Hey guys I'm back with a new chapter! Hopefully you all liked my ideas and where I want to go with this story. Just to let you guys know unless something terrible happens to me *knocks on wood* I don't plan on dropping this story. It may take me awhile to produce chapters since I'm in starting a new semester of college this week and my social life has a tendency to take over sometimes, but nonetheless I won't drop this story. And a big thank you to all of you who warned me about the 'bullies' going around the Pokémon community. They have been taken care of. Anyways I present Chapter 2 of The Road Ahead
Ash stood tensely behind Dratini waiting for whatever was coming out of the bush to make itself known. The two didn't have to wait long as Dratini was suddenly face to face with a fox-like pokémon.
The pokémon was relatively short. It was close to 3 feet tall. It has a triangular face with slits for eyes, two triangular ears pointed up, a skinny body but it has shoulder pads attached to its shoulders, and a long tail with a single brown stripe towards the end of its tail. It's arms were slender along with its legs, and it has three claws on each hand and three claws on each foot.
Acting quickly Dratini whipped his tail around the intruder and attempted to use Wrap to restrain the new pokémon. However, before Dratini could squeeze and trap the pokémon it disappeared as instantaneous as it appeared. Ash suddenly felt a weight on top of his head. Ash yelped as he tripped forwards at the sudden shift of weight. Dratini whipped its head around to see what is wrong with his trainer.
When Dratini saw the pokémon now on Ash's head he began to see red. Dragon types have always been known to have a ferocious temper. With the amount of power that dragon types possess they have the ability to tear entire cities down if their rage is great enough.
With Dratini thinking Ash is in danger he got incredibly pissed at the pokémon atop his trainers head. Dratini opened his mouth and began to charge the red ball of energy that was Dragon Rage. "WAIT! DON'T FIRE! YOU'LL BLOW MY HEAD OFF WITH IT!" Screamed Ash trying to get through to Dratini. Dratini heard his trainer and realized that he would harm his trainer as well as the pokémon. Dratini powered down the Dragon Rage and gave a death glare at the pokémon.
'What is on my head' Ash thought to himself when he suddenly heard another voice in his head. 'I am on your head' said a monotone voice that sounded like it belonged to a 10 year old boy. Ash almost pissed himself when he heard an answer to his question. Dratini fired a quick Thunder Wave in an attempt to immobilize the pokémon but when the attack was about to land the pokémon disappeared again.
'We can do this all day, but I'd prefer to get to why I am here. I'm not going to bring harm to either of you.' Said the voice in Ash's head again. Dratini was about to fire another Thunder Wave but Ash stopped him. "Wait Dratini, he isn't going to hurt us." Ash told his starter. Dratini stopped at his trainers words. Dratini looked at the pokémon with pure rage. His eyes dared the pokémon to try and touch his trainer again.
'Thank you, now as I was about to say before I was almost crushed by this neanderthal ' the pokémon started while glancing at Dratini, 'I have been watching you two for the past three hours and you have caught my eye. I saw how you trained alongside the neanderthal. I also watched you get berries and make a medicine for the bruise on the neanderthal's tail. Your action have proven admirable. So in conclusion I would like you to capture me in one of those devices on your waist.'
Ash walked forward to the pokémon and crouched down to eye level. "Are you sure this is what you want? Before you join-" Dratini cut Ash off with a roar as deep as he could muster. Dratini wasn't fond of the idea of this intruder joining the team. Ash was surprised at Dratini's outburst and turned to face Dratini. "I know that you probably aren't happy with him right now but to be fair you did attack him before we could see what it wanted." Ash said.
Dratini shook his head aggressively at the idea of this Pokémon joining the team. Dratini then turned his head at his trainer in clear annoyance. Ash was about to say something before closing his mouth to think. Ash smiled mischievously at an idea he just had. Ash then dropped his smile and leaned in so he could whisper to Dratini. "You do know that since you're my starter you would be the leader of the team right?" Ash whispered. Dratini stiffened at Ash's words and turned to look at Ash. "All of the new pokémon would look at you as their leader. But I suppose you don't want that do you." Ash said as he turned around acting like he was about to tell the pokémon the news that he couldn't join. A big smile came on Ash's face once his face wasn't visible to Dratini.
The pokémon saw what Ash was thinking and just shook his head in amusement.
Dratini yelped at Ash to catch Ash's attention. Ash dropped his smile and turned around and acted like he didn't know what Dratini was about to say.
Dratini started nodding his head and pointing with his tail to the pokémon. Ash looked to the pokémon and then back at Dratini. "Are you saying that you want me to catch him?" Ash asked. Dratini nodded his head quickly. "Well alright if you say so." Ash said with a hint of smugness. Ash turned back to the pokémon and said "Anyways like I was saying, before you join I-"
'You want me to know that you are on a journey to become pokémon master. You want me to know that if I join your team then I will have to train very hard so we all can be the best.' The pokémon said mentally to Ash.
Ash was silent for a second then looked slightly irritated at being cut off for the second time in less than 5 minutes. "...Well as long as you know." Ash said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Ash grabbed a pokéball off of his waist and tapped the pokémon on his forehead and it dinged in success after a slight struggle. His Pokédex the lit up and processed the new information.
