A young boy was watching a battle on his television, putting on his gloves as he watched in anticipation. "Yes! I am Ash!" He said with a grin. "Tomorrow is it! I can finally get my Pokemon license!" He said as he was getting ready. "I will be traveling to gain the wisdom of Pokemon training." He said as he turned his hat backwards. His eyes were filled with determination. "And I hereby declare to the pokemon of the world. I will be a Pokemon master!" He said as he picked up his Voltorb clock and was about to declare his dream.
He was then interrupted by a voice who came to his doorway. "Ash get to bed!" The clock then slipped out of his hand and his mother caught it. It opened up to reveal the time. "It is eleven o'clock! You should be asleep!"
"But tomorrow I start my Pokemon journey," Ash pouts as he sits on his bed and leans on his Snorlax pillow. "But I can't sleep."
"Well if you can't sleep then you should at least get ready for tomorrow. Here." his mom said as she grabbed the remote and changed the channel to where Professor Oak was on the screen. Ash began to watch the show. "Go to bed when this is done, and don't forget to change into your pajamas. You need to sleep, you are meeting your cousins tomorrow."
"Ok….huh? Cousins?"
"Don't tell me you forgot them already. Your cousins Michelle, Selene, and Charlotte are traveling with you. Don't you remember they used to babysit you and Gary when you were younger."
Ash just shook his head.
"Well, you'll just see them tomorrow at Professor Oak's lab, now go to bed."
It was the next day and the girls were heading to the dock at Pallet Beach.
"Finally!" Michelle said as she quickly got off the boat. Luke was just shaking his head as he headed off. Nero was holding Lottie as he stepped off, and Selene was trailing behind them. "I like water as much as the next person but I'm glad that we are here."
Selene nodded as she looked around. "Yeah, I really missed this place. All of our fond memories are already flooding back.." She chuckled.
Nero and Luke nodded, though they turned to see Lottie gasp at what she saw. Her face was shining brightly as her eyes took in everything. "It's sooooo beautiful!" She cooed as she went to bend down by some flowers.
"Yup, you gotta love little towns like this, they aren't as polluted as cities are,"Michelle said as she chuckled at Lottie's expression.
"You shouldn't stay here long, Professor Oak is waiting for you," Miss Kasumi said from the boat as she waved.
"Thank you! We'll see you soon, hopefully! Tell your daughters we say hi!"
The woman nodded and the boat began to leave. Selene then turned to them and smiled. "Shall we?"
Nero nodded as he picked Lottie back up again. Luke grunts a bit and shrugged. Michelle shoved a thermos at him. "Just drink this please, you're always grouchy in the morning without your coffee." Luke just rolled his eyes before taking the thermos and started to sip it slowly so he doesn't burn his mouth. Nero grunts a bit and pointed to Selene who was already at the end of the dock and motioning for them to hurry up.
"We're coming, we're coming.. Sheesh," Michelle muttered as she shook her head and headed towards her cousin. The other three following after her.
The sun was slowly climbing up the sky when they finally reached the lab. As they were coming to the white steps, two boys were leaving with Professor Oak standing in the doorway. One boy who was holding onto his Charmander spotted the two unique pokemon that he never saw before. He quickly ran down the stairs, the other boy in tow with his Bulbasaur. In front of the two boys were the small group. Selene and Michelle just watched in amusement. Lottie just watched in confusement while the boys took out their Pokedex's. They started to try and scan Nero and Luke but it came out as nothing. Pokemon unknown. Pokemon unknown said the Pokedex.
"How is this possible!What kind of Pokemon are these!" The Charmander boy said in amazement as he looked at Nero closely, making the Haxorus growl.
Lottie huffed and placed her hands on her hips. "How do you not know them! This is a Haxorus and this is a Lucario!' She said as she scolded the two unknowing boys.
"Those two Pokemon aren't from around here Lottie," said Professor Oak as he had made his way down the steps and towards them.
"Yeah, this Haxorus is Nero, he's from the Unova Region, and this is Luke, he's from the Sinnoh Region, " Selene tried to explain to them.
"Different regions?" One of them asked.
"Yes, there are many regions outside of Kanto, though I'm sure you'll find that out when you travel," Came a familiar voice.
Michelle and Selene looked behind their shoulders to see Gary, Professor Oak's grandson coming up to them. Just like Ash, the girls had babysat him as well.
"Gary! It's nice to see you," Selene said gently and he just gives a shrug. Michelle just sighed and shook her head.
The boys nodded their heads before looking around. "Thank you but we should get to our families, they would want to see our new Pokemon!" The small group gave a wave as the two left.
"How are you doing Samuel?" Michelle said with a smirk.
Professor Oak chuckled, " I'm doing well, thank you. You guys must be exhausted from your long journey, let's head inside so you can rest until Ash shows up."
