A/N

I got a pretty good response for the first chapter and I'm motivated to write more. I will try to update this story weekly but I might miss a week every now and then. Without further ado, here is chapter 2.


Chapter 2: The Road to Viridian City

"I'm on the road to Viridian Ciiiityyyy." Ash was singing excitedly as he walked along Route 1.

Pikachu looked up at him with curiosity as if to question his sanity. Although if truth be told, Pikachu found his lack of singing talent to be quite amusing and the song he was singing was actually pretty catchy.

"We've built a team and we've been training all day looong, looong." Ash continued to sing poorly.

Ash and Pikachu had been walking along Route 1 for a couple of hours now and this time had been killed by singing and the occasional chat. In this time, Pikachu had discovered that Ash was a pretty funny guy and was very easy to laugh at, which he was starting to do now.

"Haha, are you enjoying my singing Pikachu?" Ash asked sarcastically. Ash knew that singing wasn't exactly his forte, but he still enjoyed it nonetheless.

"Pika Pi." Pikachu responded with a shake of the head. Pikachu was definitely warming up to Ash but was still cautious, keeping the fact that they have only known each other for a few hours in the back of his mind.

"Aww, that's not nice," Ash joked light-heartedly. "Hey, do you want to take a break over there by that tree?" he then asked.

Pikachu gave a quick nod to indicate that a rest would be nice, as he was getting fairly tired from all this walking.

"Alright then," Ash said has he took his bag off and sat up against the tree. "Let's just lay down here for a while. Do you want anything to eat Pikachu?" he asked. "I'm not exactly sure what's in this bag of mine but I'm sure Mum would've packed some food for us to eat."

"Pika!" Pikachu nodded.

Ash grabbed his bag and unzipped it to see what was inside and as to be expected, it was full to the brim. How his Mum stuffed all that stuff in there was beyond him and now he had to carefully manoeuvre everything to see all of its contents without taking anything out so that he didn't have to repack it all. After rummaging through his bag he finally came across a semi-transparent lunch box. Upon opening the lunch box, they discovered that it contained several sandwiches which were perfect for a quick snack.

"I'm afraid we don't have any ketchup Pikachu but we have a few sandwiches." Ash informed as he passed the Mouse Pokemon a sandwich.

"Pikaaa!" Pikachu thanked as he gratefully accepted the sandwich.

"No problems," Ash said. Just before he Ash was about to take his first bite he saw some movement in the corner of his eye which caught his attention. He turned around and noticed that a plump bird with brown feathers, a cream underside and black, angular markings around its eyes, had landed fairly close to their tree. "It's a Pidgey!" he excitedly exclaimed as he grabbed his Pokedex out of his pocket and scanned it.

"Pidgey: The Tiny Bird Pokemon. Pidgey is extremely docile and easy to capture. It is perfect for beginning trainers to test their strength." The Pokedex informed.

Ash stared at the Tiny Bird Pokemon for a while before a wide grin had spread across his face. "I'm gonna catch it!" he declared as he unclipped an empty Pokeball from his belt and threw it at the unsuspecting Pokemon.

Pidgey however, had other plans it seems as it just batted the Pokeball back at Ash with ease and went back to foraging for food.

"Oh yeah, I should have probably weakened it first," Ash remembered. "Hey Pikachu..." he began to call out before he saw that Pikachu was sitting up on a tree branch, eating his sandwich and was once again in another place. "Never mind, I'll do it myself." he muttered to himself. "There must be something in that bag that could help me out here." Ash thought to himself as he once again rummaged through his backpack. "This could work!" he suddenly exclaimed as he pulled out a blanket.

Ash carefully crept up towards the Pidgey with blanket in hand and a plan in mind. It wasn't until Ash was right up close to the Tiny Bird Pokemon that it noticed his presence at which point it just stared up at him in curiosity. Ash also stood there motionless for a moment so he wouldn't scare it off at the last second.

"Ah… hey there Pidgey..." Ash spoke gently, trying not to startle it. Several more seconds passed before Ash decided to make his move. "You're mine!" yelled Ash as he pulled the blanket down on the Pidgey as quickly as possible to trap it.

