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Hey there, everyone, and welcome back to Journey Of An Autistic Trainer! Plenty of people are liking it, and I'm glad they like it. I'd remind people to let me know if I'm portraying this wrong, but you all know already.

This part will be different from the anime, a LOT. In the anime, Ash keeps making one mistake after another, and it made me think "Is Ash the butt of jokes in the Pokémon world?" But what if he had someone to teach him what to do during this journey? Someone who is kind but firm when pointing out his mistakes instead of yelling at him about it, someone who can encourage him to do his best instead of making fun of him for it. You get the point.

And for some reason, Daisy Oak reminds me of Holly from Monster Rancher for some reason. One more thing: This will NOT be an AshXDaisy story.

Uploading Date: April 1, 2015

Enjoy!

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On The Road To Viridian City

"Wow...look at the Pokémon around here!"

Ash and Daisy had been walking for some time on Route 1, talking a bit and taking a look around at the scenery. They were traveling through an open field with a few trees here and there, and Ash was feeling relaxed being out here in the countryside. Daisy had been helpful towards him, reminding him to use potions whenever his Pikachu would get injured, and he wondered what would have happened if she had not been there for him.

Currently, they were taking a break near a tree and a stream, where they could stop for a snack. Daisy had released her Pokémon, a little brown fox-like Pokémon named Eevee, and she had bonded with Pikachu right away. They even stirred up a flock of brown-and-cream bird Pokémon, which chirped angrily and flew out of the way.

"Pidgey is the Tiny Bird Pokémon," the Pokédex informed Ash from the side of his backpack. "It is docile and prefers to avoid conflict. If disturbed, however, it can ferociously strike back."

Ash stood up, holding a PokéBall in his hand. "Wow, it's a flock of Pidgey!" he exclaimed. "Let's go get one!"

"Hold on, Ash," Daisy said, making Ash stop in his tracks. "You can't just charge at Pokémon. You've got to challenge them first."

"Oh," Ash said. He turned to Pikachu and said, "Hey Pikachu. How about we have our first battle?"

Pikachu's ears pricked up, and he got into a battle pose as he exclaimed, "Pika Pika!"

Ash gave a cheer before saying, "All right then, Pikachu! Thunderbolt!"

To his surprise, Pikachu turned around and shook his head. Ash was confused; was Pikachu unable to fight?

"Pikachu doesn't learn that until he gets stronger. Why not use Thundershock?" Daisy suggested helpfully.

"Oh." Briefly embarrassed, Ash said, "Never mind Thunderbolt, Pikachu! Use Thundershock!"

This time, Pikachu's red cheeks started sparkling before yelling, "PiikaaCHUUUU!" and letting out a spark of electricity. The lead Pidgey's eyes were wide as the attack hit it, making it squawk as it was electrified. As it recovered from the attack, it gave Pikachu an angry look and started flapping its wings hard, kicking up some dust. Pikachu was distracted by this and was soon tackled from the side by Pidgey, which had darted in to strike.

But as Pidgey jumped back, it suddenly flinched as static crackled around its body. It tried striking again, but it stopped and hobbled to the side, giving Pikachu a defiant glare.

"It's paralyzed!" Daisy called. "Pikachu's Static ability activates when someone does a physical move! Now you can throw a PokéBall!"

Ash nodded and got a PokéBall out from his bag, letting it grow in his hand. Then with the likeliness of a baseball player throwing the ball, Ash threw the PokéBall at the Pidgey, yelling, "PokéBall, go!"

The ball soared right towards Pidgey, who couldn't get out of the way in time and was hit by the ball. It was sucked in by red energy

"Yes!" Ash cheered. "We got a Pidgey!"

"Pika Pika!" Pikachu chanted.

Daisy smiled too. "Great job, Ash! You caught your first wild Pokémon!"

"Thanks, Daisy," Ash said with joy. "You're a great teacher!"

The brown-haired teen's cheeks turned pink, and she nodded. But then, she gasped as a purple rat Pokémon ran past them, a bag of cookies gripped tight in its teeth.

"Hey, those were mine!" Ash yelled.

"Rattata is the Rat Pokémon," the Pokédex informed him. "Cautious in the extreme, its hardy vitality lets it live in any kind of environment. It also eats nuts, fruit, insects, and food from unsuspecting trainers."

"We better let it go," Daisy told Ash just as he was going to go after the thief.

"No way! I like those cookies!" Ash protested. As the Rattata slunk away, he yelled, "Get back here, Rattata!"

Daisy sighed. "Nothing gets between you and those cookies, do they?" she muttered. "Okay, we'll go after that Rattata. But after that, you leave it alone."

Ash nodded and started running off after the Rattata, Pikachu and Daisy behind him. The Rattata was running down the hill with difficulty because of the cookie bag in its teeth, but it was doing its best to keep away from the humans chasing it. It went around rocks and went under fallen logs, and while Ash and Daisy had trouble catching up due to the obstacles, Pikachu was keeping up because of its small size. But as Ash was running after the Rattata, he slipped and tumbled down a hill, accidentally knocking him or her over with a yelp.

They both got up, and Ash got a view of whom he had knocked into. It was a girl around Daisy's age with a small yellow shirt, short jean shorts, short bright red hair, and blue-green eyes. But as soon as the redhead had recovered from being knocked over, she was suddenly angry.

"Watch where you're going!" he snapped, staggering away from him.

Ash jumped away from her. "Sorry!" he exclaimed.

