Chapter 2
Pokédex entry
Italics thoughts
Disclaimer I don't own pokémon.
Early the next morning Ash woke to the sounds of Pidgey flying overhead, cawing as they did. Grunting Ash laid back and thought back to the day before and to the letter he received inviting him to compete in the World Championships. Thinking over what his plan for the day was Ash could smell his favourite food coming from the kitchen and jumped up as his stomach rumbled. Entering the kitchen he was shocked to see that instead of his mum cooking it was Alexa instead, as his mum was sat down at the table drinking her coffee chatting to Alexa about her work. The two halted their conversation when they saw Ash enter the kitchen.
"Good morning sweetie how did you sleep?" Delia asked when Ash sat down opposite her.
"Morning mum, Alexa, I slept okay thanks was just up thinking about the tournament and where I'm going to get started training. I'm going to have to create a whole new bunch of strategies in order to compete and I'm not sure where to start when capturing some more pokémon. How did you sleep Alexa?" Ash replied turning to Alexa after he spoke.
"I slept like a log thank you. I was looking at all the gym badges and items in your room Ash did you win them all?" Alexa questioned.
Ash smiled as he remember all of his gym battles over the last few years and how hard all of his pokémon had fought, then began to think about the battles that where lying ahead of him.
"Yeah all of the badges are mine thanks to the strength of all my pokémon. I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without them." He said modestly.
Delia smiled as she listened to her son and realised how mature he had become over the years.
"Sweetie what's your plan for today?" She then asked Ash
"Are you going to Professor Oak's lab today?"
"Yes I was planning on doing so in a few hours. I was going to gather some supplies first and head up in a bit. I'm going to start some training with everyone today and then move on to help everyone learn some new moves from there. I'm thinking about asking Professor Oak if he wouldn't mind letting his pokémon help mine learn some new moves, as he competed in the World Championships years ago. I'm also going to help Alexa train her pokémon as well. Then in a few days I think I might travel to the Power Plant outside Cerulean City to capture some more electric types."
"It sounds like you have everything planned out Ash but are you sure you don't mind helping train my pokémon with you being so busy?"
"Its fine Alexa I think I will start them on an easier version of my training plan and then work up to where my pokémon will be working at."
"Alright then that sounds good. The pancakes are ready so dig in." She then said bringing them to the table. Ash grabbed a stack of them and began to gorge himself on his guilty pleasure whilst Alexa and his mum looked on.
A few hours later Ash and Alexa were walking up to the lab talking about what plans Ash had for his training.
"A lot of my pokémon don't have many defensive moves as they rely on speed, agility and attack power. So I think I'm going to teach everyone at least one defensive type move. I'm also going to have everyone learn a move that's strong against one of the weaknesses, like Charizard he's arguably my second strongest pokémon but he has no counter to any water type moves that may be used against him. So I think I'm going to have my grass pokémon teach my fire pokémon a grass type move to counter water and the same with my other pokémon."
"Wow that's ingenious I would never have thought to do that." Alexa said marvelling at the insight Ash was giving her.
Entering the lab they saw Professor Oak looking over some data about recent breaking news in Unova about a fossil site where they had discovered a number of fossils from all the regions.
"Hey professor what are you reading about?" Ash asked
Stopping the professor replied,
"Sorry about that Ash I was just reading this fascinating article about a dig in Unova apparently they have found a Sail fossil and fossils from the other regions. If this is authentic then it means that there have been other pokémon not native to central Unova that have lived there years ago unlike what was first thought."
"Yes I remember you saying when we first arrived in Unova that there was no pokémon from the other regions, yet when I was in Southern Unova there were migrations of pokémon from other regions which surprised me."
"Yes I remember you telling me about that but enough about that for now, I'm guessing you are here to begin your training?"
"Yes that's right I'm thinking to have a few training battles first between everyone then move on to teaching some new moves and working on mastering the old ones everyone knows."
"That sounds like a good plan Ash if there's anything I can do to help just let me know."
"Well I was wondering if tomorrow if your pokémon wouldn't mind they could help my pokémon with their moves."
"Of course Ash if you want them to, it'll be good for them to stretch their limbs a bit."
"Brilliant thank you Professor I think it'll be later on today when I ask for some help if that's alright."