"Hey Gramps, can I take my Pokemon now?" Gary asked as he started to follow the group up the stairs.
"Yes Gary, you can have the last one," Professor Oak replied.
"Wait what?!" Michelle asked as she turned to look at him as they got inside and sat down. "You forgot to get more than three again, didn't you."
He chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his neck,"Yes and no."
Gary cuts in. "Hey Gramps, where is it then? " He asked as he looked around.
"Don't be so impatient Gary, It's right here," He said as he took the pokeball from a nearby stand and hands it to his grandson.
Gary grins and aimed at the ground, "Come on out Squirtle." He comes out from the pokeball and smiles at his new trainer. He then kneeled down and said. "I'm going to make you the best Blastoise in the world." The Squirtle grins and nodded. The feeling of arrogance can be felt by everyone in the room Gary then grinned and put his partner back into his pokeball before turning to his grandfather. "I bet Ash won't capture any Pokemon,"
"Can I make an extra bet on him?" Michelle asked Gary.
"Sure, why not."
"I bet the same amount of money that Ash will see a rare Pokemon before he enters Viridian City."
Gary then smirks,"I'll take that bet,"
"Sure Gary, I'll agree to your bet," Professor Oak said. With that, Gary nodded and headed towards the front door to wait for Ash. His pokeball in his hand.
"You really need to work on his attitude Sam," Michelle said to Professor Oak.
"I know but he doesn't listen, I'm sure he'll learn in due time." The professor said in response.
"Probably gets it from his father, no offense," Michelle stated.
Professor Oak nodded and shrugged. When his grandson was out of earshot, he leaned in and looked at Selene. "I see you reached your final evolution, the last time I saw you was when you were a Flaaffy."
Selene grins and nodded as she morphed into her Pokemon form, an Ampharos standing where she was sitting before. She spun around for him to see. Professor Oak grinned. "Wow, astounding!" He then turned to Michelle. "You still a Pikachu?" He asked her.
Michelle's ears and tail came out as she nodded. "I'm not ready for it yet, of course, Selene is carrying all the stones.'
Professor Oak nodded as he put his hand on his chin. "I see," He then turned to Nero and Luke. "I see you two are on trial?" Nero and Luke nodded in response.
"Yeah! They have to go through this for seven more years!" Lottie said as she hugged Nero.
Samuel nodded,"I see, and you must be Lottie, I've heard so much about you." Lottie then smiled and nodded.
"I'm a Smoochum!" Lottie giggled and spun around as she changed into her pokeform. "See!"
Professor Oak nodded and chuckled, though Nero piped up. "Calm down Lottie and change back, we don't want anyone to see you like that."
"Are you finally awake brother of mine?" Michelle asked as she looked at Luke. "You do know that you can use Aura Speech without anyone being suspicious, right?"
"Yes, I know that Michelle," Luke answered. "But you forget that I was woken up extremely early this morning."
"Ok, that was not my fault," she defended. "That was caused by that Magikarp that had been following us."
Professor Oak decided to cut in, "So, did you two decide what you are going to do while traveling with Ash?"
Selene decided to speak, "We decided to help you with your research by being field researchers."
"If that is okay with you?" Michelle asked.
Professor Oak looked ecstatic at the notion. "My girls, I would be delighted to have your help!" He then went over to one of the tables. "Here are two Pokedex's so that you can identify pokemon, send research that you have collected for me and as ids."
"Thanks!" both girls said in unison.
All of a sudden, they heard an all too familiar noise. A noise from a certain mouse Pokemon. The ampharos tilted her head as she changed back to her half form. Selene looked around and spotted Pichu looking up at them with a pokeball in her hands.
"Oh, Pichu, I was about to mention you and your brother," Professor Oak said to the small Pokemon. Samuel then turned to Michelle and Selene. "I caught the Pikachu chewing on some of my wires, this little one is his sister, it seems."
Michelle smiled and squealed as she gently picked up the Pichu. "Aww, you're so cute!" Michelle nuzzled the Pichu's face and the little Pichu sent out a discharged which had no effect,
Professor Oak just blinked and realized that Michelle's ability was Lightning Rod.
"Would you like me to take care of you?" Michelle asked the little Pichu and the small creature lit up happily. Michelle then looked over at the professor with a knowing grin. "Seeing as how your brother is probably going to end up with my cousin."
" Yes! Yes!" the Pichu said to her in her common tongue.
Selene then turned to Professor Oak. "If you don't mind, I'll be tweaking the pokeballs that I get so that the Pokemon we catch will go to our ranch back home,"
Michelle then chuckled,"She already did it to the ones that we have at home and on hand."
Professor Oak just laughed,"That's fine, just getting your research will be fine."
