All right here's Chapter 2! Lets get some things straightened up first though.
1. There will be no Unova. It's not that I don't like 5th gen, or that I dont like Unova, or Iris, or Cilan, Its that I simply don't know enough to write about it.
2. As the story is now there is no shipping. I probably could write a shipping in there, but as of now it is a no. If enough people want a shipping I will put one in, but it will be Advance or Poke, both of which are my favorites. Also I may put onesided shippings in but as of now I have no clue if I will or not.
3. As a general rule of thumb if enough people want something I will give it too them. This story is not set in stone and I have no problem making changes, so please request something if you want it.
4. Updates shouldn't be too slow but I am a college student. Be patient.
5. Lastly, this chapter isn't too amazing, but it has a lot of necessary parts, and needed to be done in order to get to the good stuff.
"Ash Ketchum, get out of bed right now!" Ash rolled over at the sound of his mothers wake up call, to find her standing in his doorway. "It is 10:30 in the morning, and I have been yelling up at you for the past five minutes! How in the world could you sleep for thirteen hours?"
"Sorry mom, I…uh… was exhausted from yesterday, and uh, I guess I just overslept?" Ash replied, hoping she would accept his flimsy excuse.
"Ok, I know you like to sleep, but why isn't Pikachu up?" Delia asked, studying him critically.
"Oh, um, uh… we battled like ten trainers on our way home so I guess he was really tired too." She studied him for a second, looking for any trace of a lie then smiled brightly.
"Ok, well pancakes are on the counter if you want some. I made bacon and sausage as well, but they might be cold by now. I'm going over to the new poke-mart for a while, and will be back later. Have fun!" She left the room, and Ash let out a breath that he didn't even know he was holding. The last thing he needed was to accidentally tell her he got kidnapped in the middle of the night by all of the legendary pokemon in the world, then given an unfathomable amount of power, and finally dropped back in his bed. Even Arceus would be given a scolding for that one.
'All in due time,' Ash decided, 'That isn't something I can just drop on her. 'Oh yeah mom, I'm kind of the guardian of all peace between pokemon and humans in the world, now. I just thought you should know, in case you wanted to worry even more when I'm out by myself on my journeys.' Ash sighed, and turned towards his sleeping starter.
"Hey, Pikachu wake up, it's time for breakfast." He said, gently shaking the mouse. It rolled over then resumed its quiet snoring. Ash gave up and picked Pikachu up. He knew that the smell of pancakes would be too great to resist, as pancakes with ketchup was one of the pokemon's favorite ways to start the day. Ash set him down on the table, and made himself a plate of pancakes with syrup on top. He also got a plate of plain ones, and brought the plates and ketchup bottle to the table. Sure enough, as soon as he set the food down Pikachu began sniffing around. It slowly opened its eyes and then…
"PIKA! Pikaka pi pichu! (HELL YEAH! Pancakes and ketchup!)" It grabbed the bottle and drew a thick line of ketchup down the middle of the pancake. He then rolled it up like a burrito like Ash showed him one time, and began to destroy the stack. Ash chuckled as he watched his best friend eat, and then paused in the middle of taking a bite.
"Pikachu, repeat what you said."
"Pikaka pi pichu? (Pancakes and ketchup?)" He said with a mouthful of pancake as he tilted his head curiously towards his trainer.
'That's strange' Ash thought. "Say something else."
"Pikapi pi chuchu pi pika pikachu chu pika pika. (Ash is a dumbass for interrupting Pikachu's delicious breakfast for stupid requests.)" Ash frowned.
"I know I asked you to say something, but did it have to be that? Anyway I think Arceus connected us in more ways than we thought. I can understand what you are saying! And not like normally, it's like I hear your voice but understand it as human speech!" Ash said excitedly. Pikachu looked shocked at this.
"Oh my Arceus, that actually happened! I thought that was all a dream! That's amazing! You're the Chosen One! My trainer is the Chosen One! That makes me a Chosen Pokemon! And you can understand me now?! YES!" Pikachu was ecstatic. He tackled Ash in a hug, and immediately bounced back on the table. "We have to tell the others! They probably already know because they'll feel your connection, but let's go tell them right now! And think of the battling! Gary's umbreon can suck it! And so can his and Paul's electivire! Ash lets go tell everyone right now!"