Abra, a Psychic Power Pokémon. It sleeps eighteen hours a day, but employs telekinesis even while sleeping
Gender: Male
Moves known: Teleport
Egg moves: Ice Punch, Thunderpunch, Fire Punch (locked)
Size: Normal
Abra immediately released himself from the pokéball. Ash looked at Abra with excitement, every trainer wanted a strong Alakazam on their team because of their versatility and their strong psychic power. The same goes for Dragonite for that matter.
"Do you want a nickna-?" Ash began to ask Abra. 'Yes, a so-called nickname would be fine.' Ash was beginning to get tired of being cut off today. Ash then sat down criss cross and began to think. Ash started to name off some names but was shut down immediately. He eventually came to a name that Abra liked. "How about Merlin? He was a powerful magician in a story that my mom used to read to me when I was little."
'Merlin?... I suppose that name will suffice.' Merlin said. Ash smiled at Merlin before he realized he forgot to do something. He turned to Dratini and asked "I forgot to ask you, did you want a nickname?" Dratini shook his head, he could care less about having a nickname, Ash knew who he was and that's all he cared about.
'Now that you are my trainer I shall call you young master.' Merlin told Ash.
"I'd really prefer that you just call me Ash." Ash answered back.
'No. It is customary that psychic types call our trainers master out of respect.' Merlin said adamantly. Ash just shrugged his shoulders, if his pokémon wanted to call him young master then who was he to stop him.
"Well now that that's over with, we should keep going towards Viridian city. Would you prefer to stay out with Dratini and I or do you want to go into your pokéball?" Ash asked. 'I would like to stay outside of my pokéball for now young master.' Merlin responded. "Well alrighty then." Ash said while looking at the clock on his pokédex. "We can travel for a couple more hours before we will have to set up camp for tonight." Dratini and Merlin both nodded at their trainers plans of travel for the rest of the day. Dratini slithered to Ash and assumed his usual position around Ash's body. Merlin began to float and floated close to Ash ready to travel. "Well let's go" Ash said making his way towards Viridian city.
The group had been walking for about an hour. Dratini had fallen asleep while on Ash was walking so it was just him and Merlin. While they were walking Ash had a thought. "Now that I think about it, Merlin can you teleport us to Viridian city?" Ash asked curiously. 'I cannot, I can only teleport to places I have previously been to. Even if I have been there before I do not possess enough power to safely teleport all of us.' Answered Merlin. "Well speaking of power I remember the pokédex said you don't have any attacking moves right now besides the elemental punches, but those are locked. So how have you survived before you met us?"
'I simply teleport before I get into any real danger' Merlin answered. "Well we should work on fixing that. I've been looking through the pokédex and it says that you won't be able to learn that many moves as an Abra, but It says in the database that Abra have the ability to harness telekinesis. Do you mind on explaining what all you would be able to do with that?" Asked Ash. 'Of course young master. As you can see I am using my telekinesis abilities to make myself float as well as talk directly into your also allows me to see my surroundings better then my eyes could ever do. I can make objects float and can move them around at my will. However, larger objects take more effort and more power.' Merlin explained. 'For example, do you see that rock to your immediate left.' Asked Merlin. Ash turned to look at the rock and nodded. The rock was then encased in a blue layer and began to float and it began to head to Merlin.
Ash was amazed at the things Merlin could do just with telekinesis. 'Just because he can't use any attacks right now doesn't mean he won't be able to battle. If I utilize his telekinesis and his teleportation correctly then he will be a force to be reckoned with.' Ash thought to himself. "Thanks for the explanation bud." Said Ash. 'It is my pleasure young master.'
"By the way can you not call me that?"
'No.'
"..."
'...'
"Fine."
The three walked for awhile before it began to get dark. Abra had gotten tired and asked to go inside of his pokéball. Ash happily obliged. He knew that Abra's need to get an absurd amount of sleep before they evolve to help with their brains development. So at the moment it was just Ash and Dratini making the trek to Viridian, mainly Ash as Dratini was being lazy and was coiled around Ash per usual. Ash had decided to set up camp for the night and cook dinner for everyone.
Ash set up his tent and made a ring of rocks so he could start a campfire. "Hey bud can you watch the camp while I go get some firewood?" He asked Dratini. Dratini uncoiled from Ash and slithered to the tent and coiled up in front of the tents entrance ready to protect it from anything that came.
"Thanks Dratini, you're the best." Ash said as he walked into the forest-like area to find some firewood. Ash looked for 10 minutes before he came back with an armful of firewood. Ash gave a cheeky smile to Dratini, he was proud of the amount of firewood that he had gathered. He placed half of the wood into the circle and prepared to ignite the wood. "Alright we just need to start the fire now." Said Ash as he pulled out some matches from his bag. He pulled a single match out of the package and lit it. He threw the match into the wood and watched as the fire gradually grew. He looked at Dratini who was also watching the flame grow with interest.
