Thanks for the reviews guys I really appreciate you taking the time to write one.

So after the current poll ends I will be out of polls so I'd like you guys to suggest some polls you'd like to see. If I like them I'll use them in the future.

For the current poll I should clarify for those who haven't voted yet, Giovanni wouldn't be an enemy so to speak. His role would be anonymously feeding Ash information about Team Magma and Aqua so there are less evil teams for him to compete with. Giovanni wants to dominate the world but other evil teams would interfere with that so he is using Ash to get rid of them. I want him to be more of a manipulator than just a carbon copy of most villains. I probably didn't word the question right but that's basically what it would be.

Here's chapter 4 I hope you enjoy.

In conversations:

'- Translation of Poké Speech – No human unless otherwise stated can understand it.

"- Human speech

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.


The next day Ash woke up raring to go, he wanted to get to Petalburg by mid morning so he could make up on lost time. He got all of his things packed and returned his Pokémon, clipping all of their poke balls back on his belt. With Eevee asleep in his arms Ash left his room and went to May's room, he knocked on the door but got no answer, he knocked harder but again got no answer. He checked his watch and saw that it was only 6am so he was pretty sure she'd probably never woken up this early before. He tried knocking a few more times but still got no answer so he changed his strategy to something he was sure would work.

"Hey May the Pokémon Centre has a huge buffet in the cafeteria. If you don't get down there soon you'll just have to have the warmed up leftovers."

Raichu and Meowth snickered quietly as they knew that would be enough to get May out of bed. The trio listened carefully for the sound of footstpes but at firrst they heard nothing, Ash was about to give up and go when he suddenly heard frantic footsteps inside. A couple of minutes later the door flew open and a fully dressed May ran straight past Ash headed for the cafeteria. As they watched her storm down the hall Ash, Meowth and Raichu broke into hysterics, they were laughing so hard that they having to wipe tears from their eyes.

The trio stopped laughing when they heard someone growling menacingly and footsteps thudding on the stairs. May got to the top of the stairs and saw the trio stood outside her door. She sent a terrifying glare at them which made all three get chills down their spines. Ash had to admit that May's glare would have challenged Misty's and that was saying something. She stomped up to Ash who nervously took a step back now regretting his actions.

"I'm gonna kill you." May growled.

"Now calm down May there's no need to get upset. I just thought you'd wanna get home as soon as you can so you can see your family."

"It's six o'clock in the damn morning, I want to sleep."

"Well you're awake now so we might as well get going."

She took a step forward and her glare intensified making Ash take another step back as his quickly thought about what he could do to placate her. An idea cam as soon as he hear May's stomach grumble.

"How about I make it up to you by making breakfast?"

At the mention of food she momentarily faltered, she was hungry but she still furious a being woken up so early. She kept glaring at Ash for about a minute and then she sighed.

"Fine, but it better be a damn good breakfast."

Ash sighed in relief, he wasn't going to make the mistake of angering May further so he didn't waste a second and quickly went downstairs. He walked to the main desk and pretty much begged Nurse Joy to allow him to use the Pokémon Centre's kitchen. To his relief she allowed it since the cook didn't start until half past seven anyway so they had plenty of time. Ash thanked Nurse Joy profusely and went into the kitchen so he could start making a variety of dishes for May who had taken a seat in the cafeteria. After ten minutes Ash stated serving the food, in hindsight Ash thought he probably went a bit overboard and made too much but he didn't want to take any chances. To Ash's surprise May polished off the lot, as she finished the last bite Ash stood there waiting, he was just hoping that he was back in her good books.

"So am I off the hook."

She gave him an angry look for a second and then a smile broke out on her face.

"Yeah I guess so."

Ash once again breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't like having people angry at him which reminded him that he had to call Misty and Brock when he got a chance. While Ash cleaned up the kitchen May went and got her bag, once everywhere had been properly cleaned the duo left the Pokémon Centre and headed west to Route 102. As they walked down route 102 they saw Zigzagoon, Wurmple, Poochyena and the odd Lotad playing around the bushes and ponds. Ash had considered catching one of the Lotad but he knew that it wouldn't really be a great addition to his team. Ash did want to catch more Pokémon than he had in previous regions but he was being selective, he wasn't going to catch a Pokémon just because it was there.


The pair reached Petalburg at about half past ten which considering they had taken a break was earlier than Ash expected. He walked through the small town with May to her house which he noticed was attached to the gym meaning that she was the daughter of Norman. While Ash thought about this May walked up pathway to the door and knocked it three times. While she waited for the door to open she heard footsteps walking away, May turned around and saw Ash now walking towards the open gate.

"Hey Ash where are you going?" May asked making ash stop in his tracks.