Ash laughed and said "Hold on Pikachu! We can't just go tell everyone." Pikachu looked up at his trainer wondering why in the world, they weren't already on national news by now. "People like Team Rocket, Magma, Aqua, and Galactic will come after us. Not to mention the paparazzi. And if Buneary caught wind of this, she'll never leave your sight." Pikachu paled at this, and realized Ash was right. Unfortunately, however, Buneary was unavoidable…
"Sorry Ash, but I will just have to live with that. You see all pokemon know the legend of the Chosen One. They will all recognize you, and your pokemon, on sight, so she will know who we are when sees me." Pikachu sat down and slumped, depressed by the thought. Then, like magic he snapped back up. "But the only reason I'm in the position is because I'm a CHOSEN POKEMON!" Pikachu threw his arms up in victory.
Ash chuckled and resumed his breakfast. "Alright buddy, finish your pancakes and we'll go to the lab to tell the others." Pikachu ate faster than possible and after Ash got dressed and left a note to his mom, the two were off to the lab. As they walked through the streets of Pallet Town, Ash and Pikachu talked about anything and everything, excited to be able to finally breach the last of the language barrier. Soon they were at Oak's lab, and after a quick greeting to Tracy and Professor Oak, Ash took off into the ranch.
He quickly found that he could understand all pokemon speech now. As he wandered through the ranch looking for his group, every pokemon stared at him and Pikachu, muttering 'Chosen One' or things of that nature. Even though he felt as though he was going in a random direction, he felt like something in the back of his mind was pushing him towards a lake through the woods. Sure enough as he stepped through the woods, and there was his group of pokemon lounging by the lake.
"Hey guys I'm back! How's it-" he couldn't finish as he was immediately blitzed by Bayleef on the left.
"Ash I'm so happy you're here, I missed you since yesterday, and I was… wait. No. Way. I thought I felt something different! You're the Chosen One!" Ash simply nodded as he watched Bayleef go into an energetic frenzy similar to Pikachu's earlier. They wandered over to the others and after looking over at Ash, and a still excited Bayleef and Pikachu, their mouths dropped.
"Ash… no way" Bulbasaur said, with the others saying similar things. Ash called them over (even Snorlax who was luckily awake right now) and after several minutes of Ash letting them celebrate, he began his story. And for the next couple hours he went through a play-by-play, with Pikachu pitching in every now and then. They were completely engrossed, and as the story came to a close they just sat there wide eyed and silent.
"You know what this calls for?" Ash's Tauros (the main one) asked. "STAMPEDE!" the others called out and off they went. Ash and the others sweatdropped.
"Do they always do that?" Ash asked, and got a reply of a chorus of 'yes' from his pokemon.
"I thought this might have happened!" Quilava said, "I could feel some kind of connection from you, and felt like you were coming here. I just couldn't believe that my trainer was the Chosen One!" The others agreed saying they felt about the same. "Have you tried anything besides talking to us?" All of the pokemon awaited his answer eagerly.
"No, not yet, but I have been wanting to try something."
"What?"
"Well, Arceus said that you all were restored to how you should be. I wanted to do some training and see how powerful you all really are." Everyone seemed excited at that, and Ash watched as they all demonstrated moves. Everyone was certainly stronger, especially his older pokemon, but there was one in particular…
"Ok Pikachu use thunderbolt on that rock!"
"THUNDER-BOLT!" Pikachu yelled, and unleashed hell upon the poor helpless boulder. It exploded violently, and sent shards in every direction. All the pokemon near the lake, including Ash's, stared at the mouse that was rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"Wow. Just… wow. I guess Pikachu has been with me to every region but… wow." Ash said as he looked at what was once a boulder, and was now barely rubble. Finally realizing what just happened Ash picked up Pikachu, and said "That was unbelievable, who knew you had so much power in you! And people were amazed at how powerful you were before, wait until they see you now." Content with his trainer's praise, Pikachu settled onto Ash's shoulder and waited to see what he wanted to do now.
"That was amazing guys! All of you were incredible. I can't believe how much stronger you all are, and based on what Arceus said, you will stronger pretty quickly. Now with that done, there is one other thing I wanted to try, but I need a volunteer…" Ash said as he looked towards his pokemon. They all shot their hands/paws up, excited to help their trainer out.
"Bulbasaur, you'll be perfect!" Ash said, and Bulbasaur walked up to him waiting to see what he wanted to do. Ash racked his brain trying to find something, anything, to help him. Suddenly he found it. It was like a mental trail leading from him to all of the pokemon in the area, and ash he followed it, he focused on Bulbasaur. He put his willpower into that trail and tried to manipulate it how he wanted. He wasn't sure it was working until…
"Are you just going to stand there all damn day, or are you going to tell what it is you want!" Bulbasaur yelled. All the pokemon gasped, but Ash smiled which confused the previously enraged grass-type. All of his pokemon looked at him, awaiting an explanation.