"That's fine I'll go and inform them of the situation. I'll see you later on."
"Cool thanks Professor, come on Alexa let's get going we need to get started."
The professor smiled as the two sped off to the corral outside shaking his head before walking away himself to find his own pokémon so they could prepare themselves.
After leaving the Professor Ash and Alexa made their way outside to see all of Ash's pokémon stretching eager to start their training.
"Hey everyone I hope you are all ready to begin some serious training." Ash yelled to everyone before falling to the ground as his Bayleef jumped onto him rubbing her head against his.
"Wow Bayleef you've grown really strong." Ash said pushing himself to his feet when she got off of him rubbing her head as he did. When she lined up with the rest of his pokémon Ash began to outline what his plan was to train.
"Alright then everyone today I think we are going to start by doing a few laps of the field to begin to raise your stamina but for everyone who can fly I want you to run one lap on the ground and the rest you can fly. Then we will move on to some practice battles between everyone. And then if there is time left in the day we can begin to learn some new moves."
With a loud roar all of his pokémon began to run, with Alexa chuckling at the enthusiasm they were showing. She then looked in surprise at the fact Ash was running alongside them. Sighing she then sat down and released her own pokémon who started their own workout getting ready to be involved in the training. After half an hour everyone had returned breathing heavily as they had run at least four miles around the field. Sucking in a deep breath Ash then said,
"Alright then everyone let's take a small break and catch your breath and then Quilava and Gliscor, I'd like you both to step up to the field for a battle."
Nodding Quilava and Gliscor both took a breath and went to the required sides, before Ash scanned them with his pokédex to see what moves they both knew.
"Gliscor the Fang Scorpion Pokémon. It dances silently through the sky. When it approaches prey, it can land a critical hit in an instant. This Gliscor is male. Gliscor knows the moves X-Scissor, Steel Wing, Fire Fang, Sand Attack, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Aqua Tail and Tailwind."
"Quilava the Volcano Pokémon.It intimidates foes with the heat of its flames. The fire burns more strongly when it readies to fight. This Quilava is male. Quilava knows the moves Agility, Quick Attack, Flamethrower, Flame Wheel, Eruption, Swift, Aerial Ace, Focus Punch and Fire Pledge. The egg move Flare Blitz hasn't been unlocked yet"
"Wow you both have been training really hard. You each have a good move set, you should be proud." Ash said after finishing reading the pokédex.
Both pokémon nodded as they had been working hard training with everyone so that when Ash called on them to battle, they wouldn't let him down.
"Alright then you guys let's begin. Quilava use Flamethrower. Gliscor counter with Sand Attack."
Gliscor bounced on his tail for a moment and then spring boarded into the air riding the currents like it was nothing before swooping down to the ground flinging sand in the direction of Quilava who quickly shut his eyes to avoid getting sand in them before launching Flamethrower where he believed Gliscor to be only to miss him massively.
"Gliscor use Steel Wing and boost your speed by using Tailwind, Quilava use Quick Attack and Agility in tandem to dodge."
Gliscors wings shone a metallic colour as he rose in the air before catching a wind current which allowed Gliscor to rocket towards Quilava who finally had opened his eyes after the Sand Attack had died down. Quilava quickly disappeared in a silver streak and appeared above Gliscor thanks to Agility. Gliscor however wasn't able to stop his attack in time and slammed into the ground where Quilava originally was. Quilava grinned at Gliscor who shook his head to get rid of the cobwebs before turning to see where Quilava was, before suddenly he was pelted by shining stars from above as Quilava used Swift forcing Gliscor to run in the opposite direction.
"Use Stone Edge Gliscor, Quilava Aerial Ace."
Gliscor formed a barrier of stones around him which Swift hit before cancelling out, with Gliscor then launching them at the oncoming Quilava who had gathered speed and was racing towards Gliscor before being pelted by the oncoming stones which forced Quilava to cancel his move.
"Gliscor keep using Stone Edge and then use X-Scissor. Quilava see if you can block them using your Focus Punch."
