Okay, Welcome back everyone who liked the first chapter. This one will have them arrive in Virden (I hope). Leaf, Gary, and Fire Should catch their first pokemon, and Ash should get Zorua progressing on Fury Swipes. Also, Levels do not really exist in my story. They are more like… numbers. You use them to rate, but they do not define...they are more like estimation of a pokemon's power. That's like a pokemon hatches at level 1 and a powerful pokemon evolves at a high level.
Ash woke up to a wet nose poking him in the ear. He jolted up with a shriek, only to see Trix giggling madly, almost rolling around. "Very funny you little prankster." Ash growled, exasperated. He grabbed the PokeDex and started flipping through. It was 6:30 AM, and nothing extraordinary was happening except for a group of strong Spearow near the end of Route 1. Ash made a mental note before stretching and looking at his surrounding. He had apparently forgotten to take his trainers jacket off he had managed to get his belt off before he fell asleep.
Putting his gear back on, Ash started to pack up sleeping bag. He then rolled up the unused pokemon bed before taking down his tent. No one else was awake yet. Ash looked at Trix, who looked like she was trying to tell him something. "What is it girl?" He asked. Trix merely looked at him before trotting away, towards the clearing they had trained yesterday. Ash followed with a frown on his face, confused. When they arrived the same place they had practiced yesterday, Trix walked over to the tree they had practiced on yesterday. She yipped, wagging her tail. "Do you want to practice more?" Ash asked, and Trix nodded. With a "Zor!" she charged at the tree with her claws glowing in a Scratch attack. As she jumped back from the tree, she suddenly scented the air, her little nose twitching "What is it girl?" Ash asked. Trix just responded with a whimper, sniffing the air again before she went to a tree nearby the one she had practiced on. She sniffed the air again before pawing at the tree, whining.
Ash looked at the tree. It was rather tall, with thick branches just possible for someone to possibly climb. In other words, no different from any other tree. But it was too quiet. At this point, pokemon should of been chirping, and he should of seen some pokemon. But the only pokemon nearby was Trix. Looking at the tree, Ash made up his mind. "Okay, girl. I'm going to climb up here. Go ahead and jump on my shoulders."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Trix jumped up onto his back, digging her little claws in as Ash started the climb. He grunted slightly in pain as he pulled himself up onto the first branch. He looked at Trix. "What way, girl?" She simply pointed her nose up, so Ash started to climb higher. As they got closer to the top, the Zorua started to hiss. Eventually, they cleared the thick branches and they came upon a small clearing in the branches, where they forked together to create a platform. They were up at least 50 feet, and Ash was almost panting from exhaustion. However, a growl from Trix pulled his attention, and what he saw made him freeze.
In the center of the forked branches was a small nest made of grass. The nest looked unkempt and messy, and in the middle was a single, round pokemon egg. But that wasn't the alarming part. The alarming part was the Ekans curled around the egg, hissing in pleasure and licking its lips. Ash froze. The Ekans was about to eat the egg. But the platform would not be able to hold Ash's weight. There was only one thing he could do.
"Trix!" He called, and she leapt onto the platform. The Ekans startled, turning to face the Zorua with a growl on its face. "Use Leer!" Ash would not risk them hitting the egg. Trix snarled as her eyes darkened, but the Ekans seemed to take that as a challenge. With a screech, it lunged in a Bite attack, mouth glowing with dark energy.
"Dodge!" Ash called, and Trix sidestepped, but the Ekans lashed out in a Wrap attack and snared Trix. "Trix!" He called out. Ash tried to call out a command, but he froze. His mouth dried, and he couldn't breath. The Ekans opened his mouth, charging a Poison Sting attack. Trix struggled, but couldn't make it out in time and she was going to die and it would be his fault and-
Suddenly a cry sounded from the sky above, and a tawny blurr burst through the side of the tree, leaving a hole in the nest's shelter. The Ekans glowed blue and was forcefully thrown into the air and off Trix, before landing on the edge of the platform and screeching in pain. Between the Ekans and the egg landed a large, brown male noctowl who must of heard the ruckus.