"I can't believe it worked! Sorry Bulbasaur, let me explain. Arceus said I could manipulate other being's feelings. So, since you are normally very patient and diplomatic, I was trying to piss you off. It looks like it worked too. Trust me I won't do that too often, I'm sure you don't like having your feeling controlled, but you were the perfect pokemon to help me out Bulbasaur." All of his were amazed. He told them earlier in his explanation, but seeing him do it was a different story.
"I felt like that was completely my own doing though. You were just sitting there, and I was getting so angry. You weren't moving or saying anything, and I thought you wanted my help, so I just snapped. I guess that's how it works though." Bulbasaur said.
It was then that Ash checked the time. "Ok guys I've been here for a while now, and I need to go take care of some things." All of his pokemon groaned at this and Ash said "I know, but what I need to do is very important. Don't worry, I'll still be here tomorrow." He then turned around and went into the lab.
"Professor Oak?" Ash called.
"In here, Ash!" he heard, coming from upstairs, followed by some banging noises. He went upstairs to find professor Oak wrestling with the three Kanto starters, trying to get them back in their pokeballs. A Charmander ran beneath his legs and saw Ash. The three stopped fighting and looked with wide eyes at Ash. Professor Oak took advantage of the cease fire to recapture them. He then looked at Ash.
"Why were they staring at you Ash?" professor Oak asked.
"I'm not sure professor," Ash lied, "but I came to ask you something. Why can we only carry six pokemon at a time?"
"You can only carry six because you are a minor Ash. Obviously people who own many pokemon have all of them at their house, or gym or in the frontier brains' case, their different battle arenas. If you want to carry more than six you have to grow up." Ash sighed. "OR", professor Oak continued, smiling, "get special approval from your regional professor. And since I happen to think that you could handle more than six, I would be willing to remove the limit for you Ash." Ash was excited after hearing that. Finally! He could bring everyone with him. After filling out some paperwork, and giving the professor his thanks, ash headed back out into the ranch.
"Everyone come here for a minute!" This time he sent the message over his link as well, and all of his pokemon were there within a minute, most wondering why he was back. "I have a special announcement. Professor Oak removed the limit on how many pokemon I could hold. I can bring all of you with me now!" They all cheered and Ash called them all into their balls, with the exception of 29 of the thirty Tauros. "Now just one more thi-"
"Ash you have a phone call!" Tracey yelled out to Ash. "It's Liza from the Charicific Valley!"
"Talk about irony." Ash said as he went inside, and picked up the phone to the videophone. Liza looked distressed, and Ash instantly shot up and looked at her. "What's wrong Liza, I was just about to call you?"
"Ash, I'm sorry but I can't find your Charizard. Something weird happened to him, this morning. He appeared to be much stronger, and easily defeated even the strongest Charizard in the valley. After he was done he took off, and hasn't returned. It looked like he was heading east, so I think he is heading to you, but I can't be sure. Please let me know if he turns up, I don't want this on my conscience."
"No problem Liza. And I think you're right," Ash knew she was right, but there was no reason to tell her, "If he gets here I'll let you know."
"Thanks Ash, and sorry about all this."
"Don't worry about it it's not your fault. I'll keep my eye out for him." Ash hung up and reached out across the link that he shares with all of his pokemon. Sure enough, there was Charizard about 20 miles away, about halfway between the Tohjo Falls, and Pallet Town. Ash ran out and started to head home. He got there in 15 minutes and sat on his front porch. Sure enough in a couple minutes, there was a shadow above the tree-line, slowly making itself more defined. Ash watched Charizard swoop overhead and release a roar, and then circle around and land in front of Ash. Pikachu hopped off of Ash's shoulder as he ran up and hugged Charizard, only to be hit by a flamethrower.
"Good to see you too- *cough*- Charizard. I guess you pretty much know what's going on, judging by what you did in the Charicific Valley?" Charizard nodded. Ash and Pikachu caught him up on what happened in detail, and what they have been doing all day. Ash found that Charizard was not a man of many words. He rarely commented, and when he did it was short and to the point. He also found that Charizard after the power boost (which he was ecstatic about), was tremendously powerful. He melted a boulder in ten seconds flat! He came back because he felt the new link with Ash, and between that and the power boost, he could tell what had happened. So he rejoined Ash on his journey (or break for now).