Gliscor formed Stone Edge once again and fired them towards Quilava, who raised his fists to block the Stone Edge. At first the move worked to block as Quilava easily deflected the stones away from him but as Gliscor began to intensify his attack Quilava's Focus Punch faltered and failed pelting him with the sharp rocks. Ash took note of that as he realised that Focus Punch must have been a newer move that Quilava had learnt and as such needed to have more practice using it. Gliscor then crossed his arms and raced at Quilava who was thrown back at the impact causing him to roll along the floor before leaping back to his feet as Gliscor glided back to gain some distance from Quilava who was bruised up from Gliscors last move.
"Now Quilava use Quick Attack, Gliscor use X-Scissor."
Quilava disappeared as he raced towards Gliscor with a silver trail behind him and Gliscor flying directly at Quilava.
"Quilava roll underneath Gliscor and use Eruption, Gliscor counter with Aqua Tail."
Quilava released a torrent of scorching flames underneath Gliscor as he passed over head, who quickly turned his tail countering the flames. Doing though caused an explosion and both Gliscor and Quilava were thrown back across the ground each looking worse for wear.
"Alright then you two I think that's enough for now." Ash called out walking over to his pokémon who were both panting still.
"I'm very proud of all the training you've done whilst I have been away. We have a few things to work on but apart from that I think we just need to keep practicing our moves." Ash said,
"Now have a nice long rest both of you." Ash said before tapping them on their heads with their pokéballs returning them before turning to his other pokémon, saying
"I will be back in a moment I'm going to take these two to be healed."
With that Ash raced up to the lab to heal his two pokémon. As he entered the lab Ash quickly began to heal his pokémon before turning around as he waited for them to be healed. All around the lab were books about the different types of pokémon, from around the world and books that described all of the different regions. Picking up the one about Kanto, Ash began to read through the book discovering new places where he could capture some pokémon. Through reading Ash decided that he was going to travel to the Power Plant on the outskirts of Cerulean City to capture some more electric types and also to the Safari Zone where apparently pokémon from the other regions now resided. Hearing a clearing of the throat Ash looked up and blushed as he saw Professor Oak stare at him in amusement.
"Well Ash what have you got there?" He asked taking a closer look at the book in Ash's hand.
"Ah I see your studying up where to go in Kanto aren't you."
"Yes professor I am, I think I'm going to go to the power plant in a few days to look for some more electric pokémon."
"Yes there has recently been an influx of electric pokémon there. I'm sure that you will find some wonderful pokémon to capture. Have you thought about which badges you are going to try and get here in Kanto yet?"
Thinking it over Ash said,
"I'm not sure yet, I think I'm going to try and get my Psychic Badge from Sabrina other than that I'm not sure. Have you got any suggestions?" Ash asked.
Pondering the professor replied,
"I have heard of a new gym that has been founded in Gringy City which is a dark type gym that you could challenge.
"Wow really professor, I remember Gringy City from when I first started my journey, it's where I caught Muk. I will head there as well and challenge the gym. I will think about where else I will challenge whilst travelling, now I've got to head back out everyone will be getting restless."
With that Ash grabbed both Quilava and Gliscors pokéballs and went back outside to the corral where he saw all of pokémon helping one another out with their moves as they had paired up and were working on their evasiveness dodging moves that came flying at each other. Ash continued to watch for a few moments longer before finally he whistled causing everyone to stop what they were doing.
"Alright everyone Quilava and Gliscor are all rested up, so let's move on to the next match up."
Hearing this all of Ash's pokémon stopped what they were doing and listened.
"Okay then Gible and Totodile, I'd like you two to battle next."
Nodding both of his pokémon stepped forwards to battle each other.
"Pulling out his pokédex Ash, scanned his two pokémon to see what moves they both knew."
"Gible the Land Shark Pokémon. Gible nests in horizontal holes warmed by geothermal heat. Foes who get too close can expect to be pounced on and bitten. This Gible knows the moves Dragon Pulse, Dig, Rock Smash, Draco Meteor, Flamethrower, Stone Edge, and Sandstorm."
"Totodile the Big Jaw Pokémon. Despite the smallness of its body, Totodile's jaws are very powerful. While the Pokémon may think it is just playfully nipping, its bite has enough power to cause serious injury. This Totodile knows the moves Hydro Pump, Ice Fang, Crunch, Aqua Jet, Dragon Dance, Iron Tail, Shadow Claw and Water Pulse."