Pidgey struggled violently in an attempt to break free from the blanket but Ash had a firm grasp on the Tiny Bird Pokemon and wasn't about to let go now.

"Come on Pidgey, stop squirming," Ash gritted out between his teeth. "Just make this easier for both of us."

As Ash said this he could feel an enormous amount of pressure push back up against him. This pressure continued to build up until it finally overcame the force of Ash's weight and sent flying a short distance away along with the blanket. Evidently, this Pidgey had just used Gust. As soon as Pidgey was free from Ash's grasp it fired off a Sand Attack to send him rolling over backwards. Pidgey was then satisfied that it was safe from danger and promptly flew away.

"Ugh!" Ash grunted as he was hit with the Sand Attack. "That did not go to plan."

Pikachu had only caught the last bit of that ordeal as he was so engaged with his sandwich that he wasn't really paying attention to what was happening. But the Mouse Pokemon knew that he saw the best part and was now laughing hysterically at his trainer.

"Well I see you've come back to the land of the living. At least you found that entertaining." Ash mumbled. "Now, where did that blanket go?"

"Is this the blanket you're looking for?" a female voice asked from behind the bushes as she held out Ash's blanket.

"Ah, yeah that's the one." Ash confirmed as he received his blanket back from the mysterious young girl. "Thanks for that. I'm Ash by the way."

"No worries Ash. My name is Green. Nice to meet you." she replied introducing herself. Green was a young girl, no older than Ash and had long brown hair, blue eyes and was wearing a sky blue sleeveless shirt, a short, red skirt and a white hat with a red half Pokeball design on it. "I saw you trying to wrestle that Pidgey back there and I have to say it gave me quite the laugh!" she added with a small chuckle.

"Oh, you saw that too?" Ash replied with a hint of embarrassment.

"Yep," Green confirmed. "I honestly have no idea what you were thinking! I certainly wouldn't have done that, although I can't say I'm a huge fan of flying type Pokemon."

"Well I would have asked Pikachu to help me but uhhh…" Ash tried to explain as he looked up at Pikachu who was back in his own little world eating his sandwich. "Apparently it was lunch time..."

"Hehehe. You two make a good pair," Green commented.

Ash contemplated that statement. Do they really have that sort of connection already? Pikachu has definitely seemed to warm up to him as the day has progressed. "Do you really think so?" he eventually asked. "Only time will tell," he then said answering his own question without waiting for a response. Whilst he was thinking about this, he resumed his post at the base of the tree and was once again ready to dig into his lunch.

"Hey, how many sandwiches do you have?" Green suddenly asked. "You wouldn't mind if I had some, would you? I'm starving."

"Go for it, I've got about six more of them," Ash replied after a quick count.

"Thank you," said Green as she accepted a sandwich from Ash and then proceeded to take her first bite. "So, you seem like a rookie trainer. Is that right?" she asked.

"Yeah, Pikachu and I started our journey today but just you wait. Give me a couple of years and I'll be the Pokemon Master," Ash said confidently.

"Then it seems we will be rivals at the Indigo Plateau this year," Green commented. "Don't expect me to go easy on you though."

"I wouldn't want you to," Ash replied with a determined grin spread across his face.

"Great, that's how my rivals should be," Green added with a confident smile, not unlike Ash's as she finished off her sandwich. "Could you pass me another sandwich?" she then asked.

"I would if there were any left," Ash answered. "But I ate them all."

"Are you kidding me!?" Green yelled in frustration. "There were five left… and I'm still hungry..."

"Uhh… sorry," Ash said sheepishly.

"Don't worry about it," Green replied feeling defeated. "Anyway, I'll let you and Pikachu get back to you're journey," she then said as she looked up at Pikachu, who was no longer eating and had his eyes fixated on Green.

"Alright, I'll see you around," Ash called out with a quick wave.