Once Ash was satisfied with the size of the flame he pulled out some pots and pans from his bag. He began to make some food for both Dratini and Merlin. Merlin's food was made specifically for psychic types to help their minds develop. Once Ash was done with their food he pulled some berries out of TAB and mixed them into the food to give it some extra flavor. Once he was satisfied with their food he then pulled out the pokémon bowls and began to fill them up. He finished and set both of them down. "Hey Dratini your food is-" was all Ash could say before Dratini was face first into his food bowl. "...ready." Ash finally finished with a sweat drop.
Ash then released Merlin. "Your food-" Ash started before he was cut off again. 'The food is ready I presume.' Merlin said.
"...you have to stop cutting me off." Ash said with a slightly irritated expression. 'As you wish master' replied Merlin.
"And stop calling me master!"
'No.'
With that being said Merlin began to have small chunks of food float to him as he ate with elegance. Ash saw this and laughed internally about how different his Pokémon are. Dratini was eating savagely like he hasn't ate in days while Merlin was eating proper-like. Ash proceeded to pull out the last sandwhich his mom packed him for his journey and began to eat alongside his new family.
After they finished eating they decided to pack everything up for the night and head to bed. Ash put the fire out and put the extra firewood into TAB for later. Ash rolled out his sleeping bag and got comfortable inside. Merlin returned himself into his pokéball and Dratini slid inside the sleeping bag with Ash. It was a tight squeeze but they both fit nonetheless.
Ash closed his eyes for what seemed like an hour but couldn't fall asleep. He heard soft snoring and he immediately knew that his partner was fast asleep. Ash decided since he couldn't fall asleep then he should at least study up on Brock.
While he was studying he found out something about all the gym leaders. All of the gym leaders are exceedingly powerful. They need to be strong in order to protect the city their gym resides in. They all have different level teams that they use depending on how many badges their challenger has. Their real teams are absolute monsters, a challenger can only battle a gym leaders real team when they have all eight badges.
He searched the pokédex database about Brock to see what pokémon he uses for his no-badge team. After looking for awhile he finally found out he uses a Geodude and an Onix. After about an hour and a half he had a big yawn and decided that he should probably go to sleep. He set his alarm on his Pokédex for 6:30 a.m. so he can wake up and they can get some training done and making it to Viridian.
The alarm began to blare at 6:30 a.m. just as Ash had set it the previous night. Ash stirred and opened his eyes sleepily. Dratini sleepily rose his head and liked around to see what disturbed his sleep. Once he found out it was the alarm he stared at it in annoyance. Ash turned it off and went outside to brush his teeth and begin making breakfast. After Ash finished brushing his teeth he made breakfast for himself and his team. Dratini slithered out of the tent at the smell of food. He released Merlin but as Ash predicted he was still asleep. Although Merlin was asleep his telekinesis allowed him to continue floating. "Merlin time to eat, after we eat we are going to get some training done." Ash whispered to the young Abra. Merlin suddenly straightened at the sound of his masters voice. 'Of course young master.' Merlin responded.
The three ate their food and walked about twenty feet away from camp so they could train.
"Alright you two, time for some good ole training!" Ash said with a toothy grin. He looked to Dratini, "Alright Dratini, I want you to keep working on Iron Tail, there is a boulder to your left that should be big enough to train with." Dratini nodded and went to go slam his tail against the rock.
"Okay Merlin I want to test just how much you can handle with your telekinesis." Said Ash. Merlin tilted his head in curiosity. 'What do you mean master.' Merlin asked curiously. "I want you to pick up as many rocks as you can and spin them in a circle in a controlled manner." Ash said. Merlin nodded and began to pick up rocks one by one. He got to around twelve decent sized rocks before they began to shake. Merlin had a pained look on his face as if he was struggling to hold up the rocks. "Alright bud that's enough, now try to control it and spin it in a circle."
Merlin nodded and the rocks slowly began to spin in a circle. He would occasionally drop a rock on accident but he would pick it back up. Merlin was struggling but it was definitely a start.
Now that Ash had his pokémon training he figured it was time to train himself. He then dropped to do his pushups and sit-ups. He decided to throw some squats into the mix to work on his legs. After about 30 minutes of training Ash called them to take a break. Ash went to go sit by a tree with shade. Dratini slithered over to him with a sheen of sweat on him. Merlin wobbly floated to Ash and fell into his lab in exhaustion. "Good job everyone, we will take a break for ten minutes before we get back into it. We'll train for another half hour before we pack up and finish making our way to Viridian city." Ash told his tired pokémon. Ash sat Merlin down on the ground for a second before he walked to his backpack. He pulled out TAB and grabbed two Sitrus berries. He walked back to his pokémon and gave each of them a berry. They ate the berry quickly and they could begin to fill a bit of their energy recover. Merlin covered himself in a blue light and began to float again, Dratini began to straighten and looked ready for more training. "Hold on guys, we still have another five minutes to rest. We don't want to overexert ourselves." Ash said wisely.
After the they finished their break they went back to training. They continued their training for a half hour before they finished and packed up camp. "Great job you two. Dratini, your Iron Tail is making great progress. I'd say a couple more sessions and you should have it down pat. And Merlin, I like the control you had over those rocks. I think that if we keep up your hard work then you should be able to pick up bigger and heavier rocks and will be able to do the same thing."