Before anything else was said, the small group heard the chants coming from outside. Michelle and Selene looked at each other before going to their human forms. Michelle then gently took the pokeball from the Pichu and puts it in her bag. The Pichu then scrambled up onto her head.
"What is that?" Nero asked.
"That...is my grandson's farewell crowd" Professor Oak deadpanned before hiding the Pikachu's ball and heading towards the door. Michelle and Selene followed him with Nero, Luke, and Lottie staying in the lab. Lottie was looking at everything in curiosity.
The small group of three came outside only to see the crowd cheering for Gary as he finally stepped out from the house. Ten cheerleaders were doing their routine and saying: GARY, GARY, HE"S OUR MAN! IF HE CAN'T DO IT, NO ONE CAN! GO GARY!"
Michelle facepalmed,"Oh give me a break! I thought we taught him some manners when we babysat him."
Selene sighed,"It seems to only apply to us and that is barely anything."
"Well that is more than most, he doesn't mock us or disrespect us at least."
All of a sudden Ash pushed through the cheerleaders and ran into Gary, still in his pajamas. "Excuse me!" He said.
Michelle just sighed and shook her head.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" Gary said as he clenched his fist and looked at Ash with narrowed eyes. His expression changed,"Well if it isn't Ashy Boy," He sneered. "Better late than never I guess, at least you get the chance to see me."
"Gary?" Ash asked as he stood up.
" to you," Gary responded. That made both Selene and Michelle do eye rolls. Professor Oak just shakes his head. "Show some respect, well Ash you snooze you lose." He sneered. "You're way behind from the start. I got a Pokemon and you don't."
"You got your first Pokemon?" He asked.
"That's right loser," Gary said as he took out his pokeball and enlarged it before spinning it on his finger. "And it's right inside this pokeball." The cheerleaders continued to cheer from behind them. Let's go, Gary was repeated constantly.
Michelle then looked to her cousin. "This is going to hurt my ears….doesn't help that we have sensitive hearing." Selene nodded with a sigh.
Gary then turned to his fans. "Thank you fans! Thank you all!" He said as he raised his hands,"For this great honor. I promise you that I will be a Pokemon master and make the town of Pallet known all around the world." The woman cheered.
"Isn't it already known because of you?" Michelle asked professor Oak. He shrugged as an answer.
Michelle just shook her head,"You're too modest sometimes, you know that?" She said to Samuel. He just chuckled.
"It takes one to know one," Samuel said which resulted in Michelle to become sheepish
Ash then piped up. "Excuse me, I was just wondering if you could tell me what kind of Pokemon you got?"
Gary then leaned in and sneered,"None of your business, if you had shown up on time then you would have seen that I have got the best Pokemon from Professor Oak, my grandfather."
Selene then rolled her eyes as she saw the red car and folded her arms as she looked to the professor. "You got him a car? Seriously?"
"He's ten for crying out loud!" Michelle piped in disbelief.
Professor Oak shrugged,"It wasn't my choice,"
"Let me guess, his dad?" Michelle asked and Samuel nodded.
As Gary got into the car he waved to his fan group. "Thank you for coming to see history in the making. Now I Gary Oak am off to learn the ways of a Pokemon trainer!"
Michelle just shook her head. "I"m going back into the lab, you coming Selene?" She asked as she held her head. Selene nodded and followed her Oak had started to make his way down to the late boy.
Ash then clenched both of his hands and growled. "I'll show you!"
Oak then peered around the brick entry way. "So, you decided to show up after all?"
Ash then jumped a bit before turning to the professor. "Oh! Professor Oak, where's my Pokemon?"
"Your Pokemon?" He asked as he already knew that he had a Pikachu for him, but wanted to teach a lesson to Ash about being on time.
"Yeah I'm ready," Ash said excitedly.
"You sure do look like your ready, ready for bed. Not for Pokemon training, I hope you don't think you're going to train in your pajamas."
Ash then looked at his clothing, "Oh, no professor, I got messed up this morning and I was a little late. But believe me, I'm ready for a Pokemon!"
Professor Oak nodded and motioned for him to follow. "Alright, then follow me."
While Professor Oak and Ash were on their way inside, Michelle cradled the Pichu in her arms as she was contemplating what to call her. "Hmm, how do you like the name Akiko? It means bright light." She asked the small creature. Akiko beamed and nodded her head happily as she clapped her hands a bit.
Selene was talking to Lottie and Nero before they heard the voices of Professor Oak and Ash. Nero quickly stopped talking and looked at the strange boy. Luke was dozing off as he leaned against the wall.
Ash then blinked as he saw them. "Oh, Professor, who are they?"
