Ok guys really sorry about the ridiculously long delay but I have been really busy with school, so whilst I had a little break in the action I thought I would get back to updating this story! Without further delays here is chapter two!
Chapter two:
"Ash honey, I am going over to Professor Oak's Bungalow for a cup of tea, don't forget you have to pick Misty up from the train station in about an hour" Delia Ketchum called as she picked up her purse from the coffee table and made for the hotel door.
"What do you take me for an idiot? Of course I won't forget" Ash yelled back from his bedroom, a little insulted by his mother's apparent lack of confidence in him.
"And don't forget to change your underwear, before you leave!" Delia called as she pulled the door closed just before the tirade of complaints from her son could reach her.
Ash listened as his mother's footsteps slowly faded away, before pealing himself from the computer screen where he had spent the majority of his afternoon. Making his way towards the closet, he reached for his traditional blue and white vest, before he reconsidered.
I haven't seen Misty in a really long time; it wouldn't hurt to get just a little dressed up before seeing her again.
Deciding on a more formal choice of attire, consisting of a black polo shirt and dark blue denim jeans, Ash made his way towards the now vacant living room, where Pikachu was dozing soundly on the couch.
"Hey buddy" Ash said gently as he stirred his sleeping friend. "I'm going to head over to the train station to pick up Misty, you wanna tag along?"
"Pika" Pikachu said whilst nodding in affirmation.
"Great then let's go."
…1…
The full moon illuminated the lustrous landscape around the young couple, the gentle moonlight seemingly focusing on them as if, at that very moment, they were the only two people in existence. A gentle wind wisped the sprawling meadow, causing the young woman's magnificent orange hair to sway slightly. The young man, who held her firmly by the waist, lovingly brushed her soft bangs away from her cerulean eyes. For a moment he was content to just hold her, to feel her warm body pressed against his, like two perfect pieces of jigsaw puzzle that had waited their whole lives to be united.
The young woman pressed her body closer to his, their close proximity sending shivers down her spine. His warm embrace was like a drug that numbed the girl's senses and filled her with happiness. A moment later, the young man gently eased himself away from the girl, and held her at arm's length, their eyes locking together. Momentarily he found himself lost in the constellations of blue and green that swirled with all the passion she could muster.
Finally the anticipation had become too much for both of them, each using the strength in their arms to pull their other half closer, aligning their lips perfectly and for the briefest of moments, the world around them was completely irrelevant.
Slowly the couple pulled away, the boy's lips still tingling after the electrifying moment. Strangely, the sensation did not disappear as the boy had anticipated, but increased in intensity, coursing through his entire body, before the moon, the meadow, and most distressingly of all, the girl faded away around him.
Temporarily disorientated, Ash sat up to regain his bearings, instantly recognising his surroundings as the Indigo Station. From what Ash could tell, he and Pikachu, who was standing above him with cheeks still sparking, were the only ones at the stop, which was surrounded by the vast Viridian Forest.
"Something wrong Pikachu?" Ash asked with more than a little annoyance in his voice as he stood up and rubbed the creases out of the specially ironed shirt.
"Pika-Pikachu" the little electric mouse answered, knowing Ash's experience as his trainer would allow him to successfully interpret what he had said.
"Sorry if I was ignoring you Pikachu, I was just a little distracted by uh, well you know just things." Ash answered simply before trailing off.
"Pika, Pikachu-Pi?" Pikachu asked with a mischievous grin spreading across his face.
"No I was not thinking about Misty again Pikachu! For your information I was preparing a strategy for the battle tomorrow!" Ash answered a slight tint of pink appearing on his cheeks. How the hell does he always know? We must spend way too much time together.
"Pika" Pikachu answered simply.
"No you can't hear the strategy!"
"Chu?"
"Because it's not done yet that's why"
"Pika- pika" Pikachu said flippantly.
