Here is chapter three. I'm really sorry for the late update, but as I told on Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rings of Distortion, I had a lot of work (mainly school-work) to do so I barely had any time. My update schedule will be irregular from now on, but I'll try to update as soon as I can.
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Now without further ado, here is chapter four! R&R!
"Ash, wake up. Ash, wake up!"
"Ngh…Whassamatter?"
Ash blinked repeatedly as he saw Leaf shaking him, trying to wake him up for the next day. The sun's rays poured into the room through the windows and Ash now couldn't concentrate on sleeping as he constantly heard Amethyst and Leaf nag him.
"Do you, or do you not want to get to Pewter?" Leaf asked, smiling in a sly manner.
That was all that was needed for Ash to get up. He jumped up and unintentionally smacked Leaf on her face with the back of his hand, something for which he constantly apologized even though she dismissed it. It took only five minutes for Ash to have a bath and change into his trainer clothes and he exploded into the corridor with a wide grin on his face.
"Let's go to…" Ash dramatically paused before yelling, "VIRIDIAN FOREST!"
"Turn down that racket!" an angry voice yelled back from one of the rooms, making Ash flinch and the others sweat-drop.
Ash stretched out his arms once he stepped out of the Pokémon Centre. It was eleven in the morning right now and fairly warm. The three walked slowly towards Viridian forest, the saw two boys banging on the door of the gym in Viridian City, and those boys couldn't be mistaken for Gary and Ritchie.
"Gary, Ritchie!" Ash waved his hands to further gain their attention, but that didn't help. They were still banging the doors of the gym. That was until a hefty and bald person walked up to them from behind the gym and glared angrily at them.
All Ash could see was the brute rudely telling them to get away from them and not pester the gym leader. Gary scoffed before he turned around and arrogantly walked towards Ash with Ritchie just a few steps behind him.
"Hiya, Ash!" Ritchie greeted as he gave the raven-haired boy a hi-five. Gary simply smirked as he saw Ash and walked faster.
"If it isn't dear Ashy-boy," Gary mocked as he stopped in front of his rival. "Finally made it to Viridian, huh? We've been here for a few days, and I would've gotten my Earth Badge if it wasn't for that stupid Leader."
"Why, what happened?" Leaf asked in a sweet voice.
"The darn gym leader isn't there, that's what happened." Gary kicked a pebble on the pavement that struck Misty on her shin, but she didn't notice it and simply rolled her eyes at the conversation. "I'm telling you, I would've beaten him so hard if it hadn't been for him 'missing'. He's obviously gone for a vacation of some sorts, probably with his girlfriend or something." He then turned towards Ritchie. "Ritchie, let's go! Oh, and Ash," Gary said as he turned towards the raven-haired boy, "Try to keep up."
Ash was about to snap back, but Gary's convertible arrived and the two hopped in. The car drove off and left dust in the trio's faces. They coughed madly before the dust finally cleared.
"Oh, let's go," Misty ordered as she forced the new trainers.
"Well, here we are! Viridian Forest!" Ash announced.
The group was now standing at the entrance to a large forest. Viridian City was a few miles behind them. It was now late in the afternoon, and the group wanted to go ahead and trek through as much of the forest as they could before dark. However, Ash was the only one of the group who seemed to be actually looking forward to navigating the forest.
"Uh, do we really have to go in there?" Misty asked in a worried tone.
"You said it yourself, Misty. Leaf and I need to capture more pokémon to become stronger! I'm certain there are some great bug pokémon in there for us to capture," Ash replied.
"B-B-Bug pokémon?" Misty asked and began trembling.
"Misty, you aren't afraid to go in the forest are you? I mean, we have to go through there to get to Pewter City, anyway," Ash tried to reason.
"It isn't the forest itself. It's the…" Misty trailed.
"Well, if you don't want to go in the forest, that's fine. Leaf, Amethyst and I can just leave you here. Are you guys ready?" Ash asked them.