Michelle and Selene were both surprised. "You don't remember us?" Selene asked as she walked up to him. "I'm Selene, and this is Michelle, your cousins. Oh and this is Lottie, you have never met her before, but she was eager to meet you."
Lottie giggled and waved. "Hello!" She said brightly. Ash smiled and waved back.
"Before I forget, the Haxorus is Nero, and the sleeping beauty over there is Luke," Selene chuckled as she pointed to them both. .
"And this little one on my head is the newest addition. Her name is Akiko," Michelle said as she pointed to the small Pichu on her head. Akiko just smiled and waved shyly.
Ash nodded,"It's nice to meet you all, even if I had forgotten who you were before."
Michelle shrugged,"Eh, it'll come back to you. Especially after Selene cooks," Selene chuckled at her cousin's response. Ash chuckled as well.
Professor Oak then coughed to get their attention, "Alright, now let me show you where the Pokemon are." He then brought them into the room to a giant cylinder that revealed three pokeballs. The clear dome opened and the girls gasped.
"The lab sure has changed from the last time I have seen it. " Michelle said in awe.
Professor Oak chuckled,"Everything get's upgraded throughout the years." He then turned to Ash.
"I thought about it a lot, and it took me a long time, but I finally decided to choose Squirtle," Ash said as he grabbed the pokeball. It opened to reveal nothing.
Michelle winced,"Ooh, Gary already got that one."
"Oh!" Ash said in distraught. "I wish I hadn't overslept. But now I will choose as my Pokemon, Bulbasaur." The pokeball opened and once again it was nothing.
"Once again, that one was taken by someone who wasn't late." Professor Oak said.
"Oh, well that's no problem because my Pokemon will be Charmander," Ash said as he puts the empty pokeball down to grab the last one on the cylinder and it opened to reveal nothing once more. "Ahh!"
"The early bird gets the worm, or in this case, the Pokemon," Professor Oak said as he closed his eyes and put his hand to his chin and gave a small smirk that was only noticeable by the two girls.
"Does that mean all the Pokemon are gone?" Ash asked in distraught.
"Well, there is still one left," The professor said as he tapped his chin. "But I-"
"Professor! I'll take it!" Ash interrupted him.
Professor Oak then grabbed the ball from within his coat pocket and handed it to him. "I think I should warn you, there is a problem with this last one."
"I have to have a Pokemon!" Ash exclaimed.
"But in that case," He said as the ball went into Ash's hand and it opened to reveal a bright light. Pikachu then appeared before Ash.
The Pikachu blinked before saying Pikachu.
"Its name is Pikachu," Professor Oak said as he stood a bit away from him.
Ash then came forward. "Ah, It's so cute, it's the best of all!" Michelle then snorted.
"You'll see," Professor Oak sort of warned.
"Oh no…" Michelle sighed as she looked at Selene. "Akiko warned me about him…"
"Ooh, hi Pikachu!" Ash said as he brought him to his chest for a hug. The look of annoyance was already on the Pikachu's face, but when he was brought close it was too far. The Pikachu then released electricity into Ash.
"It's also known as the electric mouse Pokemon, and it's usually shy but can have an electrifying personality," Professor Oak explains.
"I see what you mean," Ash choked up a bit as he continued to hold the Pikachu.
"Shocking isn't it?" Samuel asked, which resulted in Michelle snorting out loud. He then grabbed a Pokedex and six pokeballs from a desk nearby and handed it to him. "Here take this Pokedex and pokeballs."
"Thank you-" Ash said as he was leaning to grab the items, the Pikachu let out another round of electricity. Not only did Ash got shocked, but Professor Oak as well.
"You're welcome," Samuel said in pain.
While the professor was talking to Ash, Akiko started to yell at the Pikachu to try and stop him.
The Pikachu stopped once he heard his sister and promptly got out of Ash's hand and went up to the girl who had his sister. He then started to argue with her as to why she was on this person's head. Akiko was yelling back and explaining the situation which calmed him down, somewhat. Michelle then bent down to look at Pikachu. "It's nice to meet you Pikachu," She said brightly," You don't have to worry. I'm going to take good care of your sister." The Pikachu nodded a bit.
Then there was a sudden noise as Luke was making his way into the lab. MICHELLE! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO STOP LEAVING MY SIGHT! YOU ARE NOT DONE YOUR TRAINING YET! The Lucario shouted in Aura Speech.
Michelle then turned to look at him. You know that I'm pretty far along as it is, you just don't like to admit it. I swear you act like a mother hen sometimes. Michelle replied to him through Aura Speech.
Ash was speechless as he spotted the Lucario coming up to Michelle, while the Pikachu was amazed that the girl knew Aura.
Selene then heard chanting outside, as well as noises from people banging utensils on metal pots. "We should get going, there are people waiting for you.."