Both Ash and Trix stared in amazement. The Noctowl was very large and healthy with groomed feathers, obviously a trainers pokemon The Noctowl hooted once, before charging up a powerful peck attack. The Ekans tried to resist, but was knocked out of the tree and disappeared below the leaves. The Noctowl then turned to Ash and Trix.
He hooted a few times to Trix, who perked her ears up and yapped back. They had a conversation like that for a few moments until the Noctowl hopped over to Ash and stared in his eyes. Ash's eyes widened as he felt a slight presence in his mind. The presence didn't seem aggressive, just curious. It seemed to look though his mind a bit before pulling out gently. Ash gasped like he was coming up for air and stared at the Noctowl in amazement. "That...was you?" The Noctowl simply hooted once to confirm that and then turned back to Trix. They seemed to communicate for a few more moments when Trix's tail started to wag.
They stopped and she went over to him and gently nuzzled him, helping him up, while the Noctowl went back to his egg. Ash though it was over. It was not.
The Noctowl began to gently roll the egg towards Ash, until it rested in front of him. The Owl pokemon then looked at him and hooted. "Do you- you want me to take your egg?" Ash asked, only for Trixs to wag harder and Noctowl to nod. "But why? Don't you and your mate want to raise the child?" Ash demanded.
The Noctowl dipped its head, looking sad, and Trix let out a soft whimper. Ash tilted his head. "Your mate? Is she… gone?" The Noctowl silently bobbed his head. As this really was a trainers pokemon, he probably could not visit enough to raise his child, and without his mate the egg was unprotected most of the time. After a moment of silence, Ash reached forward and picked up the pokemon egg. It was heavier than he thought, so Ash adjusted his grip. "Don't worry. I'll take care of your egg for you." The egg was pale white with triangle shapes.
Trix jumped up on Ash's shoulder and sniffed the egg, before gently nuzzling the surface. The Noctowl then turned around and looked over his shoulder, hooting. "Do you want me to ride on your back?" Ash asked, and the bird nodded. Holding his breath Ash carefully climbed onto the bird, only able to hold on with one hand. Trix clinged to Ash's shirt with her tiny claws and the Noctowl shot out of the hole he had made earlier. Ash gasped as he saw the ground so far below, laughing in amazement as the Noctowl swooped down to the ground and allowed them to get off. Ash almost fell to the ground, but managed not to as to not hurt the egg.
Trix collapsed as well with a whine. Ash turned to the Noctowl, who was looking to the egg sadly. 'Goodbye, Noctowl. I'll take care of your child." The Noctowl let out one last sad hoot before turning around and flying away. Ash watched until the owl pokemon was out of sight before pulling out his PokeDex from his pocket and checking the time. 7:10. Crap. "Hurry, Trix, if we don't get there soon we'll be left behind!" The Zorua got up after a moment, and Ash hurried as fast as he could with a heavy egg in his hands.
After a few moments, Ash burst into the clearing where they had been camping, panting as Trix stumbled after him before collapsing. All the tents had been put away and Ash's friends were about ready to leave. Gary, Fire, and Leaf looked up from the campfire, their faces shifting to expressions that varied from confusion to amusement.
Leaf spoke first. "Congratulation, Ash. Its an egg." Ash rolled his eyes at Leaf before collapsing at his seat by the campfire.
"Where did you find an egg?" Gary asked in confusion. "And why are you two almost passed out?"
Ash caught his breath before explaining as fast as he could. Three pairs of eyes stared at him in amazement as he described flying on a wild Noctowls back after fighting a wild Ekans. When he finished, Ash stopped nervously, looking around at his friends.
"That. Was. So. Cool." Leaf said after a moment, Sage echoing her with a "Bulba!"
Gary nodded as well. "I hate to say it, Ashy-boy, but Leaf is right. Thats damn cool."
Ash looked to Fire nervously. "Fire? Do you know what I have to do to take care of the egg? Or what type it is?"
"Hold on a sec." Fire said, pulling out his PokeDex and typing a few things in. After a moment he said "It seems like a Normal, Flying or Fairy type egg so the only thing you need to do is carry it around with you, presumably tucked into you bag. It should take anywhere from two to three weeks to hatch, but could be earlier depending on how long ago it was laid and what species it is." Ash sighed in relief at that. He really didn't want to buy an expensive incubator for his egg.