Amethyst immediately responded with a "Sab-Sableye" and teleported onto Ash's shoulder. Leaf, on the other hand, hesitated for a moment. She wasn't sure she wanted to go through such a thick forest at the moment, but Ash did have a point. There were probably more pokémon in there to catch, and it was the quickest way to Pewter City.
"You're right, Ash! Let's go!" Leaf said as they began walking into the forest.
Misty moaned as she watched them go. "Oh….what do I do? What do I do? Grr...Hey! Wait for me!" she called. She then hurried after them into Viridian Forest.
The forest was dense. And thick. That was all that came to Ash's mind half an hour into the forest. Oh, and there were very weird people inside.
It was surprisingly common for finding trainers that specialized in only one type, say water type trainers near large water bodies. Some could even start up minor and unofficial gyms in minor towns, but Ash simply wanted to focus on the main eight gyms needed to enter the pokémon league.
Most of the trainers the forest specialized in bug or grass type, and he was easily able to defeat them with Amethyst's help. This meant that they were the annoying group of hippies known as the Bug Catchers.
Simply put, Bug Catchers aimed at getting Pokémon to evolve quickly, to have an easy time training them up due to being evolved fully practically from birth, which automatically made them more powerful than normal Pokémon, because they were already fully evolved. At least, that's what the Bug Catchers theorised.
So Bug Catchers were hated by everyone, for trying and failing to choose the easy way out, everyone including Ash, who ran into one every five minutes, and was immediately challenged to a battle by every single one of them, only to be threatened to be stung by their Beedrill when he rejected due to being so exasperated that he just wanted to get on with his journey.
"Amethyst, stop her with Sucker Punch!"
Amethyst devilishly revealed her set of sparking teeth as she jabbed her opponent Beedrill on her abdomen. The Beedrill shrieked in pain and finally slumped down; forcing the tenth Bug Catcher he had faced to pay him an amount of fifty pokédollars.
"Heh…Thanks!" Ash waved to the Bug Catcher as he continued to grumble about his loss. He then turned to his left. "Leaf, how're you doing there?"
"Stop distracting me, Ash! Rattata, use Bite!" Leaf commanded.
Leaf, on the other hand, was not doing pretty well. She didn't have a type advantage on any of her pokémon, and Venus was knocked out a long time ago. She was now struggling to fight with her tired Rattata against the trainer's Metapod, and as soon as the cocooned pokémon was knocked out the Bug Catcher sent out a Kakuna, which made Misty squeal.
Ash was surprised as he saw Misty shriek every time a bug type pokémon was seen by the group. Maybe that was why she was afraid of the forest…hmm…
The Bug Catcher gave Leaf a wad of pokédollars before returning to a sturdy branch on the tree. Ash chuckled once again as he remembered how Leaf's latest opponent had scared her by jumping down the tree like a ninja and issuing a challenge.
"I still haven't caught a pokémon, though," Ash muttered to himself. "I think now would be a good – Hey, a Caterpie!"
"Pie…? Cater…pie?" the tiny bug type whimpered at the sight of the raven-haired boy.
"I'm going to catch you!" Ash fumbled in his backpack as he fished out a pokeball.
"WHAT?!" Misty cried.
Ash shook his head and decided to ignore her. "Pokeball, go!"
The pokeball soared through air and connected with Caterpie which was sucked into the ball. The pokeball landed on the ground and began to shake. Ash and the other watched in anticipation for the catch to be complete.
"Come on," Ash said to himself. The tension was killing him. The ball finally stopped shaking and 'dinged' to signal Caterpie had been captured.
Ash's face immediately broke out into a grin. He couldn't contain his excitement. "Alright, I caught my first pokémon! Yes!" he cheered, pumping his fist into the air.
"Sab, Sableye!" Amethyst said as she held out her fingers in a 'V' shape.
"EEEEEEEEEWWW!" Misty fussed about in her spot. "Why'd you have to catch a bug out of all things?"
