once we get our pokemon we can get as far away from Ash as possible" said Gary who was more annoyed with the other new trainers than having Ash around as they get their pokemon

"That is enough" said Prof. Oak who sighed at how the other new trainers acted with Ash's arrival

"Sorry gramps" apologized Gary

"Well in any case follow me to get your starter pokemon" sighed Prof. Oak

Prof. Oak led the new trainer into his lab and where he hands out the starter pokemon

"Alright now which starter do you want?" asked Prof. Oak

"I'm taking squirtle" said Gary as he took the pokeball that had a water drop sticker on it

"I'm taking the charmander" said Blaze as he snatched the pokeball that has a fire sticker on it

"Then I'm going to go with bulbasaur" said Leaf as she swiped the pokeball that had a leaf sticker on it "to bad Ash, there's no more pokemon for you"

"That's quite enough" snapped Prof. Oak "I can take away your license just as easily as I gave them. Now I have something planned for Ash anyway, so keep your mouths shut"

The other trainers quickly fled the building leaving Prof. Oak alone with Ash

"So what pokemon am I going to get?" asked Ash

"You know how I've taken you to meet the other pokemon professors right?" asked Prof. Oak

"Yeah, they're way nicer than the people from this place" replied Ash

"Well we all decided to give you a international pokedex from Kalos as well as plenty of extra supplies. On top of that we agreed to let you carry as many pokemon as you are capable of taking care of" said Prof. Oak

"That's really cool professor, but what about my starter?" said Ash

"I was getting to that" said Prof. Oak "We decided to let you pick a starter out of all the available starters from all the regions. Plus there is a very troublesome pokemon that I would like you to take along with you as I know you are able to handle it"

"That's amazing!" cried Ash who was shocked that he could pick a starter pokemon from any of the regions and that Prof. Oak was going to give him a bonus pokemon as well

"Alright Ash now its time for you to pick your starter" said Prof. Oak as he led Ash out back into the coral where one of each starter was waiting for them

"Alright professor I choose..." said Ash as he picked his very first pokemon