"Let's eat breakfast then and set out." Gary called, letting Squirtle out. "Then we will draw sticks. Ash, you should put your Zorua in her pokeball for a bit, she seems dead tired."
Ash looked down at Trix, who was almost asleep. He smiled softly before walking over to his backpack. Using the pokemon blanket, he wrapped the egg up before placing it in his backpack snugly before pulling out an oran berry and a energy bar. He munched on the bar as he passed the berry to Trix, who sniffed before slowly eating her food.
After about 10 minutes, they all were ready to go. Everyone returned their starets, even Ash, and they set out. Thankfully, Trix was too tired to put up a fuss. They pulled sticks again and Fire was first, than Gary, than Leaf, and finally Ash. However, Ash didn't mind as much as he wanted Trix to get a nice, long rest before battling again.
As they walked down Route 1, Ash looked around. Occasionally Rattata would burst out of the grass, but none attacked. By now, Fire and Gary had already been challenged to fights (that they won), and now it was Leaf's turn. After she beat the kids ass, they continued on until a large wild Rattata burst out of the grass with a shriek, teeth shining with the move Hyper Fang. The Rattata had some thicker tufts of fur, like it was on its way to evolving. Gary called his Squirtle out with a "Go! Squirtle!" and the turtle landed in front of the Rattata with a low "Squirtle!"
The Rattata lunged with Hyper Fang, but Gary called "Withdrawal!". Squirtle shrank into its shell, and the attack barely did any damage to the pokemon's shell. "Now Water Gun!" Gary cried, and Squirtle shot back out, spraying a stream of water that hit Rattata in the chest. The pokemon squealed, but got back up and hissed a challenge. Gary griined. "Oh, I like you!"
The Rattata charged up a Quick Attack, and bolted in a stream of energy at Squirtle, managing to hit him in the chest. Squirtle staggered back and fell before getting up again with a grunt. "Finish this with Water Gun!" Gary called. Squirtle glared at Rattata before letting out a powerful Water Gun. The Rattata tried to dodge, but Squirtle just moved his head and caught the Rattata in midair. The pokemon let out a cry and crashed into the ground and didn't get up. Gary grinned and picked up an empty pokeball, before throwing it at the pokeball.
The pokeball hit the Rattata and sucked the pokemon in. The pokeball only rocked a few times before dinging gently. "Yes!" Gary pumped his fist in the air, before returning Squirtle and picking up Rattata's pokeball. Gary then released his Rattata onto the ground. The Rattata blinked and looked up, bruises on its chest from the Water Gun attack.
"Hello, Rattata." Gary said to the pokemon. "I caught you, so that makes me your trainer! Stick with me and I'll make you stronger, help you evolve, and supply you with food, medicine, and battles. So will you let me treat you?"
The Rattata sniffed and looked away. After a few moments, however it winched and shrugged in defeat, giving in. "All right, Rattata. This may sting a bit." Gary pulled out a potion and sprayed it on Rattata. The pokemon shrieked at the sting before calming down as it's bruises disappeared. The Rattata looked at itself before deeming itself healed. Gary returned Rattata before tucking his pokeball away and sending a gloating look at his companions. "Look like I caught the first pokemon out of all of us."
Leaf huffed and rolled her eyes. "Actually, Ash caught the first pokemon with his egg, so your in second place."
Gary deflated a bit before shaking himself off. "Well, I still got the first pokemon in a pokeball, so ha!"
Ash, Leaf, and Fire just rolled their eyes and walked off, hearing Gary cut off on his rant and follow them.
They soon came upon another trainer, and it was finally Ash's turn. A Beauty with three pokeballs jumped out of a bush, causing Fire and Gary to yelp. Leaf snickered as the Beauty called out "Do any of you four want to battle?"
As it was Ash's turn, he stepped up. "I'll go, but I only have one pokemon, so it'll be a 1v1."
The Beauty nodded, and picked up a pokeball. "Sure! Lets go, Oddish!" She threw a pokeball and out popped a blue pokemon with leaves on its head. "Odd?" it asked, confused.
Ash grinned. "Well then, go Trix!" He threw the pokeball, and in a burst of light the Zorua appeared, almost completely rested up from earlier.