"Oh, come on, Misty." Ash then walked towards her with a teasing tone. "You're not afraid of in itsy-bitsy Caterpie, aren't you?"
"Get…it…away…from…ME!" Misty screamed as Ash merely touched the pokeball against the skin, and Ash tilted his head in confusion. Why would a pokeball make here scream?
"That pokeball has bug slime!" Misty reasoned, but Ash simply raised an eyebrow. He then broke out into a grin.
"Hey, you know what? We haven't greeted Caterpie properly yet. Let's introduce ourselves to, uh…him!" Ash concluded as he looked up from his pokedex.
Misty grimaced and looked at Ash in pure shock. "Oh, no…"
"Come out, Caterpie!" Ash called out as his pokeball opened up. Misty immediately screamed and crawled away from the group as the Caterpie materialized on the floor.
Caterpie stared around at its surroundings in wonder before settling its eyes on Ash. Ash knelt down and said, "Hi there, Caterpie. My name is Ash Ketchum. It's nice to meet you. We are going to have many great adventures together."
Caterpie gave the equivalent of a smile and nodded his head.
His eyes then landed on Misty a short distance away. He then then charged forward straight at Misty.
"Aaaahhhhhh!" Misty screamed as Caterpie reached her. He then began to rub against Misty's leg affectionately, which caused her scream more.
"See, Misty? Caterpie is really nice, and it even likes you. You should give him a chance and become friends with him," Ash told her.
"No way! I could never be friends with such a creepy bug!" Misty exclaimed jumping away from Caterpie, saddening him and making his eyes water.
"That isn't going to work. We are all going to be traveling together, and so we should all be friends and get along, even you and Caterpie," Ash said a little sternly.
Misty then looked down and saw Caterpie rubbing against her leg again. She let out another mighty scream and ran a short distance away.
Ash then got an angry look on his face. "I can't believe you, Misty. Caterpie has been nothing but nice to you, and you are treating him like dirt!"
"I can't help it that I don't like bugs, Ash!" Misty shouted.
Caterpie went to his pokeball, pressed the button with his nose, and allowed himself back in the pokeball.
Ash then turned to glare at Misty. "Now look what you've done. I don't know how you expect to keep traveling with us if you are going to insult my pokémon. Let's go, Leaf! We don't need idiots like her in our group," he said as he went to grab Caterpie's pokeball. He then picked it up and began to walk off. His Sableye joined Ash and Leaf before frowning at Misty.
It was now night-time in Viridian Forest. The group had already eaten a small supper of sandwiches and were now getting ready for bed. Everyone had already stepped away to change into their pyjamas. Caterpie was staring at the moon. It was full and gave off a nice glow to the forest after the campfire was put out.
Ash gave a huge yawn as he got into his sleeping bag. He then turned to Leaf, who was already asleep and snoring softly. He stifled a giggle before he yawned once again and closed his eyes.
Meanwhile, Amethyst had opened her eyes and noticed Caterpie was still awake, looking up at the moon. He had a longing expression on his face, eyes wide and a smile. Wondering what was going on in the pokémon's mind, Amethyst quietly slipped out of her small sleeping bag and stood next to Caterpie, who noticed the darkness pokémon's presence.
"Sup, Caterpie. What'cha doing?" Amethyst asked.
Caterpie sighed and turned to face her. "I just can't sleep. I just…"
"What're you thinking about?" the Sableye probed.
Caterpie looked at the ground with a slightly sad expression on his face. "Well, it's my dream to be a Butterfree one day and soar in the skies. But I'm so weak that I don't think I can do it," Caterpie revealed.
"Yeah…Flying must be great." Amethyst grinned at the bug type and chuckled. "But don't worry! I know you'll fly one day. I'm sure of it!"
"I don't know…I don't know any useful moves except for Tackle. How am I going to evolve into a Butterfree like that?"
Amethyst gave Caterpie a reassuring pat on the back. "Don't worry, Caterpie. Ash is a great trainer. He'll help you achieve your dream! Just don't give up!"