After catching up with one of his oldest friends, Ash went back inside to eat dinner and to ponder what he was going to do for his next journey. He then called Liza and let her know that Charizard arrived alright. He also talked with his mom about what each did that day (the new poke-mart had some great gardening supplies, apparently), and soon went to his room. After 20 minutes of talking to Pikachu, Ash still had no idea what he was going to do, so he decided a walk would help him clear his head.
"The night sure is clear tonight, huh buddy?" Ash said to his starter, as they looked at the sky. After 45 minutes of walking, they had found their way onto a cliff by the sea which was to the south of Pallet Town. He gazed up at the stars and remembered all of the good times he had with his friends. He also wondered about his future, and what his friends were doing now. Pikachu just laid there, curled up on his trainers lap, content to let the rhetorical question hang there. Sadly such peace is never meant to last.
"BOO!"
"AHHH!" Both Ash and Pikachu yelled. They whipped around only to find that same damned pink cat that disturbed their peace last night, giggling and floating by Ash's head. "Mew, you scared me to death!" Ash said. "What is it now?" At this mew became uncharacteristically nervous.
"Well, uh, I came because I have a favor to ask." Mew said while avoiding Ash's gaze.
"What now?" Ash asked, already preparing himself for something epic.
"Um, I happen to know that you haven't got any plans as of yet." Mew said, still nervous.
"Yeah, I was out here trying to figure out what to do. Why does Arceus need me? I thought he said I wouldn't have any big mission."
"No he doesn't. But I just wanted to tell you that I know of a tournament that the League is going to put on at the Indigo Plateau. It's not for another six months so you have time to train and get a team together."
"What, that's awesome! That's exactly what I needed. The only other idea I had was to re-challenge the indigo league, which would be boring, and probably pretty easy, considering the power boost everyone got. What kind of tournament is it?"
"This one's being put on by Charles Goodshow, the head of the league, so it's inter-regional. The league figured with training becoming so popular they need a higher class of tournament then just the standard ones, so this will be a test tournament. Any trainers that haven't placed in top four or higher can't even apply. Also the gym leaders are competing, and so are the elite four and the champions. If you submit your application I'm positive they will accept you."
"Whoa, that's pretty intense, but that's exactly what I need! I had no clue what to do until you told me that, so thank you Mew! How can I repay you?"
After Ash said that, Mew got really nervous. How was she supposed to ask what she wanted to ask? "Mhk mm mhf moo." Mew said quietly.
"What? I can't here you. Speak…er…think louder." Ash said, wondering why Mew was so nervous.
"Can you take me with you!? I want to be a part of your team. I talked to Arceus and he said it was fine, and I wanna see the world, and I wanna battle, and as the Chosen One it would be an honor to be on your team! Please don't say no." Mew pleaded while turning away. She wanted to transform into a rock so badly right then. Each second felt like a year.
Ash and Pikachu laughed. They laughed at her. The bastards. "Why are you laughing?" Mew demanded.
"It's just that you were so nervous." Ash said still chuckling.
"Of course I am. You're the Chosen One. And you just got reacquainted with all your other pokemon, so why would you let me, someone who's killed you twice, on your team?" Mew said, practically yelling at Ash.
"Mew, of course you can come. You're a legendary pokemon! I would be an idiot to say no. But more importantly, to me anyway, you've got a good personality. I mean, any other legendary that wanted to be on my team would have practically demanded it. And here you were, begging me to come along. Not only that but everything about you is perfect for my style of battle. Your strength, your size, your speed, your moveset. Mew it would be an honor to have you on my team." Ash said, still smiling. Mew just stared back at them, unable to process what he just said. Here she was pleading with the Chosen One to be one of his pokemon, and he said it would be an honor to have her on the team? Finally she flew up and hugged him.
"Thank you! I promise I will do my best, and everything you tell me, and I won't let you down master!" She let go of him and twirled through the air. Mew was ecstatic! She was a Chosen Pokemon! Well not yet but soon anyway. And she would get to travel and battle and see all kinds of things. Having a trainer was weird and it would take a little to get used to but-
"Wait, what? Master? Just call me Ash, Mew, no need to call me 'master'." She turned around to see Ash scratching the back of his head, and Pikachu rolling across the ground laughing.
"But you're my trainer, and I thought that meant I'm supposed to do what you tell me to, right? That makes you my master." By now Pikachu thought he was going to blow a lung from laughing so hard. Tears were streaming down the pokemon's face as he tried to get a grip on himself.