The two pokémon had a face full of pride at the praise from their trainer. If they kept this up they would be powerhouses in no time.
Ash and Dratini had packed up and began walking about an hour ago. Ash returned Merlin so he can sleep before they left camp. The two were walking when they heard a voice.
"Hey are you a trai- WHERE DID YOU GET A DRATINI!" The boy shouted causing Ash and Dratini jump in surprise.
The boy ran up to Ash and began to throw questions out one after another. "Where did you get it? Did you buy it? How much did you pay? Did you find it? Where?" Asked the boy who was hammering Ash with nonstop questions. When the boy finally ran out of breathe and had to gasp for air Ash decided to take the opportunity to speak before the boy could start up again.
"First of all I didn't buy Dratini here. As for where I got him from is none of your business." Ash decided not to tell him because he didn't want people to swarm Professor Oak demanding he give them a Dratini.
"How about if I beat you in a battle then you have to tell me where you got it." Said the boy with a confident grin on his face.
"Him. Dratini is a boy." Ash corrected.
"Sorry, if I win you will tell me where you got him" said the boy as he corrected himself.
"You're on!" said Ash with a fire in his eye. Adrenaline began to rush through his veins as he was getting ready to have his first battle as a trainer. Now he only has to figure out who to use. Since Merlin needs to rest it was pretty obvious who he needed to use. "You ready to battle bud." Ash asked with a toothy smile. Dratini nodded his head and slid in front of Ash in battle stance. The boy moved back to make space for the battle and sent out his Pokémon. After the brief white flash a small quadrupedal pokémon came out. It had purple fur all over its body except for its mouth, paws, and under belly; a long tail that curled at the end, tiny paws, and giant front teeth.
"Rattaaa" called the pokémon. Ash instantly recognized it as a Rattata.
"You can have the first move." Said Ash. "You'll regret that. I hope you're ready to tell me where you got him." Said the boy rather cockily. "Rattata use Quick Attack." The Rattata took off at blinding speed and slammed into Dratini who grunted at the hit and was sent back sliding for a couple of feet. "Are you ok pal?" Ash shouted with slight worry. Dratini looked back and nodded with a grin. Ash grinned back and focused on the battle. "Alright bud let's get them back with Thunder Wave." Dratini creates a small shock and sent it towards Rattata but the Rattata sped off before the move could connect. "Use quick attack again to move around and hit him. He can't hurt you if he can't catch you." The boy said confidently. The Rattata began to streak around the makeshift battlefield and was striking Dratini constantly. The small rat would get away before Dratini got the chance to strike back. This went on for a minute before Ash noticed Dratini was taking considerable damage.
The boys previous words began ring in Ash's head for a split second before an idea went off in his head. "Quick Dratini when Rattata gets close dodge and grab him with your tail and use Wrap." Ash said just loud enough so only Dratini could hear him. Dratini showed he heard it by nodding his head and waiting. When Rattata came in to hit Dratini again he slid out of the way and grabbed the small normal type with his long tail. Dratini began to wrap around Rattata and predicted Ash's next order.
"Quick use Thunder Wave while you have him." Said Ash. Dratini created the small electrical shock again and this time he successfully landed the move since the Rattata was in point blank range. The small rat grimaced in pain. Not only was he being squeezed but his body wouldn't move because of the paralysis. "Throw him to the ground and use twister." Said Ash getting ready to end the battle.
"Quick Rattata try to get away" said the boy who was clearly worried about his pokémon. The Rattata tried to move but paralysis kicked in on the small pokémon. Dratini threw Rattata into the ground and began to form draconic energy and it formed into a twister. The twister picked up Rattata and swirled it around for about thirty seconds. Dratini then released the Twister to see Rattata on the ground struggling the get up. "Dratini let's try Iron Tail to finish this battle off." Dratini quickly slithered to Rattata and rose its to attempt to use Iron Tail. A small glimpse of Steel type energy showed up on his tail but it disappeared after just before it hit Rattata. When Dratini slammed his tail down on Rattata's head it fainted and had swirls in his eyes. "Great job Dratini we won our first battle together!" Ash said excitedly as he ran up to Dratini and gave him a big hug. Dratini did his best imitation of a hug and rubbed his head on Ash's neck. Ash and Dratini smiled as this was the first of many battles together. This battle will be something that they would never forget.
Ash gave Dratini a rub on the top of his head and then looked up to see the trainer on his knees holding the defeated Rattata. Dratini followed his trainers eyes and guessed what he was about to do. Dratini slithered up Ash's body and assumed his usual position.
"Hey that was a great battle! You almost got me." Said Ash with his hand held out and a smile on his face. The boy looked up and smiled, "Thanks, it was a good battle. My name is Ricky." Said the now named boy as he took Ash's hand and pulled himself up. "My name is Ash and this is my pal Dratini." Dratini lazily nodded his head at Ricky. "I wish you would tell me where you got him though." Ricky said with a crestfallen expression. Ash looked at Dratini and they had a mental conversation on whether they should tell him or not. After what seems like minutes but was actually a few seconds Ash turned to look at Ricky, "Sorry I can't tell you where I got him."