"Thanks. I feel somewhat better now. Good night." Caterpie turned and crawled away from the Sableye and curled up into a ball, sleeping soundly next to Ash.
The Sableye yawned a moment later. "I guess I'll call it a day. I need my beauty sleep."
"Ngh…What's that sound?"
The group woke up the next day to the sound of loud chirruping, and Ash groggily opened his eyes to notice an avian pokémon not too far away from pecking at the ground, looking for food.
"Oooh, a Pidgeotto!" Ash exclaimed in delight, now fully awake. The sight of seeing a pokémon surely excited him. He reached for his pokedex and began to scan the Pidgeotto.
"Pidgeotto, the bird pokémon, is a normal and flying type pokémon," the pokedex described. "Pidgeotto claims a large area as its own territory. This pokémon flies around, patrolling its living space. If its territory is violated, it shows no mercy in thoroughly punishing the foe with its sharp claws."
"…I think I'm going to catch this pokémon!" Ash said, withdrawing a pokeball. He knew that the Pidgeotto wasn't going to go down without a fight, so he didn't throw his pokeball immediately.
"Ugh…Ash, what the heck…?" Leaf mumbled as she looked through her half-open eyes. She stood up and lazily gave a stretch while Misty continued to sleep.
Ash turned towards Leaf, who was looking at him with a questioning look. "I'm going to catch this Pidgeotto! Amethyst, you're up!" His Sableye cried out in joy and teleported in front of him.
"Amethyst, use Night Shade!" Ash exclaimed, Amethyst shooting two black beams from her eyes that struck the Pidgeotto. The avian pokémon simply looked up and turned towards Amethyst and Ash, giving them a powerful glare before spreading her wings wide.
"Ash…If you're planning on catching a pokémon, at least use correct moves," Leaf said, chuckling. "Ghost type attacks don't affect normal type pokémon."
Ash stomped his foot in frustration. "Damn it!"
The Pidgeotto flapped her wings and rose a few feet above the air, giving the trainer and his pokémon an intimidating look. A chill went down Ash's spine as the bird pokémon slowly made her way towards him.
"Shit!" he cursed. He opened his pokedex and scanned Amethyst, searching for some of her moves that weren't ghost type attacks. Night Shade, Teleport, Leer, Astonish…Sucker Punch and Leer! Alright! "Amethyst, use Sucker Punch!"
The Pidgeotto flew towards Amethyst, wings slightly glowing in an attempt to smack the Sableye. Amethyst, however, quickly appeared in front of Pidgeotto, startled her and head-butted her in her torso.
In return, Pidgeotto smacked her wings against Amethyst's face, sending her crashing into the ground.
"Amethyst, are you okay?!" Ash asked in a concerned voice.
"Sableye!" she cried and jumped back to her feet, indicating that she had a lot of strength left in her.
"Cool! Try a Fury Swipes!" Ash commanded.
Pidgeotto swooped down and readied another Wing Attack while Amethyst's claws grew longer. The two pokémon lashed on each other, each being thrown back by the attack.
"Damn…Pidgeotto's too quick." Ash looked at the ground while Amethyst started to teleport and evade each of the avian pokémon's Wing Attack. In an instant, an idea popped inside Ash's head. "Amethyst, stay where you are and wait for Pidgeotto to come back down!"
Amethyst nodded her head and stood her ground. Pidgeotto circled the air for a moment and then swooped down, straight towards the Sableye.
"Wait for a little longer!" Ash ordered.
Amethyst nodded. She trusted her trainer's judgement. Pidgeotto continued to get closer and closer, the two pokémon staring intensely at each other.
"Amethyst, teleport onto Pidgeotto's back!" Ash called out at the last second.
Amethyst nodded and instantly vanished, Pidgeotto's wings hitting nothing but air. She looked around in confusion while Amethyst was on her back, teleported onto her in a split-second.