"Fine, don't believe me" Ash answered, crossing his arms in front of his body to emphasise his annoyance as he glared at the smug pikachu that sat beside him, content in the fact that it had definitely won the argument.
It never used to be like this, Ash thought to himself as he returned to his daydreams. In the past winning gym badges and catching Pokémon had been the only things that had mattered to him, and he had never worried about such trifle issues such as girls.
Why can't I stop thinking about her? What's wrong with me?
After a couple more moments passed, an elderly couple walked into the station. The man had shoulder length grey hair and green eyes, and carried a rather lumpy sports bag over his shoulder, whilst the woman's hair was bundled above her head, held in place by her spectacles that she had lifted to her forehead.
"Well I'll be, Aren't you that young trainer that did so well in the Unova League?" the elderly man said as he approached Ash.
"Um yeah well I came in second if that's what you mean" Ash answered, whilst his hand rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh so it is you, our grandson is a huge fan and he would love an autograph from you and your pikachu" the man continued.
"It would make his day" the old lady added.
"You hear that Pikachu? Sounds like I'm pretty famous around here" Ash said as both his chest and his ego inflated somewhat.
"Pika" the little yellow rodent sighed.
"So you will do it?" the elderly man asked again.
"Sure, you got a pen?" Ash asked.
"Of course we do, we always carry one around just in case we ever run into a big star like you" the man answered as he produced a blue pen and some paper from his jacket pocket.
"Well I don't know about a star" Ash said in a futile attempt at modesty.
"Just sign here" the man said a bit more forcefully as he indicated a place on the page.
"Are you sure it's ok to write on this? It all looks pretty important" Ash questioned, referring to the typed document that the man intended for him to sign.
"Sure we're sure." The lady said enthusiastically "It's nothing."
"Ok then" Ash said as he signed his name on the sheet.
"Perfect." The man announced. "Now with the formalities done we will be taking our pikachu!"
"Say what?" Ash asked, but before he had time to react, a familiar talking meowth burst from the sports bag on the man's shoulder holding one of team rockets trademark extendable arms which was used to snatch Pikachu right from Ash's grasp.
"What's going on here?" Ash yelled before he was interrupted.
(For this bit imagine team rocket doing the motto like they did in the original series, read it like that to hear the rhymes)
"Prepare for more trouble than you've ever seen!"
"Make it double, we're on your fanfiction screen!"
"We bet you're surprised to see us again!"
"You just signed over your Pikachu with the flourish of a pen!"
"Were reaping havoc at the Indigo Station!"
"Pikachu is ours, we have the documentation"
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket blast of at the speed of light"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight"
"Meowth, that's right!"
"What are you three talking about, I didn't sign Pikachu over to you" Ash protested.
"This time we are playin by da rules twerpo, you shoulda read da fine print" Meowth happily proclaimed as James waved the document around.
"There's no way that I'm letting you three get away with this" Ash yelled "Pikachu use thunderbolt."
Pikachu unleashed the strongest thunderbolt it could muster, but the rubber glove insulated the metal arm of the hand and stopped the electricity from conducting down to Team Rocket, who had begun to laugh at Pikachu's futile efforts.
"You know Jess, I think this is the best plan we have ever had" James said smugly.
"I think you might be right James" Jessie Answered, I think we are really onto a winner.
"Then let's get out of here before we blow it!" Meowth yelled.
"Right" Jessie and James said in unison before James continued "On our way back from Unova, we made a quick stop over in the Hoenn Region where we met up with some old friends.
To prove their point both Jessie and James withdrew a Pokéball from their belts and threw them into the air, leaving in their stead the familiar forms of Arbok and Weezing.
"We also had our other Pokémon sent over from the Rocket HQ, so you are now looking at the strongest Team Rocket outfit of all time" Jessie added.
"How about an old favourite Weezing, give us a smoke screen" James declared, as his purple Pokémon exhaled a cloud of noxious gas that quickly obscured Team Rockets get away.
"C-come back h-here" Ash coughed as the toxic gases filled his lounges.