Ricky sighed and accepted his defeat. Ricky reached into his backpack and handed Ash a small wad of cash. "Here is your winnings, maybe we can battle again someday." Ricky said with a smile before he walked away.
Ash was in high spirits now that he officially won his first trainer battle. Once he got closer to Viridian more trainers challenged him. He and Dratini won all of the battles, albeit he almost lost a battle against a Raticate who knew Super Fang. He had collected a nice sum of money from defeating all of the trainers.
"If we keep winning like this we should have enough to buy a permanent TM by the time we get to Celadon city!" Ash said with a smile. Dratini roared in pride. He was determined to win every battle Ash used him in. The two were walking when Dratini straightened to look ahead and made and excited roar. He came back down to Ash's shoulder and looked ahead and smiled.
Ash instantly knew that Viridian was close. Ash smiled and started to run down the path. Ash felt the rush of wind hitting his skin as he was running. Dratini was enjoying the view he was getting from Ash's shoulder.
It was around midday when Ash and Dratini made it to the gates of the city when they were stopped suddenly. "HALT! What are you doing with such a rare pokémon outside of its pokéball. Did you steal him?" Said a women Ash recognized as Officer Jenny. Officer Jenny looked to be in her early twenties. She had turquoise hair pulled back into a ponytail. She wore a short skirt that stopped well above her knees, a police shirt that went halfway down her upper arm, she wore white gloves, black heels, and finished her outfit with a official blue police force hat. A surprised look grew on Ash and Dratini's face as they didn't expect to be stopped like this.
Ash had to process the fact that he was being accused of being a thief before he replied. "He isn't in his pokéball because he doesn't want to go inside his pokéball and no I didn't steal him." Ash said with a sour tone. His excitement had been ruined by the accusation that he had stolen his bestfriend. "Do you have any proof that you aren't a thief?" Asked Officer Jenny.
Ash looked troubled at first until he remembered that his pokédex can also be used as an ID. He pulled out his pokédex from his inside jacket pocket and handed it to the blue hair lady. She grabbed the pokédex and pressed a button.
The pokédex sounded off "I am Dexter. I was given to trainer Ashton Red Ketchum from Professor Samuel Oak. If I am broken or stolen I cannot be replaced."
Officer Jenny then smiled softly and handed Ash his pokédex back. "I'm sorry that I accused you of being a thief, we have just had reports of people trying to steal pokémon recently so we are on high alert." Ash took his pokédex and nodded in understanding. "If that's the case I can see why you would stop people with pokémon outside of their pokéball." Ash said. "Thank you for understanding. Well since you're a trainer and you're just getting here I'd take a guess and say you're about to look for the Pokémon center." Said Officer Jenny.
"Actually I am, you wouldn't happen to know how to get there would you?" Ash asked. "How about I do you one better, as an apology for accusing you, how about I personally take you there?" Officer Jenny offered. "Sure that sounds great." Ash said not knowing what he was getting himself into.
"Great, Hop on!" Officer Jenny said as she jumped on her motorcycle and patted a spot right behind her. Ash reluctantly sat behind Officer Jenny and held her tight. As Ash held on to Officer Jenny he could smell a sweet smelling perfume faintly on her which caused his teenage hormones to flare up. Officer Jenny started her bike and zoomed off towards the Pokémon center. Ash was forced to close his eyes because of the wind rushing in on his face. Dratini squeezed Ash tighter than usual to ensure that he didn't fall off.
The three raced through the streets of Viridian until they approached a building with a red roof and a pokéball on the front of the roofing. Officer Jenny expertly drifted her bike to a stop right in front of the door. Ash had an iron grip on Officer Jenny to make sure that he nor Dratini would fall off of her bike. Ash didn't realize that they had came to a stop.
*cough* Officer Jenny let out to signal that they had arrived. Ash slowly opened one of his eyes to see if he had survived the ride and made it to the poke center. Once he saw that they were at their destination he hopped off of her bike with enthusiasm. If he never had to ride on her bike like that again it would be too soon. Ash turned to Officer Jenny and bowed, "Thank you for the lift." Ash said gratefully. "It's no problem, it's the least I could do. Now if you'll excuse me I have to get back to work." Said Officer Jenny as she raced off on her bike.
Ash turned around and walked into the Pokémon center. Inside of the Pokémon center was fairly empty except for the three other people in the section with a couch set and a TV. Ash and Dratini looked around until he saw a pink-haired women with pigtails that looped back up standing at the ground desk. They walked up and gave the woman a smile. "Hello! How can I help you?" Asked the woman politely. Ash looked and saw a name tag that said Joy. Nurse Joy looked like she was at most 20 years old. She had on a pink dress and had a white apron on over it. She also had a nurses hat on and white flat shoes on.
"Hi Nurse Joy, I wanted to sign up for the Pokémon league and get a room for the night." Said Ash. "No problem. May I see your pokédex." Said the nurse with a gentle smile. Ash reached inside of his jacket pocket to pull out his pokédex and handed it to the pink-haired nurse. "Thank you, it will only take a second."