"Now, Amethyst – use Fury Swipes!"
Amethyst grinned and unleashed her attack, slashing Pidgeotto's back wildly while she (Pidgeotto) squirmed and cried out in agony. Pidgeotto cried out once more and lost her balance, finally diving for the ground and crashing into it.
"Go, pokeball!" Ash threw the red-and-white sphere, the ball travelling towards the Pidgeotto and hitting her and sucking her inside it. A red light flashed for a second before the pokeball shook in its spot, finally stopping after a ding sound was heard.
Ash ran over to his Sableye and hugged her lovingly, later smiling at her. "You were awesome, Amethyst!" he praised. He let her go and picked up the pokeball, showing it off as he exclaimed: "We caught a Pidgeotto!"
"You did great, Ash! I'm so proud of you!" Leaf remarked joyously.
Ash smiled at her. He then noticed Misty roll on the ground and land her face in a puddle of mud.
"Ugh…" she groaned sleepily. "What…?"
"I hate this place! There are so many bugs!"
Ash slapped his face in frustration. Surely Misty had to ruin every good moment. The trio were in good spirits, mainly Ash, just because he had a new addition to his team and for the fact that his Caterpie had evolved into a Metapod right in his pokeball, which was strange. Nevertheless, Ash was happy that Caterpie had evolved and so was the pokémon himself.
"Hey look, everyone!" Ash suddenly said excitedly. "It's a Weedle!"
The other two looked closer until they finally saw a light-brown caterpillar-like pokémon appear from behind the grass, squirming with her pink suction-cup feet. Weedle looked harmless if it wasn't for the fact for their poisonous and extremely sharp stingers on their foreheads.
"Oh no, not more bugs," Misty grumbled.
"Leaf, why don't you capture that pokémon? You haven't caught a pokémon in this forest yet," Ash told Leaf.
Leaf grinned. "Oh yes I will." She took out her pokeball and sent out her Rattata, who scratched his left ear before baring his fangs, trying to intimidate the Weedle.
"Rattata, use…huh?" Leaf blinked in confusion. "Where did that damn Weedle go?"
Misty heaved a sigh before she narrowed her eyes when she felt something rubbing against her leg. What was it? In curiosity, she looked down and saw none other than the same Weedle looking intently at her. "AAAAAH!" she shrieked, drawing everyone's attention.
"What…Oh, there's the Weedle!" Leaf exclaimed. "Rattata, use Quick Attack!"
Rattata's body glowed momentarily before he rushed towards Weedle and slammed into her, leaving a trail of white as he ran. The Weedle retaliated by stabbing Rattata with her stinger, making him cry out in pain as the poison took effect.
"Rattata!" Leaf yelled, concerned for her pokémon's state. "Rattata, can you keep up?" Rattata replied by slamming into Weedle again, this time lighter than before.
"Okay then! Bite that worm!" Leaf ordered.
Rattata's fangs grew a tad bit longer as his fangs clashed against the brown skin, breaking it as small drops of blood oozed out.
"Yes!" Leaf unclipped an empty pokeball and hurled it towards Weedle, absorbing her inside the sphere before it shook once, twice, thrice…and it then stopped.
Leaf screamed internally as she went forward and picked up the pokeball, grinning from ear-to-ear, but her heart skipped a beat when she stood up – a blade was an inch away from her face, and she let out a horrible screech.
"W-Who are y-you?" Leaf asked fearfully as she looked at the sharp blade in front of her. She looked at the person in front of her – a boy of their age dressed up in the costume of a samurai.
"I am—Oomph!" The boy never got to finish his sentence since Ash tackled him to the ground, choking him.
"Don't you ever think about hurting Leaf!" Ash yelled at the boy, whose face now turned purple.
"Relax, I come in peace!" the boy yelled back, trying to get Ash off him. "This is just an act! Nothing more!"
As glared at the boy one last time before letting him go and helping him up. "Alright then, who are you?"