Reaching down to his belt Ash fumbled for his Pokéball which he knew contained his Unfezant, only to find that his belt was empty.
"Dammit, all my Pokéballs are with Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Centre" Ash cursed.
Fumbling his way through the smoke Ash eventually made his way from the station and into the fresh air, where he lapped up a gluttonous breath of oxygen.
Ash looked around desperately for any sign of Team Rocket, and finally in the distance saw the outline of the meowth shaped balloon. Deciding there was no choice but to follow on foot, Ash began to tail Team Rocket, desperately trying to keep them in sight.
Meanwhile…
"There it is Red, Indigo Station" Andy shouted over the roar of the wind as his exhausted Charizard slowly descended. With a loud thud Charizard landed, heavily panting and obviously suffering from the strain of carrying two passengers for such a long distance.
Sliding down Charizard's powerful form, Misty carefully dismounted the great dragon, taking extreme caution not to burn herself on his flame.
"Are you sure you don't want us to take you all the way to the village?" Andy asked "It isn't too much further and it will save you from waiting around here."
"Nah it's fine, my friend said he would meet me at the train station" Misty said before smiling slyly "besides, I don't think your Charizard could handle another flight with me on its back."
At this Charizard straightened up and released a powerful tongue of flames into the air to show off its strength.
"Ha, Charizard is tougher then you think Red" Andy said confidently. "So I guess you will be staying in one of the village bungalows, maybe I'll see you around."
"Well as a matter of fact, my friend was offered a VIP suite and a wildcard entrance into the tournament after he came second in the Unova League" Misty said casually.
"So what, he didn't have to go around and collect badges or anything?"
"Nope" Misty said, "that is only to sweep away the trash."
"Well if all badges are as easy to win as the one in Cerulean I don't imagine there would have been a whole lot of sweeping."
"We both know if my sisters didn't fell so much pity for you, you wouldn't even be here right now" Misty retaliated.
"Well to be fair Red, if Charizard and I hadn't taken pity on you then you wouldn't be here either."
Dimmitt, Misty thought good comeback
"Yeah well I wouldn't have missed the train if you hadn't got me all mixed up this morning" Misty said feebly before glancing down at the watch on her wrist.
"Don't you have to sign up by five o'clock?" she questioned
"Yikes you're right" Andy yelped as he sprung back onto Charizard's back. "Just one more effort buddy then you can have all the rest you need" Andy said to his still weary Pokémon. Charizard nodded and readied itself for take-off, but Andy stopped it momentarily.
"I will see you again, right Misty?" Andy asked hopefully.
Misty smiled, both at the use of her proper name and at the boys sentimentality. "If you're lucky" she said with a wink. "Now get out of here, I don't won't you to be disqualified before I get to see you lose."
Andy smiled at the redhead's quirk before Charizard propelled itself into the air and the two sailed of towards the distant Indigo stadium, whilst Misty moved over to the empty station benches to wait for Ash.
Don't keep me waiting Ketchum… I've waited long enough
(A/N): Ok guys I guess that was probably a pretty boring chapter and also a pretty short one as well, but this was mainly to just set up a couple different aspects of the story.
I just wanted to clarify to those of you that are unsure that this story is taking place right after Ash competed in the Unova league and it of course assumes character aging. I will go into the actual process of Ash's wildcard entrance to the tournament in a later chapter, but basically he is now recognised as a talented Kanto trainer, and as such is given a wild card to compete in his native tournament.
If you have read this much please just take the time to review and let me know what you think, the more reviews I get the more motivated I become, and thus the more productive.
I will be taking OC's to compete in the league, but if you are not comfortable in letting your character loose, then don't submit. Just give me six Pokémon and a bit of a description of the character.
Also I need opinions on which of Ash's Unova Pokémon are likely to evolve, what does everybody think? I have already decided to give him Unfezant as it seems more than likely he will obtain one at some stage.
Until next time!