The Beauty whistled. "That's a rare pokemon, kid. Good job." Ash smiled, and Trix pranced at the praise.
"Lets go, Oddish!" The Beauty called out. "Use Growth!" The Oddish trilled out a confirmation, before closing its eyes. Green energy streaked from the ground beneath Oddish and traveled up to its leaves, which glowed green.
"Quick, Trix! Use Scratch, while you have a chance!" The Zorua barked before charging forward, managing to land a Scratch on one of the leaves and tore the tip of one of the leaves up.
"Oddish! Use Poison Powder!" The Oddish shook itself, managing to shake a bunch of purple pollen off, and blasted them around the battlefield. Trix tried to avoid the pollen, but she was too close to escape unscathed. Purple powder stick to her, and the Zorua cried out in pain as she was poisoned.
"Trix!" Ash called out in alarm as the Zorua shuddered with poison. Thankfully she was not badly poisoned, so she barked out a determined "Zor!"
Ash grimaced. He had to end this fast, before Trix succumbed to the poison. "Use Pursuit! Full power!" He figured Trix had plenty of hatred for this move to be pulled of.
And he was right. Trix narrowed her eyes before growling as black energy so thick that Ash could barely see the pokemon inside. Trix charged the Oddish with a shriek, and hit the Weed Pokemon hard. The Oddish cried out "Ish!" As it was knocked down, looking a little worse for the wear with a huge bruise on its chest.
"Use Absorb, Oddish!" The Beauty cried out, and the Oddish managed to stand up again. "Odd!" A light green energy beam shot out of Oddish's leaves, heading for Trix, who was still taking damage from the poison.
"Dodge, Trix, then use Scratch!" The Zorua managed to get out of the way but was grazed by the attack, but she did landed on the Oddish with claws glowing white. "Zor-u-a!" Oddish fell with a cry, knocked out with leaves shredded into bits.
The Beauty sighed, returning her pokemon. "That was a good match." She dug into her bag's pocket and brought out a roll of cash and a small yellow bottle. "Here is your prize money, and an antidote for your pokemon." She handed them over to Ash with a smile. "Hope to battle you again someday!"
Ash took the offered items with a smile. He had actually won 900 PokeDollars from here because her Oddish was around Power Level 15. "Thanks, I'll look forward to that!"
Ash knelt down and took out the antidote. "Here girl, drink this." He said, and she let out a yap of appreciation before drinking the antidote down. She wrinkled her nose a bit. Slowly, the purple tint from her fur vanished, and she nosed Ash's hand with her nose. "Good girl." Ash said, returning her before going back over to his friends before they left together down the route.
They traveled like that until 6:00, and by then everyone in the group had battled at least twice, and Ash had made 1,320 PokeDollars in all that day. Fire had also caught a young wild Pidgey that had been lost from its flock. They set up camp in another clearing, smaller than the one they had stayed in yesterday. They all set up their tents in a circular shape, and they all released their pokemon. Gary's Rattata immediately growled at Squirtle before scampering off to explore the campsite.
Leaf released Sage, who shook his head. "Can you help us get some wood, Sage? We need to make another campfire." Sage replied with a "Saur!" and they walked off into the nearby woods.
Fire let out his Charmander and Pidgey. His Pidgey immediately landed on his shoulder with a "Pidg!" Charmander just looked around before turning to the Pidgey and talking to him with cries of "Char!" and "Gey!".
Ash let out Trix outside of his tent. She was quite tired from all the battling today, but Ash wanted to get her started on Fury Swipes tonight. "You good, girl?" He asked, and Trix let out a soft yelp before nuzzling his side. Ash smiled. "After we eat, I'm gonna teach you Fury Swipes." The Zorua yipped in agreement.
Ash then took of his backpack carefully, before opening up the panel the egg was in. It didn't seem close to hatching, so he carefully picked it up and took out a few berries for Trix, as the group had already agreed upon to have a campfire-cooked meal for celebration as the fact that they were earlier than thought and should arrive in Viridian City within two days.
When Ash exited the tent, he found Sage and Leaf carrying wood to make a fire, and Trix and Charmander digging out a place for the wood to go. Ash joined them as Sage and Leaf dropped the wood on the ground. "Here, let me help." Ash said as he picked up the wood and placed it in the hole as Trix and Charmander backed off. Ash put the egg down on a blanket near the fire, as studies have shown more activity makes an egg hatch faster.