The boy unsheathed his sword and thrusted it in the air. "I doth be the Samurai! I beseech thee with the request of a battle, required that you be a Pallet Trainer!"
"Pallet trainer…? Oh, yeah, we're from Pallet Town." Ash, Leaf and Misty controlled themselves from laughing at the boy's ridiculous way of talking. "…And sure. We're up for a battle!"
"Very well then!" the Samurai exclaimed, sheathing his sword. "So which of you will battle me first?"
Leaf stepped forward and took out her Bulbasaur's pokeball. "I will."
"Then let us begin!" The boy took out a pokeball of his own and released it in the air, sending out a Metapod. The green, cocooned pokémon cried out in a monotonous voice and stood (?) in her spot, unmoving.
"Venus, I choose you!" Leaf threw her pokeball in the air which sent out her Bulbasaur, who pawed at the ground.
"Metapod, use Harden!" Samurai called out extravagantly, pointing dramatically towards Leaf. His Metapod glowed for a second, definitely looking harder than before.
"Venus, use Vine Whip!" Venus launched out two thick, green vines at Metapod, who was lashed quite quickly but it seemed like she didn't feel a thing.
"Metapod, extra hardness!" the Samurai exclaimed, and Metapod glowed again, hardening her shell.
"Venus, use Poison Powder!"
The Bulbasaur blew a purplish powder from her bulb that rained down on Metapod, poisoning her and weakening her shell in the process.
"Damn it!" The Samurai gave up his horrible imitation of a samurai due to his worry over Metapod. "Metapod, use Harden!"
Leaf smirked. "Venus, grab Metapod with Vine Whip and then slam her on the ground!"
Samurai grimaced as he saw the Bulbasaur wrap her vines around Metapod's body, then slamming her down hard. He quickly fished out a pokeball and recalled his fainted Metapod back into her pokeball.
"Seems like I win." Samurai nodded and held out a wad of cash, signifying his loss against Leaf.
Samurai turned and looked at Ash. "Are you going to battle me or what?"
Ash gritted his teeth as he stepped forward. "I accept!"
"Can we please get out of this forest quickly?" Misty moaned as she fussed in frustration.
"Wait, Misty." Ash then turned towards Samurai and glared at him. "I'm ready for any pokémon you send forth!"
"Very well then – face this!" Samurai hurled the pokeball in the air, which opened up and released a beam of white light. A Pinsir materialised on the ground, clicking his pincers as he growled.
Ash winced as he took a look at the pokémon – this Pinsir looked tough. Scratch marks were present on his body and pincers, telling of his participation in many battles. He was also bigger than other of his species, reaching a height of 1.8 metres.
Ash sweat-dropped and moved his hand around his pokéballs. I definitely can't use Metapod, he'll die if I do…I can send out Amethyst, but I think the best pokémon would be…He took out a pokeball and tossed it in the air, saying, "Pidgeotto, I choose you!" The bird pokémon soared circled the air and then stopped, looking down at her opponent.
"Try this!" Samurai exclaimed with a grin. "Pinsir, use Vice Grip!"
"Saair!" Pinsir cried out as he rushed forward, jumped and then caught the surprised Pidgeotto in between his pincers. Ash gasped as Pinsir squeezed Pidgeotto even harder, thorns on each pincer hurting the flying type even further.
"Oh, no, Pidgeotto's gonna get crushed!" Leaf exclaimed.
"Pidgeotto, try to get outta there!" Ash cried out, alarmed.
Samurai smirked, dramatically pulling out his sword. "Finish it off with Seismic Toss!"
"Pinsir!" Pinsir cried out once again. He leapt into the air, staying midway for a few moments as he performed front-flips continuously with Pidgeotto still clutched between his pincers. The bug type then swooped down and released Pidgeotto, throwing her down in an attempt to slam her on the ground.
Ash panicked. "Pidgeotto, try to use Gust and Whirlwind to stop your fall!"