"See ya!" Green said as she picked up her bag, and went on her way. She walked away from that encounter rather happily despite not getting the food she wanted. "Now that I know that this kid is happy with the way things happened today, I don't have to feel guilty about the fact that I stole Bulbasaur from Professor Oak's lab," she said to herself with a sigh of relief as she continued on her way to her next destination.


A couple of hours had passed since Ash had met Green and he and Pikachu had finally decided that they had had enough of a break. Unbeknownst to them, a passing storm was about to hit them with dark clouds rolling over from the east.

"Alright Pikachu, let's get going," Ash said after a quick stretch.

"Pikaaaaa," the Mouse Pokemon yawned.

As the two of them got up, they noticed some movement in the corner of their eyes and they turned around to see what appeared to be the silhouette of a small, bird-like Pokemon.

"Hey Pikachu, that Pidgey is back!" Ash declared. "Would you help me catch it?"

Pikachu had no intentions of doing so however, after seeing how funny the first failed attempt was and he indicated this to Ash with a shake of the head whilst pointing and laughing at Ash.

"I see how it is," Ash muttered. "Fine, you just sit there and watch me do all of the work," he told Pikachu as he picked up a rock and threw it directly at Pidgey.

However, it was not a Pidgey that Ash threw the rock at. Instead a small brown bird with red wings looked up enraged with a large bump protruding from the top of its head where the rock had struck it.

Pikachu had found this rather entertaining and was interested to see what would transpire next.

"That's.. not Pidgey..." Ash noted nervously as he pulled out his Pokedex to identify the Pokemon.

"Spearow: The Tiny Bird Pokemon. Unlike the much gentler Pidgey, Spearow has a wild and aggressive personality, and will sometimes attack other Pokemon and humans." the Pokedex informed.

Pikachu and Ash had both very quickly been put on edge by that statement knowing that there was a very real possibility that they were about to be attacked.

"Ahh… sorry Spearow..." Ash tried to apologise as he slowly backed away. "I thought you were a Pidgey. It was an honest mistake, I swear."

Ash continued to cautiously back off whilst maintaining eye contact to make sure that he doesn't provoke the Spearow, who was looking right back at Ash with a furious look in its eyes. However, because Ash wasn't paying attention to where he was walking, he stepped on a fallen branch, snapping it. This sudden noise set the Spearow off as it took off and flew right into the centre of Ash's chest, causing him to fall backwards.

"Ugh," Ash grimaced as he hit the ground. As he recovered from the impact he looked up to see where Spearow had gone.

However, Spearow was nowhere to be seen. This concerned both Ash and Pikachu, who had climbed back onto his branch for safety. After several moments had passed they both saw the Spearow make a beeline for Pikachu.

"Hey! Leave Pikachu alone!" Ash called out desperately. "Pikachu didn't throw that rock at you, I did!"

This went unheard by Spearow as it continued to head straight towards Pikachu who managed to get out of the way just in time. This didn't faze the Tiny Bird Pokemon who turned around and went in for round two.

Pikachu knew what it needed to do in order to protect himself. "Pikaaaaachuuuuuu!" he cried as he unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt onto the Spearow, landing a super effective hit.

Spearow was fried and it fell to the ground with electricity coursing through its body. But even though it was down, it certainly wasn't out. "Speeeeaaaarroooooowww!" it let out an ear-splitting shriek, as it called for the help of its comrades.

"Uh-oh, this can't be good," Ash muttered.

Ash and Pikachu looked on helplessly as hundreds of angry Spearow ascended from behind the tree line. All of them had the intent to kill the both of them and they were both well aware of that fact.

"PIKACHU, RRRUUUUUUUUNNN!" Ash yelled out desperately as he turned tail, and legged it.

Pikachu didn't need to be told twice as he followed Ash in running down the dirt road away from their pursuers.

The Spearow followed them relentlessly and they occasionally dived in to attack them. Ash unsuccessfully tried to swat them away when they came for him, whilst simultaneously acting as a makeshift human shield for Pikachu to spare him from receiving the full force of this assault. It could never last forever though, and finally one Spearow flew around Ash and thudded into Pikachu's side causing him to hit the deck hard.