"Alright then you two, let's start. Totodile use Hydro Pump, Gible use Dig."
Gible hearing the command quickly dug a hole in the ground in front of him and disappeared as a powerful jet of water flew overhead splashing harmlessly near the hole, as Totodile began to dance around after using the move.
"Alright then Gible come up and use Stone Edge, Totodile use Water Pulse to block them."
Gible came up from underneath the ground where Totodile was but missed as Totodile did a pirouette out of the way before quickly gathering a ball of water in his hands and then throwing it at Gible who was hit directly knocking him to the ground before he could use his move.
"Alright then Gible try using Stone Edge again, Totodile use Iron Tail."
Gible managed to use Stone Edge first and when formed they flew straight at Totodile who began to dodge around the stones before his tail started to glow and he began to hit the stones away to the ground or back towards Gible who started to use Rock Smash on the stones causing them to fall around him.
"Totodile try using Ice Aqua Jet. Gible let's see your Dragon Pulse."
Totodile shot forwards at Gible surrounded by water, which suddenly began to freeze as Totodile used his Ice Fang. Gible looked in horror as the move came towards him as he knew that he was weak to ice, before quickly firing off Dragon Pulse which was knocked to the side as Ice Aqua Jet hit its mark, causing Gible to yell in pain forcing him to his knees.
"Gible use Sandstorm to get away. Totodile use Water Pulse."
Gible with his claws began throwing sand into the air faster and faster becoming obscured from view with Totodile getting hit from the storm. Gible then began to hit Totodile over and over disappearing and then reappearing confusing Totodile as he had no way of knowing where the next attack was going to come from. As this occurred, Ash realised that Gible's ability must have been Sand Veil which is what allowed him to clearly see through the sand and perform critical hits on his opponent. Suddenly without any command from Ash Totodile began to puff his stomach up before suddenly letting lose a big gust of air into the Sandstorm. Ash watched as slowly the storm began to slow down as it began to show signs of freezing over before being smashed by a powerful Shadow Claw. From within his pocket Ash's pokédex sounded out,
"Totodile has learnt the move Icy Wind."
"Wow Totodile that's great you've just learnt Icy Wind."
Totodile's new move not only managed to freeze the sandstorm the added effect of hurting Gible who had ended up being caught in the crosshairs of the move.
Gible in retaliation to being hit by the super effective move began to gather draconic energy in his stomach before facing the sky and then he released the stored up energy into the sky unleashing the most powerful dragon attack Draco Meteor. As Gible unleashed his most powerful move Totodile began to use Hydro Pump at the falling meteors in an attempt to slow down and weaken Gible's move. Watching how strong his pokémon had gotten filled Ash with a sense of sorrow that he hadn't contributed towards their improvement for a number of years but in his mind re affirmed his resolve to train them to the best of his ability
Ash then let out a whistle calling a stop to the match and allowing both pokémon to catch their breath.
"Alright you two that's enough for today I'm really proud of the work you've put in and Totodile the way you've used Icy Wind to slow down Draco Meteor was amazing."
Ash then turned to the rest of his pokémon and began to speak to them,
"Okay everyone we're going to practice some new moves now to expand everyone's move pool. Totodile you can continue to practice your Icy Wind if you want as you've just learnt it."
Shaking his head Totodile indicated that he wanted to learn another move as well. Smiling Ash nodded before reaching into his pocket and then pulling out a notebook that held a lot of the information that he wanted to teach his pokémon including their moves as well as the beginnings of a list of pokémon he wanted to capture to add to his ever growing roster.
