Hey guys! What's up? I'm back, this time with a fourth story. That means all four are running at the same time. I'm a bit crazy so this is why. I've had this story idea sitting for about a god month and it satisfies me greatly to see that it might come to fruition. Anyway, this is an Ash x Cynthia fanfic because I like the paring and it is fairly rare. SO… LET'S GET STARTED! Actually, before we do I need to give a huge shout out to Piro-san and his story Red Eyed Master It is a great story and it kinda inspired me. Also, I really hope he gets better so yeah. Good luck to you Piro-san.

Ages:

Ash: 15àTheir ages are the same because it is fanfiction.

Cynthia: 15à Their ages are the same because it is fanfiction

Brock: 21

Misty: 19

Gary: 15

That's it.

Professor Oak's summer camp was a bit hectic. Most of the time, he was busy helping all of the kids and trying to care for the pokémon. Thing is, with over twenty kids and numerous pokemon, there wasn't much he could do. Luckily, he was able to find solace in a few people. Delia Ketchum helped out quite a bit, and her seven-year-old son Ash, well… He was a bit of an enigma. Most of the time he was goofy and always playing around, but when something regarded pokemon or helping others, his personality changed drastically. He was only seven, but he had already made friends with all of the pokemon in the lab, and was reading things way above his age. He just soaked information up. That, and food. His stomach was practically a black hole.

Now when most people looked at Ash, they would think he was rather dull and always rushed headlong into things. He did, sometimes, but most of the time, he was running around happily playing with anyone willing. Ash made life a lot easier on Professor Oak because he could instantly calm down just about any pokemon that he found.

(Just had to get a bit of stuff out of the way)

A few Years later

Ash was having a good dream. It was about going on his pokemon jour… Hey wait a second… he was supposed to be at the lab getting his pokemon already!

"Crap! I overslept!" Ash yelled as he jumped out of bed and got ready in a flash. In five minutes, he was at the lab, waiting at the end of the line. Granted that line was only four people, but it didn't really matter, knowing the professor he had forgotten to prepare more than what should have been enough. Which meant Ash was most likely not going to get a traditional starter.

"I wonder if he'll give me that secret pokemon he's been talking about," Ash wondered quietly. Sure enough, when the line got to him, Oak was sweating bullets. The professor opened his mouth to say something but choked sounds came out instead of actual words.

"I know Professor. You ran out of pokemon and don't have any more," Ash said. Oak nodded nervously.

"Honestly doesn't surprise me anymore. By the way, I hear someone at the door so you should probably go get that," Ash said. Ash didn't really hear someone at the door, but it was a long walk, and he needed enough time to get into the computer and see if there were any pokemon left. As soon as Oak left, Ash was at the computer terminal looking through all of the pokemon. And to his surprise, there was one. One that he didn't know about. That was odd, he knew every pokemon here. Ash tapped the screen a few times and looked at the center console where the normal starters were normally held. It split and slid back to reveal a pokeball. Said pokeball was completely normal.

It was at this moment that Professor Oak got back, "Ash. How'd you find that pokeball?"

"Looked through the terminal and records," Ash yawned, "So… Why haven't I heard of this pokemon?"

"Well, truth is, he's rather temperamental and we also only found him a month or two ago and he has been undergoing a bit of treatment because of his old trainer," Oak said sheepishly.

"I see. Well. Since he sounds like he is going to be untrustworthy of me, I think I'll just settle with meeting him," Ash said picking up on the fact that the pokemon was a male.

"Actually Ash. Here's the thing. He's been itching to get out and about, so I was considering you meet him and having him decide if he wanted you as his trainer and partner."

"Alright Professor, whenever you are ready then," Ash said. Oak picked up the pokeball and opened it to reveal a yellow mouse pokemon with red cheeks, a lightning shaped tail, black tipped ears, and two light brownish bars on its back. It was about the size of Ash's head with a few extra inches.

"Hey Pikachu," Ash said as he bent down and looked at the pikachu, "I heard that you were getting restless so I was wondering if you wanted to go on a journey with me."

The pikachu had a blank look on its face before donning a pensive face. It looked at Ash for a minute and then back to the professor. Ash seemed fairly strong and kind according to the other pokemon, plus he had this aura about him (it'll be our little secret). Begrudgingly, Pikachu nodded his head before wondering about how bad it could be with this trainer.

The trainer in question was happy seeing as he had seemingly earned Pikachu's respect. Maybe not his friendship, but at least respect as a partner. At least it was something. Oak gaped at Ash and Pikachu who were staring at each other and seemed perfectly calm. It had taken the better part of the month to stop him from automatically trying to shock him, but Ash just sat down with him and was fine.

"Well Ash. Thing's turn out better than expected. A plus is that he is a higher level than the other pokemon since he was trained before," Oak said, "Well, Pikachu, I think you should go with Ash so you can at least get to know each other a bit more."

"Alright Pikachu. You ready?" Ash asked happily.

Pikachu nodded and jumped up a little bit.

"Uh Pikachu. I've seen that you have been eyeing your pokeball a bit weirdly so I'm assuming you don't like it or pokeball in general," Pikachu nodded, "Well then, you can stay out of your pokeball as long as you want."

Pikachu felt his grudging respect grow a bit more into just respect. He was rather satisfied that his new trainer had noticed. He didn't want a trainer like his last one. The last one was a bit of a retard and thought it would be a good idea to go swimming in a place which was said to be a frequent for gyarados which caused him to end up in the ER, not that he didn't deserve it. He had been abusing pokemon for years.

"By the way, in light of your contributions to the pokemon world, you've been granted a special permit to handle injured pokemon, and take them away from the trainer if substantial evidence is provided, and your carry limit has been increased by four pokemon giving you the ability to hold eight pokemon at a time. So long as you continue to help in research and contributions with the pokemon world and evolution, you will have more things available to you. I think a destination for you should be Mt. Moon. It is said to be rather strange. And before you go… Ask your mother about your father. It should be rather enlightening."