"Thanks, Ash." Leaf said. "I'm going to grab some more food from my bag, so we can have a better meal tonight." As Leaf walked off with Sage following, Gary came out of his tent with his Squirtle. Gary was holding several water bottles and a few pokemon bowls.
"Here's some water." Gary said as he handed out the water to the group and poured the rest into water bowls before setting them in front of the pokemon. Trix ended up sharing with Sage, who was a plant and didn't need much water. Trix lapped the water greedily, but Sage just until Trix was done before sitting in the water to absorb some. Ash sipped his water calmly, thankful for a drink after so long.
Leaf and Fire emerged from their tents with their hands full of food supplies. "Okay guys, we got some sausages and dried fruit, and some assorted berries for the pokemon." Fire spoke, putting down the sausages nearby. "We have Asper Berries, Lum Berries, Bluk Berries, and Aguav Berries." Fire placed each berry down in the order.
The pokemon each perked up, tails wagging, each interesting in a certain berry. Trix was eyeing an Asper Berry, so Ash made a note about that.
"Ash, can you get me four sharp sticks?" Leaf asked, looking up from the food.
"Sure." Ash said, getting up. "Come on, Trix." After a moment, the Zorua got up and followed him into the woods. After a few moments Ash and Trix had found four sticks that they brought back.
When they arrived, the others were dividing up the food. Trix barked in dismay and ran to where the other pokemon were sorting up the food, and she ran to pick out her favorites. Ash rolled his eyes slightly before bringing the sticks to the campsite and sitting next to the egg.
"Here." Ash said as he handed over three of the sticks. In return, Leaf passed him three sausages that Ash stabbed onto his stick. The other copied his actions, and they held them over the fire. As Ash watched the sausage start to sizzle and darken, he started to relax. Hearing a "Zor!" Ash turned to see Trix running over to him with two plump Asper berries. Ash smiled at his Zorua, who giggled before attempting to bite down on a berry. Pulling his sausages out of the fire, Ash blew on them.
While he blew on his sausages, Ash watches Trix struggle with the Asper berries. Asper berries have very thick skin, but very juicy, bitter insides. "Maybe use Scratch, Trix." Ash called, amused. Trix looked up in surprise, before yelping. Her claws glowed and she clawed at the Asper berry. She succeeded in creating three gashes in the fruit that leaked a heavy, bitter juice. Trix yipped in excitement before using Scratch on the fruit until she managed to slice the fruit in half. By them however, Trix was drenched in berry juice by that point.
Ash laughed softly as he watched Trix before grabbing one of his sausages and starting to eat the delicious food. Before he knew it, he had finished all of them and was sampling some kind of dried berry.
Finally, at 7:40, Ash finished completely and got up, stretching. "Okay guys, I'm taking Trix to train a bit." By now, everyone had disgusted their food and the Zorua was starting to get restless. At his words, she got up with a excited yelp before dancing around his heels. Ash snorted slightly as he bent down to pick up the egg and blanket. "Calm down girl, lets go."
Trix yelped and ran off from the clearing as Ash padded after her, carefully with the egg in his hands. It was sunset, so they would only be able to stay out for about half an hour.
Ash found Trix at a thick tree, prancing around and yipping impatiently. "Im here, calm down." Ash called as he walked over to her before putting the egg on the blanket down nearby. Once he did that, he called out to his pokemon "Okay, try to work on Fury Swipes.
Fury Swipes was a physical attack that that could hit 2-5 times in a row. It was a normal type attack, the easiest type for any non-normal type pokemon to learn.
With a giggle, Trix's claws expanded and glowed white. She lunged at the tree with a howl and scraped her claws over the tree bark. Trix only managed to get one one swipe, however, before the energy vanished. Trix let out a whimper of disappointment before turning back to Ash.
Ash sighed before moving forward and stroking Trix's head. "It's okay,that's just your first try. Go ahead and try again. Maybe practice Scratch a few times first?"