"Alright then Charizard, Quilava, Torkoal, Infernape, Pignite, Fennekin and Talonflame I'd like you all to work with Bulbasaur and Sceptile and begin to learn Solar Beam this way you have the beginnings of a defence against water types if they are used against you and for you Charizard it will help you if your facing any rock pokémon that will try and ground you when you are flying, then Bulbasaur and Sceptile I'd like you to work on Outrage with Gible, Noivern and Goodra please. All of my flying pokémon I'd like you all to practice moving on the ground instead of the air, as I've noticed thinking back against Harrison in Johto when I faced Blaziken with Charizard our advantage was lost as Blaziken was able to jump high enough to keep Charizard down and we were unable to move around the battlefield. Primeape I'd like you to show Machop, Heracross, Scraggy, Hawlucha and Pangoro a few of your fighting techniques and then I'd like you to work with Muk on both learning Gunk Shot. Tyrantrum, Boldore, Krookodile, Aron, Gliscor Torterra and Snorlax I'd like you to work on Earthquake with Donphan's help then Donphan I'd like you to then work with Muk and Primeape to learn Gunk Shot. Lapras, Glalie and Avalugg, I'd like you all to work on Blizzard so that you have a wide spread field affecting move. Butterfree and Leavanny I'd like you both to practice Electro Web to help against flying pokémon. Bayleef, Snivy, Chespin and Gogoat I'd like you all to work on learning Iron Tail, if you get stuck Pikachu can show you how to use it as well as give any tips. Pikachu we don't really have any defensive moves in your arsenal so I'd like you to start to learn Light Screen and Sylveon I'd like you to as well please as it's a good way to cut down the effectiveness of moves used against you. Greninja and Corphish I'd like you to start to learn Night Slash. Squirtle, Totodile and Oshawott, I'd like you to begin to work on Water Pledge. Buizel, Palpitoad could you start to learn Scald as the burn side effect could come in handy in a lot of situations. Finally Tauros I'd like you all to split up and learn a variety of moves, could a group of you learn Ice Beam, a group learn Thunderbolt, a group learn Flamethrower and a group to learn Solar Beam with my fire types please."
After finishing Ash waited for a second before all his pokémon roared and split up and each began to train to learn their moves. Ash then turned back to Alexa who had begun to train with her pokémon and said,
"Alexa if your pokémon wish to join mine for training they can do if you think it might help."
Blinking in surprise she replied,
"Are you sure? Won't your pokémon mind?"
"Not at all in fact they'd be happy to help it's in their nature I'm willing to bet that's how they've all grown so strong without me." Ash said trailing off looking melancholy.
"What's the matter Ash? Why do you look so glum?"
"Huh it's nothing just all my pokémon have gotten so much stronger with me not being here as I've only trained my Kalos team this year. "
"Ash don't talk such rubbish!" Alexa snapped at him surprised at what he said.
"Sure you haven't been here but have any of your pokémon left you?"
"Well no but,"
"But nothing none of your pokémon have left you and they've all trained so hard so that when the time comes they can help you out by fighting at their best. So don't think you've let them down because you haven't." Alexa finished huffing as she ended her rant.
"Okay I can see where you're coming from I won't dwell on it I promise."
"Good now come on let's go help our pokémon." Alexa said walking over to where her Noivern was trying to learn Outrage.
Smiling Ash went over to his Primeape and his fighting pokémon and began to help them through going over the same kata's that Primeape was doing and then helping his other pokémon.
For the rest of the day all of Ash's and Alexa's pokémon trained to learn their new moves and improve their stamina. Then as the sun began to set Ash and Alexa both called there pokémon in to stop training. Each one of their pokémon were panting and sweating after the effort they put in to learning their new moves.
"Wow guys you've all worked so hard to learn these moves and most of you are almost there another couple of days and I'd say that you'll all have mastered the moves. However I think tomorrow should be only a small training day so you don't hurt yourselves." Ash said sitting down in front of his pokémon after placing food in front of them all.
Suddenly from behind Ash heard someone clapping. Jumping up he turned and was surprised to see Professor Oak and the Champion of Johto and Kanto Lance walking towards him.
"Professor what's going on why is Lance here is there trouble?" Ash said concerned.
"Ha-ha no my boy everything is fine. Lance here arrived a while ago and was watching you and your pokémon train." The professor said before turning to Lance and saying,
"Well my boy what do you think, have you made decision?"
Puzzled Ash watched as Lance nodded his head and reached into his pocket before pulling out a pokéball and a pair of gloves.
"What's going on professor, Lance what are those?"
Lance then spoke for the first time since arriving.
"Well young Ash, we were having a meeting at the pokémon league headquarters about our upcoming tournament where we decided that some of the trainers we invited were eligible to gain a certain item. This however was under the proviso that the professor that issued there starter was in agreement of the item being given to the trainer. And after speaking earlier to Professor Oak who agreed I've observed your training and spoken with a number of officials who all agreed that you deserved this. So on behalf of the pokémon league I would like to present you with a Key Stone embedded in a glove which will allow you to perform a mega-evolution if the bond between you and your pokémon is strong enough and a pokémon that will eventually be able to mega evolve with their mega stone."