"Well I was gonna head to Nikita Town, it's on the way to Rustboro Town and there's a tournament there in a few days time so I want to get there for that."

"Well could you just come in for a while? I'm sure my family would like to thank you for saving me."

Before Ash could reply to May the front door opened revealing a woman with blue eyes and brown hair.

"Hello May."

The woman looked over May's shoulder and saw Ash.

"Who's your friend?"

"Mum this is Ash."

"Hello Ash. Would you like to come in?"

"Ok, thank you Mrs Maple." Ash replied not wanting to appear rude.

"Please call me Caroline, Mrs Maple makes me feel old."

Ash chuckled and with a nod her followed May as she walked inside the house. Once inside Ash took a look in the main room and saw a man he knew was the well respected Norman Maple sat in a chair reading a paper. May walked over to him and gave him a hug making him lower the paper and give May a disapproving look. As she saw the look May looked down guiltily knowing that she was in trouble.

"May you're extremely late, you were supposed to be home yesterday. Your mother and I have been worried sick"

"Sorry dad I was attacked by a bunch of Poochyena and a couple of Mightyena. So I got delayed also my bike is toast."

Norman and Caroline sent worried looks at May and Norman shot up from his chair checking his daughter for injuries making the the young trainer giggle as his overprotective and almost silly behaviour.

"Dad I'm fine, my new friend Ash saved me. His Pokemon dealt with the whole pack."

Norman and Caroline walked over to Ash, the former shook Ash's hand firmly and the latter pulled him into a hug that was even tighter than the one May had given him.

"May you are going to tell your father and I everything that has happened since you left to get your first Pokemon. I don't want you leaving out any of the details."

A young boy suddenly raced down the stairs with a smug grin as he looked at May.

"Is May in trouble?" he asked almost gleefully

"No Max, she's not in any trouble. She would have been though had she not had a good reason for being late."

Max pouted in disappointment and slumped into one of the spare chairs, while secretly he was happy to hear that May was okay he still liked seeing her get in trouble.

After introducing Ash to Max everyone took a seat and May began recounting what had happened from her first home, to choosing to Torchic, then angering the Poochyena and finally her and Ash walking home. She told everything in excruciating detail which made her little brother laugh when he heard about how Ash had woken her up. Max stopped laughing after he got a smack in the head from May and he grumble as he heard Ash chuckling. Once May was finished recounting everything that had happened Norman got up and shook Ash's hand again.

"Thank you Ash. You have no idea how grateful we are that you saved May. I don't think we'll ever be able to truly repay you."

"It's no problem Norman, I'm not going to leave someone in need of help especially against a pack of Pokemon."

"You're a good kid Ash, well this may not be much of a repayment but if you want you may challenge me for the Balance Badge right now."

"Thanks for the kind offer Norman and I truly appreciate it but I know the Hoenn League rules and I will adhere to them just as any other trainer would do. When I win the first four badges I'll return here and believe me that's a battle I'm looking forward to."

"Me too Ash, just don't keep me waiting too long."

"Well now that that is decided would you like to stay for lunch Ash?" Caroline asked.

Ash looked at the time and realised that he'd been here for over three hours. Seeing as how he was hungry and he didn't want to appear rude by rejecting the kind offer he stayed for lunch. Although he was way behind schedule he had enjoyed his time spent with them and was glad to spend a little more time with them. After lunch he knew he had to get on the road to have a chance of keeping to his schedule.

"I really must leave now sadly, I am way behind schedule on my plans so I have to get going. Thank you Caroline, Norman for your hospitality. Here is the number to my Pokénav, so you can call me if you need to."

"Okay Ash, thank you again for everything."

Norman shook Ash's hand a final time and Caroline, Max and May hugged him. He smiled and walked out of their home, after walking down the path he closed the gate and took one last look at the house before heading headed towards the western exit of Petalburg.


With no time to waste Ash left Petalburg and took his first steps on to Route 104. He checked the map feature on his Pokénav and guessed that he'd get to Nikita Town in about two days providing nothing else delayed him. After the setbacks he'd had thus far Ash didn't want to take any chances of potentially missing a good chance to test his Pokemon and see how much their training had paid off. Even though he was confident he wanted to get to Nikita Town early so he could get registered for the tournament and use the rest of the time before the tournament starts to train.

As he walked along the dusty path Ash was looking all around for some new diverse Pokémon to catch. He was hoping that his luck would change as he hadn't found any wild Pokémon he wanted to capture yet. However this route was known for having a good variety of Pokémon so he thought he had a good chance of finding something interesting. The sky was getting dark and Ash was about to set up camp when he thought he heard someone sobbing. He looked to the south where the noise was coming from which was a thick forest.