Nurse Joy inserted Ash's pokédex into a slot in the computer and waited a few seconds before it popped back out. "Here you are, you're all registered! Here is your room key." Nurse Joy said as she handed Ash his Pokédex and room key. "Thanks Nurse Joy! While your at it can you check on my pokémon to make sure that they are healthy?" Asked Ash. "Of course I can! Your Dratini will have to go back into his pokéball because he is too big to fit inside of the machine." Nurse Joy said with a smile. She loved making sure pokémon are healthy and in tip-top shape. Ash handed her Merlin's pokéball and he turned to Dratini. "I need you to go back into your ball so she can make sure you're healthy. When she is done I promise I'll let you out as soon as I can." Ash told his bestfriend. Dratini just rolled his eyes as he didn't like his pokéball, it made him feel trapped and uncomfortable. "Thanks bud, you're the best!" Ash said as he returned Dratini. He looked at Dratini's pokéball and smiled as he handed it to Nurse Joy.
"Don't worry I'll take great care of them. Just hang around and I'll call you in the overhead when I'm done. It should only take about ten minutes considering you only have two pokémon." Said Nurse Joy with a smile. Ash nodded and went to the couch area with the other people Ash assumed were trainers. They sat and watched TV in silence for awhile.
Before Ash knew it he heard his name called on the overhead telling him that his pokémon were all ready. Ash got off of the couch and made his way to the counter to pick up his pokémon. "You're pokémon are all healthy and ready to go!" Said Nurse Joy with a smile. Ash took his pokéballs and immediately released Dratini. Dratini stretched all 6 ½ ft of his body out and looked at Ash. When he saw his trainer he coiled around him and assumed his normal position and nuzzled his face. Ash laughed and rubbed Dratini's face . Nurse Joy smiled at the relationship between Ash and his pokémon.
"Why don't we head outside and get some more training done. After that we can get something to eat and maybe we can explore the city if we aren't too tired." Ash Asked Dratini. Dratini smiled and gave an excited roar at the idea of getting stronger. People around the Pokémon Center looked at Ash and Dratini because of the random outburst. Ash laughed nervously at the sudden attention and made his way outside to the practice battle fields. Ash released Merlin from his pokéball. "Time to train Merlin, after we finish you can go back to sleep." Ash told Merlin. Merlin straightened at his trainers words. 'As you wish master. What shall we work on this time?'
"I actually want you to keep working on what we worked on we worked on this morning, except I want you to focus more on control than the number of rocks that you can pick up. When you evolve your psychic powers will be a lot stronger so it's important that we are able to control it. The last thing we want is you losing control of your powers." Ash said with a small smile.
'As you wish master.' Merlin said as he teleported off to work on his control. Ash turned to Dratini and said "Judging from this morning's session you almost have Iron Tail down. Let's finish that up."
Dratini nodded his head and roared. He slithered off to find a rock that was big enough for him to train with. Ash decided that he would float between the both of their training to make sure that everything went smooth.
The two pokémon trained for two hours before Ash decided that it was enough training for the day. Ash praised both of his pokémon and gave them both another berry. "Alright Merlin, do you want me to bring you back out for dinner or do you just want to sleep?" Asked Ash.
'It would be appreciated if you brought me out for supper master.' Ash nodded and as promised he returned Merlin so he could go back to sleep.
"Looks like it's just us again huh pal." Ash said looking at his tired dragon. Dratini nodded at his trainer and yawned lazily before coiling around Ash as usual. Dratini laid his head down and Ash's shoulder and almost immediately fell asleep.
'Guess I worked them a little too hard, I should make them an especially delicious dinner tonight to say thanks for their hard work.' Ash thought to himself. Ash walked back into the center and headed to his room. Ash pulled out his key and opened the door. The room was fairly basic, it had a full sized bed with a nightstand next to it. There was a bird perch in the corner of the room for any flying types, there was a small tank for water types, and a heat lamp for fire types. Ash went to the bed and carefully uncoiled Dratini from his body so he didn't accidentally wake him up. Once he was sure Dratini wouldn't wake up he left the room as quietly as possible. He kept Merlin's pokéball just in case something happened and he needed him.
Ash made his way to the kitchen that the center offered to trainers and began to make his small team a delicious dinner. He made sure to put important nutrients in the food to make sure that they would be able to recover nicely. Ash grabbed a couple of berries and grind them into a paste. He added the berry paste into the food to make sure that the food tasted fresh and delicious. Once Ash was satisfied he put some of the food he made in the food bowls. He put the rest of it in a bag and put it in TAB. He carried the two bowls back to the room and placed them on the floor.
Dratini began to shift in his sleep and started to sniff the air. Once Dratini was sure that he smelled food his eyes shot open and looked around until he found his bowl full of food. Ash released Merlin so he could eat. "Alright you two, you guys worked really hard today so this is my thanks for all the hard work." Ash said as he rubbed both of their heads. Merlin and Dratini both smiled at their trainer before they dug into their food. Ash smiled at his pokémon as he pulled out a sandwich that he made and started to eat. The three quickly ate all of their food and laid back as they let their bodies digest the food. After about five minutes Ash got up to go wash Merlin and Dratini's food bowl in the bathroom. When Ash finished he put the bowls back into his backpack and was about to grab clothes to take a shower until he heard a loud explosion coming from the lobby.