The redhead huffed before glaring down at the fishing rod. "Great. Now the line's all messed up," she growled. "Thanks a lot, kid."

Ash couldn't help but feel ashamed, and he felt his legs tremble. Just one day as a Pokémon trainer, and he had already ruined someone else's day. Being yelled at it for that was even worse.

"What's going on?" Daisy and Pikachu had walked up to see what was up, and Daisy's face slightly lightened when she saw the redheaded girl. "Misty! How are you? Out for another fishing trip?"

"Yep. And I'm fine," Misty said, sounding a bit friendlier towards her. Then, with a glare at Ash, she said, "At least, I would've felt better if this brat hadn't wrecked my fishing rod."

At this, Daisy's face turned from friendly to wary and stern. Then she stepped around to shield Ash from Misty's glare as she said, "Don't call him a brat, Misty. He's just a starting trainer, and a Rattata stole our snacks."

Misty nodded coolly. "Still, make sure he learns a lesson in not being reckless."

"I will," Daisy said with the same tone. "And in turn, I hope you learn a lesson in being tolerant to autistic kids."

"Oh...I didn't know." Misty's face turned from angry to slightly abashed as she looked at Ash. "I'm sorry I yelled at you. Just...be more careful next time."

Ash saw that Misty was going to lay a hand on his shoulder, and he shrugged her away and backed off. He didn't mind being touched by those he personally thought, but when he was feeling emotional, he didn't want want to be touched. He watched as Misty walked off after a word with Daisy, and Pikachu watched the redheaded girl go with dislike on his face. Right when she was gone, he had started crying from shame.

"I'm sorry," Ash cried, stepping away from Daisy. "I was being stupid!"

"Don't call yourself that, Ash," Daisy said. "Don't you ever call yourself stupid. Yes, you may have been a little reckless, but it was just an accident."

Ash didn't feel any better. "That's not what Misty said when I crashed into her. She seems pretty mean."

Daisy sighed and sat a little closer to him. "She can be nice on a good day, but when pushed, yeah, she can be mean. She may be a Water type trainer, but she can be as hotblooded as fire." Ash gave a sort of hiccup which sounded like a laugh, and she said, "Glad to see you're trying to feel better, Ash. How about we get packed up and go on our way to Viridian City? We can get your Pidgey healed, and then we can get something to eat there to cheer you up."

"Okay," Ash said with a small smile. Then he asked, "But what about the cookies that Rattata took?"

"I think we better let it go," Daisy said. "It probably had a family to feed or something. Now let's pack up and get going."

So they headed back to their resting place, packed up their belongings, and started their trek again. Nothing much exciting came after that, just the occasional Pidgey or Spearow pecking at the ground. And as if feeling that Ash wasn't completely okay, Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and gave him a comforting lick. Now Ash was more than happy that Pikachu was his partner because he was feeling better with the Mouse Pokémon being with him.

"Daisy?" Ash asked as they passed by a stream.

"Yeah?"

"How do you know Misty?"

Daisy looked around. "She and I often hung out when we were younger. Like I said, she's the Cerulean City gym leader and the second to go after Brock. He's the Pewter City gym leader, and he specializes in Rock types. He's another guy I hung around with when I was younger."

"But isn't there the Viridian City gym?" Ash asked in a confused tone.

"Yes, but it closed down some time ago. You'll have to make do with Pewter City for now," Daisy informed him. "And you do know that if you collect badges-"

"Then you get to participate in the Pokémon League," Ash finished for her. "I saw it from my favorite TV show. I learned a lot from it and some books."

Daisy looked amused as she said, "That's good. And did you learn it from books too?"

Ash nodded. "Yep. I looked up Pokémon types in there, what kind of battles there are, and some moves and how they work."

"Many autistic kids have a specialty that they're really good at. So that must be your specialty," Daisy suggested. "Learning about what goes on in a Pokémon battle. You might be even better than Gary because of this."

"Pikachu," Pikachu added in agreement.

But at the mention of his new rival, Ash looked down at his feet. He wished that he could make up with Gary so that they could be friends again, but that seemed a long way off. Still, he couldn't forget the taunting and teasing Gary gave him because of his autism, and most of the other kids didn't do anything to help him. Only Daisy and another girl were the only ones to defend Ash.

Noticing the frown on his face, Daisy said, "Hey, don't worry about Gary right now. He's made his choice. By the way," she went on, pointing in the distance, "you see those shadows in the distance?"

Ash looked where she was pointing: tall pointed shadows in the distance. They reminded him of skyscrapers...but that was when he blinked a few times. Those really were skyscrapers, and that could mean only one thing.

"We're almost there!" Ash cried happily. "Viridian City!"

To be continued...

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There we go, folks. They're almost at Viridian City. And if you can guess what the title of the chapter is from, then you're a winner! By the way, I hope you all like this chapter, because if there's something you don't like, I'll change it. And I wanna thank Canada Cowboy for the advice on letting Ash have a specialty he's really good at. In the anime, Ash has a knack for knowing about Pokémon battles, and he's a clever strategist in later seasons. So once again, I wanna thank Canada Cowboy.

Here was another obstacle in this Pokémon story: gym leaders. Misty will be one of the obstacles because in the anime, yes, Ash had messed things up, but I think Misty yelling at him for it doesn't help. She may have been trying to help, but her hotblooded nature seem to override what she's trying to teach him. So that could be the reason why Daisy Oak would be Ash's traveling partner instead.

Happy Easter! Wait a minute...APRIL FOOLS! It's not Easter yet! So see ya next time!