LAST TIME ON 'A POKEMON MASTER'S TALE'
Darting out the door, Ash sprinted to Proffessor Oak's lab, barely keeping a shred of hope that the Proffessor would have one Pokemon left, it didn't matter which one, just any one would do. Ash could soon see the Proffessor's lab in the distance.
As Ash got to the driveway to the Proffessor's lab, he bumped into someone. "Hey watch it!" A familiar but arrogant voice said. "Well well, if it isn't ol' Ashy-Boy!" Gary said. "Just shup up a let me through." Ash said, hating the nickname he had been called. "Oh, not so fast," Gary started. "I got the last Pokemon from the Proffessor! Nice to have family in the Pokemon field, isn't it?" "NO! That can't possibly be the last one!" Ash exclaimed. "Oh leave Ash alone!" The Proffessor said, interrupting Ash and Gary's little dispute. "Fine! I can't stay here any longer! I've got a Pokemon journey to start! Unlike SOME people." Gary hinted at Ash. Then he got into his convertable, with all of his cheerleaders cheering him on. Gary was always the spoiled type.
"So then, you finally came," Proffessor Oak started. "Before you ask, I do have one Pokemon left." "Oh thank you!" Ash exclaimed. "Right this way." The Proffessor motioned for Ash to walk with him to the lab.
The room where the Proffessor kept all of the starter Pokemon was a large, open area with a table in the middle. It was surrounded with lab devices. "So you may know that there is no more starters left?" The Proffessor asked. "Yeah" Ash said with a hint of sadness in his voice. "Okay now, don't fret, but first, do you remember me telling you about the distant region of Sinnoh?" "Yes Proffessor, you said it had many ancient ruins." Ash stated. "Correct! Well, a cargo ship with some Sinnoh-native Pokemon on board recentely sank." "Oh no!" Ash said. "Don't worry, all of the Pokemon are fine! They were all taken back to Sinnoh! But one didn't make it back. You see, a little while ago, I caught a it." The Proffesor said. "Since it is the only Pokemon left, I want you to have it, I already studied it enough." The Proffessor said while taking a Pokeball and handing it to Ash.
With a toss the Pokeball exploded into a bright light. Ash recognized it at first sight. The Proffessor held up a device with the words 'National' on the back, and pointed it to the Pokemon. " Pachirisu, the EleSquirrel Pokemon. It makes electricity with pouches in it's cheeks and shoots charges from it's tail. It lives atop trees." The so called 'National-Dex' said. "WOW! I can't believe it! It's a Pachirisu!" Ash exclaimed. "Hello," The Pachirisu said. "It can talk?!" Ash couldn't believe his eyes! A talking Pachirisu! "What? No it can't talk." The Proffessor replied with a questioning look. "But-" "Ash, this Pokemon cannot talk." The Proffessor said matter-of-factly. "Fine"
After taking Pachirisu, his National Dex the Proffessor gave him to scan Pachirisu, and some Pokeballs, Ash hurried back home to get his stuff. He opened the door to his room and got his backpack. After hugging his Mom goodbye, Ash set off for route 1.
Ash decided to let Pachirisu out of it's Pokeball for a while. "Please never do that again, I hate Pokeballs!" The Pachirisu seemed to say. "Okay you don't have to stay in your Pokeball, but if you don't mind me asking, how is it that you can talk?" Ash asked a question that he seemed to have on his mind for a long time. "Woah, can you understand me?" The Pachirisu seemed shocked that a human could talk to him. "Yeah, I can, but how do you talk?" "Never mind that! This is amazing! A human can understand me! Now we can come up with battle strategies together!" Ash now knew that Pachirisu liked to battle, a lot. Which brought up another question. "If we can communicate, would you mind telling me about yourself?" "Huh, oh yeah, sure," Pachirisu stopped it's seemingly never-ending rant about battles to answer. "Well, I am a Pachirisu, my actual name is Patches though. I am male, and my favorite berry is Pecha!" "Okay Patches, what do you say we head out on the road?" Ash said, realizing if they somehow got back on the topic of battling, they would never be able to make any progress. "Okay! What do you say we talking about battle strategies on the road?" Patches asked. Ash knew this was better than staying in place and talking about it. "Okay."
After a while of battle planning, Ash and patches stopped in a clearing to eat some food. Ash was lucky his mom taught him how to cook for people and Pokemon! "Well, lets eat!" Ash exclaimed. "Oh boy! I hope you can cook, because I can't!" Patches joked. "Yeah, I can make some good electric type Pokemon food! I think you'll really enjoy it!" "Good, because I'm starving!"
After eating and chatting about different subjects, Ash heard a rumbling in the bushes. "Master, why?" A weak voice said. Ash looked over to Patches. "Did you hear that?" Ash quietly said, hoping not to startle whatever was on the other side of those bushes. "Yeah, lets go check it out." Patches said matching Ash's volume. They tip-toed over to the bushes, and looked behind them. Ash was horrified to see that a beat-up Pokemon was on the other side! If they left it, Ash was sure it would die.
Ash and Patches picked up the Pokemon. It didn't seem like it new where it was. "Come on! We gotta take it to the Viridian City Pokemon Ceter!" Ash panickly said. "Okay, but what about the camp?" Patches asked. "Don't worry, we'll come back after we've healed this pokemon!" Ash replied. "Okay, let go." Patches said while jumping up to Ash's shoulder.
And that was that. Ash and Patches the Pachirisu took off to the Viridian City Pokemon Center. Will the mysterious Pokemon make it? And just what is it? Read the next chapter to find out.
TO BE CONTINUED.