"NO, PIKACHU!" Ash called out worriedly as he swooped down to pick up the injured Mouse Pokemon. "Don't worry, I'll protect you," he reassured.

"Pi ka," Pikachu weakly responded.

Ash continued to run from the unrelenting attack of the Spearow and tried to fight them off when possible. Ash was taking a real beating here and he knew that he could not keep running forever and that the Spearow still had enough energy to keep chasing them. To make a bad situation worse, they were coming up to a cliff. They were trapped and now they must make an impossible choice; either stay put and fight the Spearow, or jump into the lake below. Neither option guaranteed their survival but Ash had made up his mind.

"Pikachu, you have to trust me," Ash weakly told Pikachu. "We have to jump, but I will protect you."

"Piiika," replied Pikachu weakly.

Ash clutched Pikachu tightly in his chest as he took a deep breath and launched himself off the cliff's edge. He landed in the water feet first and immediately started kicking his legs in order to resurface as quickly as possible. Unbeknownst to Ash, a small fishing hook had be caught in his jacket.


On the water's edge, a young girl was enjoying a day of fishing. This young girl's name was Misty and she too was ten years old. Misty had red hair that was tied into a side ponytail and had cerulean blue eyes. She was currently wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt that left her midriff uncovered, blue denim shorts held up by red suspenders and red tennis shoes.

"Ahhh this I so relaxing," Misty said to herself. "But I wish I could catch something."

Almost as if it were on cue, Misty felt a large pull on her fishing rod and judging by how heavy it was, it was a big one!

"Alright! This must be a Gyarados or something like that!" Misty exclaimed as she used all of her force to pull up her catch.

With a mighty effort, Misty managed to pull out what she thought would be a Pokemon but much to her surprise, it was actually a young boy.

"Oh, it's just a kid," she muttered in disappointment. "Oh wait, there's a Pikachu!" she exclaimed as her eyes lit up. "Are you okay?" she asked tenderly as she walked up to the kid and his Pikachu.

"Uh, yeah I'm fine," Ash panted in exhaustion.

"No, not you!" Misty retorted as she slapped Ash across the face. "Your Pikachu. How could you do that to your poor Pokemon?"

Ash flinched momentarily before he rubbed his cheek to help relieve the pain. "I would never hurt Pikachu!" Ash yelled back at the young girl for having the nerve of accusing him of Pokemon abuse.

"Then how could you let get into such a bad condition? You must be a pretty bad Pokemon trainer," Misty snide back.

"Grrrr. I don't have to explain to you. I don't have the time to anyway." Ash told the red-head. "I need to take my Pikachu to safety where he can receive some medical attention. Do you know where I can find a place like that?"

"Hmph! You'll find Viridian City's Pokemon Centre if you follow this road." Misty told him, pointing to a dirt road.

"Thanks," Ash said before he heard a familiar screech. He turned around to see the flock of Spearow had just located them again. "Damn! Those guys are persistent!" he exclaimed before he noticed a bike leaning against a tree and proceeded to get on, placing Pikachu in the basket on the front.

"Hey that's my bike!" Misty exclaimed as she watched the young boy ride off down the road.

"I'm just borrowing it!" Ash called out over his shoulder. "I'll give it back someday!" he added as he put his head down and accelerated down the dirt road.

"The nerve of that kid!" she gritted out in anger. She noticed the flock of Spearow flying overhead in the same direction as the kid and his Pikachu. She also noticed that the storm clouds were approaching fairly quickly. "It looks like that storm is going to hit any minute now. I guess I better find some shelter," she said to herself.


Ash continued to peddle at full pelt. He could feel the fatigue building up in his legs but he knew he couldn't slow down. "Don't worry Pikachu. We'll be at Viridian City in no time," he reassured.

"Pi… ka," Pikachu replied with a weak nod.

Ash and Pikachu were beginning to feel drops of water on their skin. The storm had finally arrived. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, to the point that the dirt road had quickly turned into mud and their vision had been obscured. Because of this, Ash hadn't noticed that they were approaching a small ledge and flew straight over it unprepared causing him to land awkwardly, and subsequently fall of the bike.