Pidgeotto nodded and then flapped her wings, creating powerful gusts of wind that pushed her upwards and prevented her fall. She chirruped loudly before soaring up again, an angry look on her face. "What?" Samurai yelled.
Ash snapped her fingers and grinned. "That's amazing, Pidgeotto! Now use Agility and then Wing Attack!"
Samurai cursed as Pidgeotto raised her speed by disappearing from time to time, taunting Pinsir as she frequently appeared right in front of him. She then stopped a few metres behind the bug type and smacked him with her wings, delivering a powerful and super effective attack.
"Try my ace, then – Hyper Beam!" Samurai called out.
Looks like this kid has beefed up his pokémon with TMs, Ash thought in annoyance. Pinsir opened his mouth and released a thick, orange beam that headed straight up for his opponent. Without any orders, Pidgeotto swerved to her right and evaded the attack, but the beam instead hit a tree and uprooted it.
Soon, a buzzing sound filled the forest, gradually increasing in loudness by the second. Misty looked frightened to death, and her eyes roamed around. "W-What's that?"
Ash looked up, clearly worried. He whistled and Pidgeotto swooped down to him, landing right beside him as he walked closer. He narrowed his eyes and saw figures emerging from behind trees, and his eyes widened in fear once he recognized the pokémon.
"B-Beedrill!" he yelled out, warning the others.
Leaf gasped. "Oh, crap!"
The swarm contained around twenty of them and each of their stingers was nastily sharp. Their eyes were without emotion and looked demeaning, striking fear in their hearts.
"Guys, run!" Samurai yelled out, making everyone turn and run in his direction. "I've got a cabin and you can rest safely till the swarm goes!"
"Whatever, man!" Ash replied, running away from the swarm as the Beedrill swarm continued their relentless pursuit. Ash turned towards his Pidgeotto and commanded, "Pidgeotto, use Whirlwind to drive them away, but don't get too close!" His Pidgeotto nodded and took to the air, flapping her wings with all her strength in an attempt to get rid of the swarm.
The group continued running, making their way to Samurai's cabin. "Why is this swarm of Beedrill chasing us?!" Serena asked out loud.
"My Pinsir might've hit their tree! That's why they're chasing us!" Samurai answered.
Misty groaned. "Oooh, I don't care! I just want to get out of this damn forest!" Just then, Misty tripped over her leg and fell on the ground, grazing her knee. She recoiled as blood oozed out from her wound and Ash stopped in his tracks.
"Misty!" Ash exclaimed, tone full of concern.
Misty turned her head up to see Pidgeotto flying back to the group, the several Beedrill following her. She shuddered when she saw a bolder Beedrill fly towards her and point his stinger at her, ready to aim.
"No!" Ash yelled out.
"Fuck!" Misty yelled out. She curled up and waited for her body to be pierced by the sharp stinger, but the blow never came. "Huh…?"
Misty then turned up and saw Ash's Metapod standing between her and the Beedrill, taking the blow with his hard shell. The pokémon had somehow burst out of his pokeball and crawled towards Misty with the intention of protecting him. A crack appeared on the Beedrill's stinger and he cried out in pain.
"Meta…Metapod…?" Misty muttered in awe and recognition.
"Meta…POD!" Metapod cried out, hardening his shell even further.
The Beedrill's expression grew furious and then slammed his other stinger against Metapod's body, cracking the cocoon while Ash cried out in pain. If the Beedrill broke the shell, Metapod surely would die.
But his fears were driven away when the shell broke open and a bright glow took place, and the inside of the cocoon soon took to the air. The bug type was now a butterfly with a purple body, with two segments and four light-blue legs. The upper two legs resembled hands while the lower two were longer. Two black antennae were placed above his head, and on his face was a light blue snout with two fangs underneath and large, red compound eyes. His veined wings were white with black accents, and they fluttered rapidly as he cried out cheerfully. Ash's Metapod had now evolved into a Butterfree!
"Free! Freeeeee!" Butterfree cried out in happiness.