Trix tilted her head before yipping, and she turned back to the tree, her claws growing white. Ash pulled out his PokeDex before checking the news. The Spearow's were still around Viridian City, so maybe Leaf would catch one tomorrow. She didn't show it, but Ash knew she was salty about being the last to get a pokemon.
After a while of searching the internet, Ash heard a bark and looked up. Trix was looking at him, excited. "Did you get Fury Swipes?" Ash asked, and the Zorua wagged her tail. "Okay, lets see." Ash said, and Trix turned to the tree again, which was littered with small scratches, and two bigger scratches.
The Zorua crouched down, before her claws gleaned a clean white light. With a "Zor-ua-A!" she sprang at the tree, and slashed with her claws twice, before bouncing away with a giggle before turning to Ash for approval.
"Good job, Trix!" Ash called, and stroked her ears as the pokemon rumbled with approval. "Work on that for just a bit longer, until you can get three slashes."
"Zor!" Trix called before prancing back to the tree, her claws already glowing. They stayed out for about another 20 minutes before Trix was able to get three slashes down. "Good girl." Ash said as he rubbed her ears. "Let's get back to camp." It was about 8:20, and they would be going to bed at about 9:00.
Ash picked up the egg, and they walked back to camp. Only Fire and Leaf were out, arguing in soft voices that Ash could not overhear. They stopped after a moment, with Fire seeming the clear victor, with Leaf looking furious.
Ash took his place by the campfire, putting the egg down. "Okay, watch the egg, Trix. I'll be right back." The Zorua yapped in agreement, and Ash went into his tent. He took of his jacket and put it on his sleeping bag, before pulling out Trix's brush and exiting the tent.
Ash came to find Trix curled around the egg, keeping it warm. Ash smiled at Trix before stroking her head, and showing her the brush. The Zorua started to wag her tail, turning around so Ash could reach the tangled patches of fur on her back from battling and training. As Ash brushed the tangled fur on her back, leaving behind sleek and shiny fur.
As this was going on, Gary entered the campsite with his Rattata and Squirtle following behind. "What's up with you two?" Gary asked as he caught sight of Leaf and Fire snubbing each other.
Fire opened his mouth, but Leaf beat him to it. "I'll tell you what's up!" Leaf shrieked, looking upset. "Fire wants to travel through Diglett's Cave when all his pokemon are weak to rock types! Someone tell him he's an idiot for putting himself and pokemon in danger!" Leaf looked furious as she growled at Fire.
Ash spoke up "Fire, you really shouldn't do that… your Charmander and Pidgey are weak to rock types, and you can't get any grass types or water types other than Magikarp until Cerulean…" Ash trailed off. "...but this isn't even worse discussing until you get to Pewter City, as you have to set out from there." At his words, Fire and Leaf relaxed, but still shot glares at one another. Ash sighed. The next day would be very tiring if they acted like this the whole way.
The next morning they set out at 8:00 AM. There were even more trainers than yesterday, if that was even possible. Ash got to go first that day, and by the time they were in view of Viridian City, everyone had battled at least four times, and everyone had won each battle. Ash had made about 1,500 pokedollars, and now he had enough for the TM he needed to buy for the gym battle in Pewter.
As they approached the city, it was almost sunset. Clouds were rolling in across the sky, and the smell of rain on the wind. Everyone had all their pokemon out, and Trix was sprawling out in Ash's arms, tired from a tough battle with a trainers Snubbull, since dark-type moves didn't do much against the hideous dog pokemon.
"Hey guys, I heard there was a Spearow flock around here. We should probably be careful, they're vicious little asshols." Ash called out, looking around. The sky was getting darker with storm clouds, and all the trainers ahead had already headed back to the city.
"Don't worry, Ash." Leaf reassured. "No one here is stupid enough to do anything like that, right?" Leaf glared at Fire and Gary, eyebrows raised.
"Nope." Fire said. "I'm not an idiot." He glared at Leaf, and they both growled at each other. While that was happening, Gary's Rattata looked around, nose twitching. The rat was getting closer to evolving, with thick tufts of fur turning tawny at the roots, and was thus more aggressive.
Ash turned as he heard as shriek and saw Gray's Rattata running into the tall grass, and heard a second, higher shriek that was definitely not from a Rattata. Ash felt his blood run cold with dread.