They three looked at each other and decided to check out what was happening. Dratini coiled around Ash immediately and Merlin glowed with a fierce blue and was floating next to Ash. Ash opened his room door and ran towards the lobby. The lobby was filled with smoke which caused Ash to go into a coughing fit. Ash could hear a three voices laughing. "What's going on here?" Ash asked out loud in between breaths, but the response he got was not what he expected.
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Ash was shocked that the Meowth was not only standing on his hind legs but he even spoke. Ash shook out of his stupor and realized what was important. Team Rocket? What are you guys doing busting through the Pokémon center roof?" Ash asked.
"We are here to steal all of the pokémon here, so hand them all over." Said Jessie as she pulled out a large brown sack. "Not if we have something to say about it. Let's go Dratini and Merlin." Dratini uncoiled from Ash and slithered in front of Ash in battle position. Merlin teleported in front of Ash ready for his first battle with a trainer. "Nurse Joy we will take care of these two, make sure that the pokémon are safe!"
"I will! Be safe!" Nurse Joy said as she ran in the back to transfer all of pokémon to her sister in Pewter city.
"Look James the little boy wants to battle, let's show him what happens when you mess with Team Rocket." Jessie said as she throws out an Ekans. "You're going to regret this." Said James as he released a Koffing.
"Quick Koffing use smokescreen followed by a tackle attack on that Dratini." Commanded James. "Ekans use bite on that Abra." Said Jessie as she pointed to Abra. Koffing started to spew out a thick and dark colored smoke that was beginning to block Ash's view of the battlefield.
"Quick Merlin, can you gather all of the smokescreen and send it back towards them?" Ash asked in a slightly panicked voice. 'I will try young master.' Said Merlin as his eyes began to glow as the smokescreen began to blue and the smokescreen slowly stopped and started to head back to the Koffing and Ekans. The two both stopped their attack's because they couldn't see. "While they are distracted Dratini use Dragon Rage." Dratini opened his mouth and a red ball of energy formed in his mouth. Once Dratini decided it was ready he fired it and the energy formed into the shape of a dragon. The move hit its mark and the three heard screams. "Merlin can you clear the smoke?" Asked Ash.
'As you wish master.' Merlin said as he directed all of the smoke towards the hole in the roof to make the room visible again.
"What are you two doing?! Get up and do something!" Screamed Jessie and James. Ekans and Koffing struggled to get up from the powerful move. Ekans fired a weak looking poison sting at Merlin, while Koffing rushed in to tackle Dratini. "Merlin dodge and try to hold down Koffing. Dratini use Thunder Wave on Koffing." Ash ordered. His pokémon immediately went to work as Merlin teleported away from the poison sting and reappeared on Koffings side. Merlin reached out with his hands in Koffings direction and a faint blue light surrounded Koffing. Dratini took that as the signal to fire the Thunder Wave and he did so. Koffing tried to dodge but he was having problems with moving because of the annoying psychic type on his left. Ekans wasn't going to allow them to double team it's teammate so it dived towards Merlin while it was distracted and used bite on Merlin's tail. Merlin instantly let go of the Koffing and fell to the ground due to the loss of psychic energy. Fortunately for Ash the Thunder Wave already connected and Koffing was now paralyzed. "Oh no Merlin! Are you okay?!" Ash asked worriedly. 'No, I-...use my telek-... with-...snake pumping dark-..energy into-.' was all Merlin could get out as the dark type energy was interfering with his psychic power.
"Dratini use wrap on Koffing and throw him at Ekans to break Merlin loose." Dratini took immediate action and followed through with his trainers orders. Dratini sprang towards Koffing and used wrap and threw him at Ekans as hard as he could. Koffing speed through the air and hit Ekans in the head. The impact caused Ekans to let go of Merlin and Dratini used wrap on his teammate to get him away from the Ekans before he could bite him again. "Meowth do something!" Screamed Jessie as she kicked Meowth to the battlefield.
"I forgot I am a Pokémon! Have a taste of my Fury Swipes!" Meowth said as he rushed in on Dratini. "Quick use Twister to catch Ekans and Meowth and hit them with Thunder Wave." Ordered Ash. Dratini's eyes flowed blue and a wind stirred up and it quickly became quite large. It sucked up Ekans, Koffing, and Meowth and they were tossed around like rag dolls inside of the twister. Dratini finished the order with a Thunder Wave that struck all three pokémon. Dratini released the Twister and let the three paralyzed pokémon hit the floor.
The three pokémon were all unconscious and spazzing because of paralysis. Jessie and James saw the predicament they were in and quickly returned their pokémon and turned to run out the front door. "No you don't! Use Thunder Wave on them so they can't get away." Dratini happily sent a Thunder Wave at them and they immediately fell to the ground. "Merlin can you hold these two down just in case?" Ash asked. 'I will try my best master.' Merlin said as he held his hands out towards the two and held them down to the ground.
"Nurse Joy, call Officer Jenny and let her know what is happening." Ash said to Nurse Joy.