Ash was gobsmacked as he heard what he was being given, never before had he imagined that he would have been handed a Key Stone on account of their rarity as he had only seen few people mega evolve before. Reaching out Ash took the gloves from Lance and put them on before taking the pokéball from Lance.
"T-t thank you for placing such trust in me I promise you won't regret it."
"I have no doubt of that Ash from our time in Hoenn. Now if you'll excuse me I must depart."
With that Lance released his fearsome Dragonite and jumped on his back before they both disappeared. Looking at the pokéball in his hand Ash turned to the professor and said,
"Thank you Professor for placing your trust in me as well I won't let you down."
"Ash I have watched you grow as a trainer for the past 8 years, you won't let me down I know that much." The professor said before walking back to the lab, but not before slyly revealing to Ash his own Key Stone.
"Well you don't do things by half Ash do you?" Alexa said from behind.
"Ha-ha no I guess not. I wonder which pokémon this is though."
"I'm not sure open it up and see."
Ash turned to his pokémon and said,
"Alright guys let's meet the new guy on the team."
Before calling out the pokémon inside, after a few seconds the revealed pokémon turned out to be a cute little Torchic. Ash knew however after seeing his friend May's Torchic evolve into Blaziken and after seeing a Mega-Blaziken knew that the cute pokémon would become a monster.
"Hello there little guy, my name's Ash and I'm going to be your new trainer." Ash said gently stoking the pokemon's head. Torchic purred under Ash's actions before he walked over to the other pokémon and began conversing with them.
"Wow Ash I've only just noticed how many starter pokémon you have. It's really impressive not many people have more than one and you have all of them apart from two of them."
"Yeah I've been lucky when travelling I have asked the professor to look out for a Mudkip and Piplup that's up for trade because I like have the starters. That reminds me as well I am going to be going to the Power Plant tomorrow to search for some more electric pokémon. Would you like to join me or are you going to be staying here?"
"I'll stay thanks Ash, your mum needed help with something tomorrow so I said; I'd help as she's letting me stay at your house."
"Okay then I am going to be going early so I won't be back till the evening."
"Okay then well if you're going early we should probably think about going to bed."
"Yeah guess so, it is pretty late." Ash turned to his pokémon then and said,
"Alright guys we're heading off. Don't stay up too late, tomorrow we are going on a small quest to the Kanto Power Plant so I'll be taking a few of you with me tomorrow to help me but I'll decide that tomorrow. Have a good sleep guys."
Ash and Alexa then headed off to Ash's house where after informing his mum about the next day, Ash fell asleep on the couch dreaming of winning the Championships and of the new power he had in Mega Evolution.
Ash
Kanto- Pikachu, Pidgeot, Butterfree, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Squirtle, Kingler, Primeape, Muk, Tauros (30), Snorlax, Lapras, Machop
Johto- Bayleef, Totodile, Quilava, Noctowl, Heracross, Donphan
Hoenn- Swellow, Sceptile, Corphish, Torkoal, Glalie, Aron, Torchic
Sinnoh- Staraptor, Torterra, Infernape, Buizel, Gliscor, Gible
Unova- Unfezant, Snivy, Pignite, Oshawott, Scraggy, Leavanny, Palpitoad, Boldore, Krookodile
Kalos- Talonflame, Chespin, Fennekin, Greninja,Hawlucha, Sylveon, Goodra, Tyrantrum, Noivern, Gogoat, Avalugg, Pangoro
Sorry about taking so long to update I have finished my first year of University now so will have a lot more time to update my stories. I have decided that four moves is too small for an efficient move set so I have raised the limit to 12 which can give more of a variety. I have added a Noivern to the pokémon Ash has thanks to him capturing a Noibat in a recent episode and have kept Goodra as I don't think he should have released it. Let me know if you think this limit is too high. The poll has been decided and the new pokémon Ash will get are Beldum, Ralts (M and F) and a second Eevee. Any pokémon you wish for Ash to catch leave in a review the same with OC's. Thank you everyone for reading next chapter should be up soon hopefully.