"Look Mew, just do what I ask in battle and training and that's all." Ash said, embarrassed. "Pikachu doesn't do half of what I tell him, and once he gets his hands on ketchup he's his own pokemon. Charizard hits me with a flamethrower every time I see him. Look, My point is, were a team and I'm not your master. You might have seen other people act like that, but as long as you're with me we are friends, and I'm not your master." Mew stared, dumbfounded again. Why was this kid so nice?
She hugged him again and said "That's part of why I was nervous! I've never had a trainer before, and didn't know what to expect. I thought that I was going to have to give up my free will. I felt I owed you after killing you, and after you found out about me and Mewtwo, so it was worth it. So what happens now? Do you have to fight me?"
"Do you want to fight me?"
"No…"
"Well there you go. As long as you are willing to come with me, I don't have to fight you." As he said this he held out a pokeball. "If you are ready, all you have to do is press the middle button." Mew reached out and touched the pokeball, and was sucked inside. After a second, a ding was heard and the pokeball settled into his hand.
"Excellent catch, master!" Pikachu said and then cracked up.
"Hey, Mew didn't know any better!" Ash said.
"You're right, sorry about that… master." Ash threw the pokeball and released mew.
"How was it?" Ash asked, now feeling the connection to Mew, which was deep. Whether it was because she was a legendary, or a psychic pokemon, or some combination of the two, he didn't know.
"It was alright. I was scared for a little bit."
"You can stay out of your pokeball sometimes, if you want, but since you're so rare I don't want anyone to try and steal you so near cities and things like that I will call you back, ok?
"Ok!" Mew chirped, excited to have such a flexible trainer.
"Now then let's head back, it's pretty late and I'm sure my mom is worried." Ash started walking towards his house, and after about three steps he reached his back door. "Mew, a little warning before you teleport us next time? Someone could have seen us. But, thank you, you just saved us 45 minutes of walking. Also, we need to hide you so my mom doesn't see you. Just teleport to my room and I'll be there in a second."
"Ok" and she was gone. Ash went inside to find his mom watching TV.
"Ash, you were gone for 3 hours! Its 11:00, where were you!" His mom asked, glaring down at the young trainer.
"I was on a walk trying to figure out what to do next! I'm going to a tournament at the Indigo Plateau, and I'm going to spend the next few months training for it." Ash said, trying to divert the conversation.
"Well I'm glad honey," his mom said, "but you should have come home earlier." Ash sighed. He just nodded and went upstairs to his room only to find it empty.
'Huh, I wonder where mew got to,' Ash thought. 'Duh,' he thought 'were connected.' He concentrated for a second and found her hiding under his bed. "Mew you can come on out," he said, looking at where she was hiding. She flew out and around his head and floated in front of him. "Do you want to sleep in or out of your pokeball?" Ash asked.
"Out, please!"
"Ok, just make sure my mom doesn't catch you in the morning. Also know that you can't sleep out of it in crowded areas."
"Ok, Ash!" The trainer got changed, and went through his nightly routine and plopped down on his bed exhausted. The past 24 hours felt like a week to him, and he quickly passed out.
"Is he always so nice?" Mew asked Pikachu as they curled up next to the sleeping trainer.
"Yeah, you're going to love being part of the team. We meet all kinds of cool people and pokemon, and you'll love his friends. Especially Brock and his cooking. We do a lot of training, but we screw around just as much. Also battling in tournaments and leagues is a blast. You'll be nervous at first but having 60,000 people cheering you on gets you fired up like nothing else."
"That sounds amazing!" Mew said. "I've always wanted to try official battling, but I've always been to scared to get a trainer."
"Well, Ash is as good as they come, and he will do some amazing stuff on the battlefield that will blow your mind. This one time, he had Charizard melt the entire field to beat his rival's Blastoise. Charizard melted the damn field and beat a Blastoise. A very powerful one at that. How awesome is that?"
"That's incredible! I can't wait to get going now!"
"Yeah," Pikachu yawned, "It's fun and stuff, but I'll give you one warning."
"And that is…"
"Don't get on Charizard's bad side." And with that Pikachu drifted off to sleep, leaving a tired Mew to wonder just how powerful Charizard really was.
Haha whoops. I think i got stuck on Mew for too long, but she was really fun to write, and I think I wrote her fairly well. Also even though Mew is cute and cuddly, Ash will most definitely be getting some badass pokemon. I've already got a pseudo-legendary on deck, and another legendary somewhere around there. Pitch me ideas for individual pokemon, whole teams, whatever. If you want to see it in the story throw it to me. Also I think he's getting a visit tomorrow, and I know he kicks off his adventure next chapter.
Anyways, tell me how I did! It's my first fanfic so I need all the help I can get. Reviews! I want them.