"I already have she should be here any second." Nurse Joy answered back. As soon as she finished her sentence a squad of officers came in and saw the two Team Rocket members on the ground.
"Someone quickly cuff these two and take them back to the station." Officer Jenny yelled. Two officers immediately cuffed the two and led them out of the building. She looked at the Meowth that was still on the floor. "Was this Meowth one of their pokémon Ash?" Asked Officer Jenny. "I don't know if he is one of their pokémon because I never saw him in a pokéball but he is definitely working with them." Ash said while looking at the Meowth. Officer Jenny nodded and pulled out a special dark blue pokéball and tapped Meowth. Meowth was sucked into the pokéball and struggled for a bit before the ball dinged with success. Officer Jenny picked up the pokéball and put whistled for one of her officers to take it. She told him to take it back to the station and leave it in her office. "We will send him to the league so they can interrogate him, rehabilitate him, and maybe get released back into the wild." Officer Jenny told Ash.
Ash nodded before he yawned. He didn't realize how tired he was. Officer Jenny noticed Ash yawn and walked up to him. "What you did was really dumb, If these two were actually dangerous you could've been seriously hurt!" Officer Jenny scolded at Ash. Dratini and Merlin stepped in front of Ash and glared at Officer Jenny for yelling at their trainer. Officer Jenny saw this and instantly backed up a couple steps. Officer Jenny sighed, "Although it was really dumb, it was really brave of you to step in and stop them." She stood up straight and gave him a salute. "As a representative of the Viridian Police Force I would like to formally thank you. Come by my office tomorrow, I have something that I'd like to give you." Officer Jenny said as she walked out of the Pokémon center.
Ash looked at his two pokémon and smiled as wide as his face would allow. He went down and hugged both Dratini and Merlin in happiness. "I'm so proud of you two! Merlin I'm so proud of the way you were able to control the smokescreen and how you can hold pokémon down as well as you can. Dratini I'm so happy with the amount of power you have in your attacks." Ash said with a smile. His pokémon beamed at the level of praise they were receiving. Both Dratini and Merlin yawned as they were just as tired as Ash, if not more. "Okay guys I'm going to return you so Nurse Joy can heal you guys and then we will head to bed." Ash told his pokémon. Merlin simply nodded and was returned. Dratini vigorously shook his head. He wanted to stay next to Ash in case something else happened, he needed to protect Ash. "It's okay bud I'll be right over there the entire time." Ash said as he pointed to the couch area. Dratini looked at the area and deemed it a safe area for his trainer to wait without him. Dratini finally allowed himself to be returned to his pokéball. Ash walked over to the counter to where Nurse Joy was busy typing something on her computer. "Nurse Joy can you check my pokémon? I want to make sure they are alright from that battle." Ash said.
"Of course, it's the least I can do since you defended the pokémon that were in the back." Said Nurse Joy with a smile. Ash handed her the pokeballs and went to go wait in the area he told Dratini he would be at. After about ten minutes Nurse Joy walked up to Ash with Dratini and Merlin's pokéball. "Your Dratini is fine, he just needs a good night's rest. However your Abra got bit in his tail pretty good, it'll be sore for a couple of days but he should be fine." Said Nurse Joy after handing Ash his pokéballs. "Thank you so much Nurse Joy!" Ash said gratefully. "It's the least I can do for you." Nurse Joy said with a smile. Ash released Dratini from his pokéball and he coiled around Ash faster than Ash could say his own name. Dratini looked a lot more comfortable when he was wrapped around Ash.
Nurse Joy smiled at Ash and Dratini's relationship again for the second time today. It was at that point that Nurse Joy decided she would give Ash a present herself. Nurse Joy leaned in and gave Ash a kiss on the cheek.
Ash's face grew redder than a pokéball and he stiffened like a board. Nurse Joy straightened back up and said "That's my thanks for saving the center." Nurse Joy said sweetly before turning to walk through the doors behind the front desk. Ash stood there stupefied at what just happened. He was so flustered that he didn't even notice Dratini laughing his head off at Ash's facial expression. After what seemed like a minute Ash touched his cheek where he was kissed and began to walk back to his room. Once he was in his room he took a shower and laid in bed. Dratini was fast asleep coiled up at the end of the couldn't sleep because he kept thinking about how Nurse Joy kissed him on his cheek. After a ten minutes or so Ash gave a big yawn and decided he should try and go to sleep. After all he wanted to go get his reward from Officer Jenny and then try and make his way through Viridian Forest. To say that Ash was excited was an understatement. Ash was ready for tomorrow's events.
Well that's the second chapters! How many of you guessed right about Merlin? I've read a ton of fanfics and I can probably count on one hand how many times he gets an Abra. Let's see if you can guess what Officer Jenny is going to give him. Remember guys, Ash is 15 so it's not like he is a little kid. So don't bash me about Nurse Joy being a pedophile for giving him a kiss on the cheek. In this fanfic once you are 15 you are considered an adult.
Anyways I'm starting school this week so I might not be able to upload as much as I would like to. So please be patient with me. I'll upload as soon as I can. Until next time please make sure to favorite, follow, and review.