Road to Becoming a Pokemon Master, With My Brother?
Hello ladies and gentlemen, Pika-Bones is back with a new chapter of "Road to Becoming a Pokemon Master, With My Brother?" (Long title I know, couldn't think of much else at the time) Just wanted to thank you to those that showed their support on the first chapter. I also appreciate the reviews that you guys gave, your feedback is important.
There was a couple of questions some of you left in the last chapter and that I should probably address:
1) Will there be a shipping including Paul?: Yes, well maybe, I am definitely planning something for Paul, wouldn't be fair to let Ash have all the fun. I want it to keep it a secret for now though, still I'm not sure how long it will take me to introduce the new character.
2) How will Reggie fit into all of this: I honestly never thought about it. Well I guess I have, but I never thought of inserting him into the story. I might still find some way to include him but then again I might not. I might just say he never met him or he never had another brother. If I don't include him then feel free to call it a cop out because it kind of is. I'm sorry if you wanted to see Reggie in the story and I can understand why. Reggie in this story could make it more interesting, but also more complicated.
Now enough with my rambling, without further ado let's begin chapter 2! Enjoy!
Chapter 2: New Mission, New Region (rhyming accidently)
The sun rays crept in through the blinders and shined on Ash's face. After a moment of tossing and turning Ash opened his eyes and sat up in bed. He let out a long yawn before getting out of bed. Pikachu also began to wake at the sound of his trainer getting out of bed. "Piii-kaaa" yawned the yellow mouse Pokemon. "Hey buddy, looks you slept well." Ash left his room and made his way to the bathroom where he washed up. After quickly washing up, he left the bathroom and was quickly hit with the tasty aroma of his mother's cooking.
Ash made his way downstairs to the kitchen with Pikachu following right behind. Ash found the table packed with food while Paul and Delia seated as well. "Well boys dig in" Delia stated in her usual cheerful voice. Ash wasted no time and began to devour the food like a machine. While Paul slowly sipped his tea and took small bites every once and while, and at the same time he read a small book in his other hand.
"Oh Ash, Professor Oak called earlier this morning, he says he wants to see later today." Ash responded with a mouthful of food, "Sure thing mom". "Oh and Paul he also said he wanted to talk to you as well" Delia turned towards Paul. "Sure I'll go, thank you", Paul simply responded, not taking his eyes of the book. Other than that breakfast was uneventful.
Ash and Paul both left for Oak's lab at the same time and Ash felt like he should say something to break the silence. "Hey Paul do you ever spend time with your Pokemon, you know when you're not training."
Paul answered without looking at Ash, "No, it's a waste of time." "Well it could help you if you connect with your Pokemon don't you think?" "Like I said, no, now shut up, the only thing spending time with your Pokemon does is make you weak."
"Hey, hold on a second" Ash reached out and grabbed Paul's jacket, which would turn out to be a mistake.
"Uggh" is the only thing Ash could mutter as he laid on the pavement. The only thing he remembered happening is grabbing Paul's jackect then the next thing he knew his world was turned upside down. He stood up still rubbing his head where he hit the pavement. "Grrr, Paul's going to pay for this" Ash angrily muttered. It didn't seem like much time passed so he continued walking gingerly to Oak's lab.
"Oh hello Paul, I'm glad you're here, uh didn't Ash come with you?" "No, why, it's not like we come in a pair" Oak was a bit surprised by the sudden response but decided to change the subject. "Well that's fine I'll just get him caught up when he comes. Now onto what I wanted to talk to you about", Oak lead Paul to his main lab room.
"Wait here a second" Oak went towards a medium sized picture frame hanged on the wall across the room. The picture was of him and his grandson, Gary Oak, fishing at a nearby lake just outside of Pallet. He removed the frame and thus revealed a safe installed into the wall. Paul managed to raise an eyebrow at this, breaking his usually poker face.
Oak unlocked the safe and took out a small briefcase. He took out a key from his pocket and unlocked it, revealing two strange objects. One of the objects was a perfectly round, multi colored object around the size of a pokeball. Right next to it was another multi colored sphere with a double helix shape in the center, but it was half the size of the other object. Oak carried it and placed it on a table between Paul and himself.
"What are those" asked Paul somewhat curious. "The thing is, I don't know, this is out of my expertise as a scientist. These two objects were found here in Kanto. From what I heard and read from professor Sycamore, a professor who hails from the Kalos region, is that they are rare objects, they both are connected to one another, and they have something to do with evolution, but from there I can only speculate about them. The larger one is supposedly called a mega stone and the smaller one is a keystone."