"Dammit! Not now!" he grunted in frustration. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Spearow caught up to them again. He looked over at Pikachu who was battered and bruised and knew his only option.

Overhead, the Spearow were circling around them with menacing looks. Lightning struck all around them and they knew that they had their target trapped now.

"Pikachu, I need you to get into your Pokeball," Ash told the Mouse Pokemon as he grabbed his Pokeball and sat it down beside him.

"Chuuu..." Pikachu responded weakly, shaking his head.

"I know you don't like it, but it's the only way I can protect you," Ash explained. "If you're safe, then that's good enough for me," he said with a hint of a smile on his face.

Pikachu looked on, scared at what it was that his trainer was about to do.

Ash stood up with a look of pure determination. He faced the flock of Spearow and had his arms spread out in defiance. Ash was well aware that he could very well be facing death straight in the eyes but he didn't care. No, he didn't have the right to care. This was the only way to keep his promise, and he would put it all on the line if it was required, as it was at this very moment.

"Listen up Spearow! Do you know who I am? My name is Ash Ketchum from the Town of Pallet, and I am destined to become the World's Greatest Pokemon Trainer! I can not be defeated by the likes of you! Not now! Because you made one fatal mistake. You hurt my friend. For that, I will defeat every last one of you! Mark my words." Ash yelled out in a mighty declaration against the Spearow.

Pikachu could only watch on in pure amazement. He saw that this young boy was willing to throw his life away in order to protect him. Maybe all humans weren't so bad after all. It was at this defining moment that Pikachu had decided that he would protect Ash in the same way Ash would protect him and with this resolve, Pikachu managed to find some energy within himself for one final attack.

"Do you hear me?! THEN COME AND GET ME!" Ash screamed defiantly at the flock.

The Spearow had heard enough of this kids taunts and they dived at the kid at full speed with the intent to kill.

For Pikachu, time slowed down and he knew exactly what to do. He climbed up Ash's back and jumped off of his shoulder towards the flock of angry Spearow.

"Pikachu, NOOO!" Ash called out helplessly.

Whilst in mid-air, a bolt of lightning had come down and struck Pikachu, super charging his next attack.

"PIKAAAACHUUUUUU!" he yelled as he unleashed a massive Thunderbolt, indiscriminately striking down everything in front of him. Pikachu then fell to the ground in exhaustion, unable to stand himself up.

"Woah… Pikachu..." was all Ash could say as he too collapsed from exhaustion.

The two looked at each other with weak smiles. They both knew at that instant, that they had found a life long partner in one another. They looked above to see that the storm clouds were beginning to clear up, and in the blue sky a magnificent bird with a rainbow glow was flying majestically.

"What's that?" Ash weakly asked, as he pulled out his Pokedex to scan it.

"There is no data. Some Pokemon are yet to be identified." the device informed.

"Well there you go," Ash commented as he and Pikachu continued to watch the Pokemon fly over the horizon.

After the majestic bird Pokemon disappeared, Ash and Pikachu both drifted into unconsciousness, finally succumbing to their exhaustion.


No man witnessed this event, however one Pokemon did. The Rainbow Pokemon, Ho-oh, had witnessed the entire ordeal. It would have been impossible to notice with an untrained human eye, but there was no denying what that young boy just did. He had just unconsciously used aura. There was an unmistakable blue glow that emanated from his eyes which gave his Pikachu an added boost in power which was responsible for the sheer power of its Thunderbolt. If one were to combine his aura and his conviction, it could be easily deduced that this was the son of Red Ketchum, and with this knowledge, Ho-oh knew that he was destined for great things.


Thanks to everyone who read this chapter. Just to clarify something from last chapter, Alain is the same Alain from the Mega Evolution Specials, but he will have a much different role in this story. Be sure to review and leave questions, constructive criticism or just general compliments as they will help me grow as a writer, which will provide a better story for you guys.

Until next time, see ya!