Suddenly, Gary's Rattata burst out of the grass with a bloody gash on his face, and was running away towards Viridian City with his ears flat against his skull in fear.
"Guys!" Ash called out, as he saw a bloody-beaked Spearow rising out form the grass with a gleam in its eye. Before anyone could stop it, the Spearow let out a loud, shuddering screech that had the group crying out in pain.
But as they recovered, many more cries echoed from behind them, and Ash whirled around to see a storm as Spearows racing towards them with murder in their eyes.
"Crap. Run!" Ash cried out, as the group stared in horror. Ash took off, puting Trix in her pokeball so he wouldn't be slowed down. Ash didn't look back, hearing his friends following him after recalling their pokemon.
They ran as fast as they could, but the Spearow caught up to them before they could make it to the shelter of the city. "Shit! We gotta face them!" Leaf called out, turning around, and releasing Sage. Gary followed suit and let out Squirtle (with his Rattata having run off), and Fire let out Charmander and Pidgey, who took to the air with a shriek. Ash let out Trix with a "Go! Trix!" and watched as the little Zorua landed on the ground with a growl at the Spearow.
As the Spearow grew closer, Ash could make out about 50 different Spearow in the flock, with two notable Spearow. One was the one that Rattata had attacked, and the other was an usually colored Spearow that seemed to be the leader.
"Everyone! Just try to drive them off!" Ash called, cupping his hands to his mouth. They responded with nods, but Ash felt helpless, as his Zorua knew no ranged moves but Leer. "Just Leer at them until they come close enough for Fury Swipes." He told Trix in a lower volume, and she growled in confirmation.
"Ember!" Ash heard Fire cry, and his Charmander let out out a large Ember at the flock, managing to hit on Spearow on the wing and knock it down out of view.
"Use Bubble, Squirtle!" Gary called, and several bubbles blasted at the birds, slowing them down. However, some of the smarter ones like the leader and the one that the Rattata attacked just broke the bubbles with Peck. Trix helped slightly with Leer, making a few of the Sparrow about to attack the Bubble back off.
"Vine Whip!" Leaf called out, and Sage thrust his vines out, managing to grab to Spearow to fling aside. All together, they had taken out three of the bird pokemon before the flock reached them.
All Ash could see were feathers and all he could hear was the cries of Spearows and sand from Sand Attack. One attack his face and managed to rip his ear, and another stabbed his leg with its beak, leaving a bloody wound that burned.
With a "Zor!" Trix jumped onto the Spearow biting Ash's ear and tackling it off, before sending it with a squawk. Ash tuned to the Spearow that bit his leg and kicked it off, and the bird flew into the bush.
"Fall back!" Ash heard, from what sounded like Leaf. "Trix!" Ash called, covering his hands with his face before stumbling away towards the voice. Ash heard a yap and the sounds of paws following him.
Ash almost ran into Fire, who was cradling his injured Pidgey with his Charmander covering his defeat. "Who called the retreat?" Ash called, as met up with Fire as they took cover behind a large boulder.
"Um...I think Leaf?" Fire said, before calling out "Ember!" As a Spearow flew at them, before being scorched by a flame. Fire then returned his Pidgey. "We have to push them back or we'll never make it to Viridan!"
Just then, a wave of Spearow flew at Fire and Ash's face. They cried out and covered their faces, not like it would do much. Trix let out a cry before leaping in front of Ash and Fire, but a roar from Charmander caught the attention of the trainers.
The orange pokemon huffed, smoke pouring out of his nose before the Charmander coughed out a burst of fire that looked better than an Ember, and exploded on contact with a Spearow, knocking down four of them and startling the rest off.
"That was Flame Burst, kinda." Fire said, looking amazed. "It could use some work but…" Fire quickly patted his starters head. "Now, lets try and find the others."
Ash nodded before calling out "Gary! Leaf!" After a moment, they heard a reply they could not make out from ahead. "Lets go!" Ash called, taking off. Finally, the Sand Attack was starting to wear off, and Ash could make out flashes of pokemon battling ahead.
Finally, they burst out of the rest of the sand and came upon Gary, Leaf, and their starters surrounded by most of the Spearow. Ash had been surprised that he wasn't attacked as nearly as much as he should have, but now seeing Gary and Leaf he understood why.