"Wow, a Butterfree!" Ash exclaimed in awe. "Congratulations, Butterfree!" The bug type had finally achieved his dream of being a Butterfree!
However, the happy moment was short-lived as the Beedrill had now regained his senses and thrusted a stinger. Butterfree retaliated by releasing a weak telekinetic force as his eyes glowed purple, striking the Beedrill and hurling him back.
"Th-That's Confusion!" Leaf exclaimed, stopping only to witness the scene.
The Beedrill swarm noticed their comrade in danger, stopped pursuing Pidgeotto and dived down towards the group with the intention of hurting, hurting and hurting.
"Let's finish this!" Ash exclaimed, sending out his Porygon and Sableye. "Pidgeotto, use Gust! Butterfree, fly around and use Sleep Powder on the Beedrill! Amethyst, use Night Shade and Lateralus, use Psybeam!"
The volley of attacks continued as Butterfree rose in the air, flapped his wings and sprinkled orange spores from his wings – Pidgeotto pushed the Beedrill away with her powerful gust, Lateralus fired multiple beams of energy at many Beedrill and Amethyst knocked out her enemies with powerful black beams from her eyes. Butterfree continued to sprinkle the sleeping powder, and the Beedrill began to fall down one by one until all of them were asleep.
"Way to go, Butterfree!" Ash exclaimed as he ran towards his pokémon to give him a hug, but someone beat him to it.
"Butterfree, you were amazing!" Misty exclaimed as she continued to lovingly embrace Butterfree. "If it wasn't for you, I would've been dead meat." She looked at the ground. "…I guess I shouldn't have called you those things. I'm sorry, Butterfree."
"Free, Butterfree!" Butterfree forgave, nipping at Misty's ears while she giggled.
"Hey Amethyst, Lateralus, Pidgeotto – come and meet Butterfree!" Ash called.
Amethyst came over and nodded at Butterfree in awe. She was really happy that her friend had finally achieved his dream. Pidgeotto and Lateralus also came forward and nodded in approval.
Butterfree himself was very happy that he had finally achieved his dream. "Free, Butterfree!" he cried happily again.
"…And here is the exit, my friends. You should reach Pewter City in only a few days' time," Samurai told them.
"Thank you for your help," Leaf said appreciatively.
"You're very welcome," Samurai replied briskly. "I'm going to stay here and continue to train hard. Hopefully one day, I will be able to win against you!"
"Don't worry; I won't go easy on you!" Ash replied jokingly.
"Um, excuse me, but do you live here alone?" Misty asked.
Samurai grinned. "Yes. My parents live in Cinnabar Island, but I'm staying here so that I can get stronger and hopefully continue winning my gym challenges." Samurai then shook hands with everyone.
"Goodbye, Samurai!" Leaf said as she and the rest of the group waved goodbye.
"Goodbye and good luck on the rest of your journey!" Samurai replied as he waved goodbye as well.
Now I know I made a mistake with Venus' origin, I accidentally wrote it as Greek. I changed it so now STOP NITPICKING.
Ahem. Anyway, with the rest of the A/N.
This should probably be the last of the worst pokemon battles in this fic. I have planned for something in Pewter City, and I hope you guys like it! There will also be surprises in the Pewter City arc, so stay tuned as Ash's adventure is going to be heated up! And once again, thank you all for the support. The next chapter will hopefully be uploaded by Sunday. Stay put!
Answering the questions:
Will Ash and Leaf be a item?
Maybe.
Will Ash get an eevee?
No. I have already decided who is going to get an eevee from the group.
Can Ash and Leaf raise a togepi together?
...I'm not telling.
Will Ash and Leaf kiss?
Maybe! *Wink**Wink*
Can you have Ash catch a growlithe
Probably. But I don't understand what it is with Ash having a growlithe. I mean, what's so special? But that doesn't mean that I'll ignore this possibility. If I want it to happen it most certainly will.
As always, review and tell me what you thought about this one. See you next chapter!