Oak then looked at Paul "What I want you and Ash to do is take these to Kalos and deliver them to professor Sycamore. I talked to Sycamore and he will be expecting you. We agreed that this would be the best way, we need strong trainers like you and Ash to deliver them since you can protect them, because there is no doubt there are others that would love to get their hands and these two objects. It would be too dangerous to send them any other way. So Paul can I tru-". "Paul!" an angry cry could be heard from downstairs.
Ash came up the stairs, his eye twitching with anger, "you're going to pay." "Ash my boy you're here, are you okay?" Ash didn't hear Oak at all as he approached Paul and swung with a powerful straight right headed towards Paul. Paul though showed his quickness as he evaded the strike, but Ash, still fuming, turned back around and swung again, but Paul with a straight face side steeped it. Ash, still relentless went after Paul a third time, but Oak stepped in and stopped Ash.
"Let me go! I'm going to break his face!" "Ash calm down! There will be no fighting in my lab." "Wait? That was a fight? All he did was hit the air" Paul just smirked. "All right that's it you're dead, get over here" Ash began to flail around as Oak tried to calm him down.
The commotion was so loud that the Pokemon in Oak's ranch could hear it, though they did not think much of it and went on with their business.
"So do both of you understand" Oak continued, "this is an important job, there is a good chance that you will make it to Kalos without an issue, but you must be vigilant, careful, and prepared, you never know what may happen".
"If that's the case are you sure you want this mankey to come along". "Hey! Who you calling a Mankey. Anyways if there's anybody who we should be worried about it's you. You've only been here a few weeks." "Ash" Oak cut in, "I've seen enough from Paul to see that he is trust worthy and more than capable of carrying out this task." He then turned to Paul "And Paul, I've known Ash for a long time, and even though he messes up occasionally", "Hey! Who's side are you on" Oak continued on despite the interruption, "he is trust worthy and one of the strongest trainers I've seen on a battlefield at his best". Paul's expression did not change a bit at this, but Ash did not miss the comment.
"Well thanks Professor, I always knew you thought highly of me" he pointed at himself arrogantly. "He is also hard-headed, impatient, and at his worst struggles to defeat a beginning trainer with a level 5 Snivy." "Oak! You said you'd never bring that up." Oak turned his back at him, "Well I just did." Oak turned back around and continued, "Now, there's one more thing I wanted to tell you. If you leave as soon as possible both of you should have enough time to collect all 8 badges in the Kalos gym challenge and compete in the Pokemon League, so the question is, are both of you up to it?"
Ash's auburn eyes lit up and a small smile appeared "what do you think?" Paul stood up, "Hm, looks like that's something that we both can agree on. But take note of this, I'll win and be one step closer to becoming a Pokemon master, and nothing is going to stop me, especially not you" Paul looked at Ash intently. "We'll see about that. I'll never lose to you again" Ash responded right back.
"Well I guess that settles it" Oak slipped in, breaking up the staring match. "Now go on and tell your mother that you're going to Kalos to run an errand for me, I'm confident she will since she'll probably see how fired up both of you are. If there's any heat to be taken I'll take it. Now go off boys, a new adventure awaits and like I said, be careful".
"Thanks Oak, we'll keep on touch" Ash ran out of the lab. "Yes, thank you professor" Paul gave a slight bow and walked out. "See you boys! Come back tomorrow so I can give you the stones."
"Oh my" Delia was preparing dinner when Ash and Paul told her of their new plans. "So you're leaving again? Well I new you'd be off soon, just like your father when he was young, always on the move." Not much is able to grab Paul's attention, but this was the first time he heard any mention of Ash's father. He had wondered a couple of times about Ash's father but he never stated his curiosity out loud. He finally decided that it was none of his business.
"Well I guess if professor Oak needs your help it must be important, just be careful out there. But that means I'll need to make you some new clothes for your new journey."
"Thanks mom." Delia looked over at Paul, "Paul I could make some new clothes for you, would you like that". "No thank you, you've done enough for me already, I'm comfortable with my usual clothes." "Well I guess that's fine, now let's go eat."
After another great meal prepared by Delia, Ash went upstairs to prepare to leave tomorrow. Meanwhile, Delia and Paul were downstairs in the living room; Delia began working on Ash's new clothes while Paul read the same book he was reading yesterday while taking a sip of his tea in between pages. "I see your still on that book" Delia started, "you've been reading that book since you came here, is it good?" "Its fine, I guess you can say it's my favorite book" Paul didn't take his eyes of the book. He then looked at his tea then at Delia, "Mrs. Ketchum would you like a taste" Paul offered some of his tea to Delia. "Oh, that's okay Paul, I tasted it last week when it was on the stove, and I couldn't taste anything for a while after that, thank you though and you must be tough to be able to drink that." Paul looked at his tea, "I guess I got used to it".