"Guys!" Ash called, as he and Fire joined them. "There are too many! We have to take them down all at once!" As Ash stared down the flock, he noticed a bunch of the Spearow were ethier missing, lame, or laying sprawled on the ground. Also, the discolored Spearow was still up, watching from the front of the line. Ash felt slightly impressed, clearly a leader who liked to be on the front lines.
Leaf though for a moment before nodded. "Okay, then. Sage, use Sweet Scent, then Poison Powder!" With an answering "Suar" the bulbasaur released a sweet rise of pale scent into the air. As it washed over the Spearow, slowing them down, before a blast of purple pollan high into the air. Several Spearow shrieked as the Sweet Scent slowed them down, and the Poison Powder sent several Spearow's fleeing or falling to the ground.
Only about eight Spearow remained, one was the one that had been attacked by the Rattata and the other the leader. "Okay, we have to take them out, now!" Gary called. "Squirtle, use Water Gun!" Squirtle nodded, before letting out a powerful blast of water. Two of the Spearow fell, but the others dodged. One dove with a Fury attack, and the rest except the leader used peck. The leader summoned three elemental balls. One was a pale blue, one was flickering with flame, and one was crackling with static.
"Is that Tri Attack?" Gary gasped. Sage hit one of the Spearow out of the air, and Charmander hit three others out with Flame Burst.
"Dibs!" Leaf called joyfully, pointing at the leader Spearow, who was shaking with light poisoning.
Ash just sighed, amused. "Go, Trix!" Ash said, and his Zorua jumped off his head before crying out "Zor!" and hitting the last normal Spearow with a Fury Attack. It fell with a cry, knocked out on the ground. Now only the leader was left, confused without it's flock.
Leaf grinned and threw a pokeball at the Spearow. "Go, pokeball!" She called, watching as the pokeball fly towards the Spearow, who couldn't move from the combination of Sweet Scent and Poison Powder. The pokeball sucked in the golden spearow, and rocked about five times before tinging.
Leaf grinned. "Yes!" She picked the pokeball up. "Hello, King." The ball wobbled slightly, before Leaf tucked it away.
Ash turned to his group. They all were pretty beat up, with Ash and Trix probably being the worst because they could barely fight back. Ash was quite furious he could do so little to help, and vowed to teach Trix some ranged moves.
Gary and Squirtle had a few scratches, and Leaf and Sage were mostly fine because of the ranged attacks he had.
"Lets...lets go to Viridian…" Ash said, staggering. The stab wound in his thigh felt like fire, and Trix was panting, laying in the dust. "Return." Ash said, calling his Zorua back into her ball.
"Umph!' Ash said, as he tried to move his leg. He managed to be able to take his steps, but fresh blood steamed. He hid his pain, however, and followed his friends to Viridian City, which was only a few moments away.
When they arrived, the few people out so late were looking at them with emotions ranging from anger to concern. After a few minutes, they arrived in the Pokemon Center. As they came in, the Nurse Joy ran up to them.
"We saw your battle." She said, looking very concerned. "By the time we were able to get ready, you had already won. Now, who here who's hurt." Leaf and Gary pointed to Ash, who looked at them, offended, while Fire held out his Pidgeys pokeball. "Fire's Pidgey is unconscious and hurt pretty bad, and Ash and his pokemon had no ranged moves so…" Gary called, shrugging. "Me and Leaf just have a few scratches, and our pokemon could use some rest."
Nurse Joy nodded, and a Chancy came up with a tray with several indentions for pokeballs. "Please place your pokemon here." Everyone returned the pokemon still out and put them on the tray. "Now, I will take you to the Exam Room." Nurse Joy said, leading them to a pure white room. Ash groaned, he hated doctors. This was going to be a long examination.
After the examination, Ash had two bandages around his leg and some pills to take. After going to the room he was given, Ash remembered the egg and checked on it in a panic. As he pulled the egg out, he sighed in relief. The egg had no cracks, however Ash felt a slight tremor in the egg. He looked at the egg in amazement, and felt a grin cross his face. The egg was close to hatching. Knowing that, Ash put the egg by his bed on a blanket and curled into his bed. Even though it had only been less than a week, Ash fell asleep missing his partner.