"Alright. Well sure I guess," Ash said before turning and leaving with Pikachu walking a bit in front of him. Ash left the lab and looked around before walking back to his home. He already knew about his father, but he wasn't going to tell anyone that. Given who he was, it was a bit of a wonder that nobody had ever tried to bring him out by capturing his family. Then again, he had left Ash and his mother, so would he even care?

"Hey Mom, I'm home," Ash said happily. Delia Ketchum walked out of wherever she was, and wrapped Ash in a hug.

"So, what pokemon did you choose?" she asked. She tried not to be sad, she knew the day would come eventually just like his father. If she was sad, she didn't show it.

"I got a special one. Pikachu!" Ash said happily. The yellow mouse pokemon jumped onto Ash's shoulders and looked at his mother. She seemed pretty cool to him. Pikachu seeming comfortable enough jumped onto Delia's shoulders and sat contently.

"Well, he seems quite friendly. I just got done making breakfast, so why don't we sit down?" Delia asked. Ash immediately ran into the kitchen and sat down. His mother slowly followed with Pikachu on her shoulder. A minute later, everyone was sitting down and eating. Pikachu was staring pensively at his plate before spying something red out of the corner of his eye. It was something red. He turned his head to look at it and nearly jumped it the moment he got a clear look. Ketchup! Oh how he loved ketchup.

"Uh Pikachu? Are you okay?" Ash asked seeing Pikachu drooling while staring blankly at the ketchup bottle, "Actually, never mind."

An hour or two later

"Bye Mom. I'll call when I get to Viridian City!" Ash yelled as he ran off. He was most certainly eager to get off to his pokemon journey. After an hour of traveling along, Ash decided to do a supplies check.

"Alright let's see. Tent, check. Sleeping bag, check. Pokedex, check. Clothes, check. Canteen and food supply, check. Cooking skills… uh moving on," Ash said to himself as he sat down. It continued for a good five minutes before he was done. He had everything he needed, minus the skill to cook. He'd really need to learn that. As soon as he got to Viridian city, which would take a day's walk he could stock up on some more stuff.

"I wonder if should try and catch any pokemon," Ash though. It couldn't hurt him that much to have an extra pokemon. Ash and Pikachu looked around for a bit before spotting a something. Upon further inspection, it became apparent that they weren't pokemon but two eggs. But what pokemon would hatch from these eggs.

"Pikachu? Any ideas?" Pikachu nodded before jumping down and picking them up.

"Uh Pikachu… Is that a good idea?" Ash asked skeptically. Pikachu looked at Ash before gesturing to his surroundings. Ash looked around and realized something. AS hard as he looked, there was no sign of any sort of pokemon for at least a week. Not even a pidgey. That meant that they had been abandoned or put there for a reason. Begrudgingly, Ash picked up the two eggs and put them in the fragile section of his backpack. HE then proceeded to run off with Pikachu on his shoulder. He needed to tell the professor. On his way, he looked and saw someone fishing by a lake. He immediately recognized this someone as Misty Waterflower, the Cerulean city gym leader, or one of them at least. He had seen them a few times when he went with the professor to do this and that. Maybe she would know what kind of pokemon they were.

"Excuse me?" Ash asked trying to gain her attention. Misty turned around and saw Ash sitting there behind him.

"Uh who are you?" she asked.

"Names Ash, Ash Ketchum. I was wondering if you knew what kind of pokemon eggs these would be since you are a gym leader."

"Uh no, I don't know. Sorry, but I you take them to viridian city, Nurse Joy might be able to help you."

"Oh okay, thanks," Ash said before running off. This intrigued Misty so she quickly cleaned up her little area and rushed off to follow him. It wasn't every day you got to see a pokemon trainer with an egg, much less two eggs.

As Ash was running he looked at the sky. It was rather clear without a cloud in sight. Ash looked up once more and saw a fleeting bird like figure flying through the air. A small, reddish-gold feather feel out of the sky and landed next to him. Ash picked it up without question and ran off again. In an hour or two, he was at Viridian City.

"Halt!" someone yelled who Ash immediately recognized as Officer Jenny, "Oh Ash, it's you. Oh and you have a pokemon! Does that mean you are a trainer?"

"Ash nodded happily before explaining what happened to him and why he was running.

"Oh is that it? I can give you a lift if that's okay with you," Jenny said happily. Ash nodded and hopped into the bike. In seconds, they were tearing through the streets and in a minute and a half, they were sliding through the pokemon center doors.

"A minute and a half Jenny?" Ash asked, "You're getting slow."

"Hey, cant damage the eggs right?" Jenny asked.

"Fair."

Ash walked up to the center desk while Jenny rode off.

"Hey Nurse Joy, I was wondering if you could tell me what pokemon were going to hatch form these eggs," Ash said.

"Sure, by the way Ash, congrats on becoming a trainer," Joy said, as soon as she finished saying this, both of the eggs started glowing.

"Never mind Joy," Ash said.

Important!

Guys! What pokemon should Ash get form the two eggs? I'm taking suggestions.

So, how'd I do with this chapter? By the way. I want to take suggestions as to what pokemon Ash should get form the eggs and future. By the way, I only plan for him to have three legendary pokemon, but they won't battle except for one. I won't tell you, but I will leave hints. Two of them are linked together closely and given that there are only a few pairs of legendary pokemon, I think that is a pretty good hint. Anyway, if you have ideas what they are, please PM me and not review it. that way others will have a chance. Anyway, any ideas for the pokemon that Ash will get form the eggs. I'm taking suggestions.