There was an awkward silence after that. Then Delia decided to break the silence with something that was on her mind, "Paul, I just wanted to ask you something". Paul lowered his book down a bit. "I wanted to ask you a favor. When Ash first left for his journey, I was worried sick, he was going away without me there to protect him. It also didn't help knowing that he wasn't the sharpest boy out there. I knew that he really wanted to go out on see the world and be with Pokemon, and it took a lot of effort from me to let him go, but once I figured out that he had great friends with him, I felt more at ease." Delia took a deep breathe, and then continued, "What I'm saying is that I would like you to keep an eye on Ash. I want you both to be there for each other if things get tough. I'm not asking you to baby sit him, and I'm not telling you to travel with him either. Just keep an eye on him, make sure he's okay, be there for each other if things get tough."
Paul looked away and stared at nothingness for a few seconds before responding, "Sure thing Mrs. Ketchum, but there shouldn't be a problem, he may be stupid but Oak said he was capable, you shouldn't worry".
Crash! As Paul finished his sentence they both heard a loud crash at the staircase. They both went into the hallway to find Ash crumpled up at the base of the staircase. He was seeing stars and the room just kept spinning. "Ash! What happened?" Ash responded weakly, "I-I was getting ready for, tomorrow whe-when I realized I didn't have my pok-pokeballs. Apparently I le-left them at the top of the stairs an-and I tripped on them."
Paul looked at Ash on the floor "Never mind then, I'll be surprised if he makes it out of Pallet" Paul said with complete seriousness.
The rest of the evening went uneventful, but what Delia told Paul was still on his mind. He really didn't like Ash, but Delia was asking him to be there for Ash. He really didn't feel like he could do that. But Mrs. Ketchum had brought him into her home, it would be the least he could do he guessed, though once they finish delivering the mega stones to professor Sycamore he would go his own way.
Later that night the full moon shone brightly in a cloudless sky, and since Pallet is relatively far from the big cities and towns, the stars filled the night sky. Ash and Paul went to their beds while Delia finished working on Ash's new clothes. A new journey was about to begin.
The Sun came back as soon as it went brightning up the sky and waking the sleepy town of Pallet. There was a cool small breeze going through town, which signaled a possible change in weather.
Ash and Paul made quick work of getting up and getting ready for their departure to Kalos, with Ash it was more obvious, but even Paul seemed livelier.
"Ash, here I hope you love it", Delia handed Ash his new clothes and he quickly changed. The new clothes consisted of a blue short sleeved jacket with a white stripe design, black pants, red and black shoes, a plain black shirt, and a red cap with a white arc design on the front to top it all off. "Ash sweety, you're becoming a handsome young man." Ash was embarrassed a bit by the comment, especially with Paul around. "Paul sweetheart, are you sure you don't want anything new to wear." "No thank you" he responded simply.
"Well, then I guess that does, hurry along Oak is going to give you your tickets for the ship to Kalos." Delia gave Ash a hug before he went out, Paul then came up and Delia opened up her arms. Paul hesitated a bit before giving her a hug, which made Delia feel better and made Paul feel warm and fuzzy inside, a feeling he quickly began to try to shake off as he exited the house.
Delia stood at the doorway as Ash and Paul left, then she quickly remembered something "Ash!" she called out, "Don't forget to change your underwear!" "Mom! Stop doing that!" Ash answered. "Bye! Take care boys."
Ash and Paul made good time going to Oak's lab, and when they got there he was waiting for them with his briefcase. "Both of you ready" Oak greeted them. Both of them nodded, and then Oak took out both the mega stone and key stone, and gave the mega stone to Paul and the smaller key stone to Ash, "take care of them". He then took two tickets from his pocket and gave it to them, "These are the tickets for the ship to Kalos. It will leave from the Vermillion harbor; these tickets are good for a few days so you should have enough time to get there. Thank you again boys for doing this for me."
"No problem" Ash gave Oak a thumbs. "Yes, it's no problem at all" Paul gave a small nod. "Well then, you should get going, remember to call often." "Sure thing Oak, see you" Ash waved as both him and Paul started their trek to Vermillion city.
"Let's do this before I get sick of you" Ash made it clear how fond he was of Paul. "I'm not your biggest fan either, but sure let's do this quick, I don't want to be around your dumb ass any longer than I have to."
Both trainers now began their way to Vermillion and ultimately to Kalos, not knowing for sure what is in store for them in an unfamiliar region.
And Done. Nice and powerful chapter.
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