"Hey did you guys hear that?"

Meowth and Raichu both nodded and looked at the forest.

"Let's go see what's happening."

Ash walked through the forest carefully pushing obstructing branches aside. As he got deeper into the forest it thickened making it harder for him to get through the dense woods. He could hear the sobbing getting louder so he picked up the pace and pushed his way through a thicket of trees. Once he got past the trees he came to an open clearing and he saw a tiny figure leaned up against a tree.

He ran to the creatures side and saw that it was a young tiny Ralts. He felt his heart break for the Ralts, she was covered in blood and grime and her face was badly bruised. Ralts sensed that someone was near and she managed to open an eye and saw the human in front of her. She could sense that he was a kind, compassionate and loving person so she used the last of her strength to crawl to him and then she blacked out.

Upon seeing the small Ralts collapse Ash quickly got to his knees with Raichu and Meowth either side of him. Ash handed handed Eevee to Raichu and picked up the Ralts letting him get a closer look at her injuries it was obvious that she'd been abused by someone. Whether the damage had been caused by a trainer or by other Pokémon would be unknown until he could ask her. Judging by the size of her Ash guessed that she probably wasn't much older than Eevee which only made him more shocked that someone could do this.

He gently shifted Ralts into his right arm and sent out his Pokémon. They saw the badly injured Ralts in Ash's arms and they looked at the poor Pokémon with sorrow in their eyes. Ash told them to begin making camp but to be as quiet as they could be. They nodded and split up so they could do their own duties whether it was gathering fire wood, finding berries or looking around to make sure there were no threats in the area. Raichu and Meowth were the only ones who stayed behind so they could keep Eevee safe.

While his Pokémon were off setting up camp Ash took the Ralts to the small lake in the middle of the clearing. He took a cloth out of his back pack and started wiping the blood and grime off her, once he'd cleaned her he sprayed some of her worst wounds with a Super Potion and then placed her in his sleeping bag to rest. He sat there watching the poor young Pokemon hoping that she would be okay


Everyone spent the next couple of hours waiting for the Ralts to wake up. Ash's Pokémon had been trying to relax but they were far too concerned for the Ralts. As bad as it had been for them it was ten times worse for Ash, the only thing keeping him sane was Eevee who was sat in his lap practically purring in satisfaction as he groomed her. Ash heard a faint groan to his right and saw Ralts waking up, he stopped grooming Eevee who whined in discontent.

"Hey I promise that once I've tended to Ralts I'll get straight back to grooming you."

Eevee yipped happily and licked his cheek affectionately. Ash smiled back at his daughter and hugged her tightly, he then placed her on the ground and sat down next Ralts who was now sat up looking around in confusion. She saw the person he had seen before she passed and held her arms out, Ash knew what she wanted and he picked her up. As soon as she was in his arms she clutched on to his shirt and began bawling into it. Ash hugged her tightly and was rubbing her back in an attempt to calm her.

"Please calm down Ralts, nobody will hurt you now."

The sobbing seemed to lessen but she was still clinging on to Ash's shirt afraid that if she let go he would vanish and she'd be all alone. Ash moved his hand from her back to her head and began stroking her head which seed to help calm her as her sobs became whimpers. Now that she was calming down Ash thought that he'd try to find out what happened to her.

"Hey Meowth can you come over here?"

The cat stopped his conversation with Raichu and walked over to Ash.

"What do ya need boss?"

"I was wondering if you could translate what she's saying for me?"

"Sure."

Ash turned his attention back to Ralts who had stopped whimpering but was still shaking.

"How old are you?"

She looked up at Ash,with tear stained cheeks and started talking, when she finished Ash looked at Meowth.

"She says dat she is only a couple of weeks old."

Ash was shocked that someone could beat a young defenceless child so mercilessly.

"Who did this to you?"

Again he heard her talking. When she finished all of Ash's Pokémon looked horrified, their looks told Ash that it was a trainer who did this.

"Well by the look on your face I guess that you know that her trainer did this. He was training her but she couldn't do what he was asking so he got mad and told all of his Pokémon to attack her."

Ash was fuming, how could that scum bag try to make an incredibly young Pokémon start battling?

"Of course she can't start training, she's only a couple of weeks old. That trainer is an utter disgrace."

The sudden burst of anger from Ash brought a slight whimper came from Ralts . Ash heard the whimper and calmed himself down, he didn't want to scare Ralts anymore than she already was. He banished all the darker thoughts from his mind and smiled softly as her.

"Hey Ralts would you like to come with me? I promise that I will never do anything to hurt you." Ash said.

That was what Ralts had been waiting to hear, she knew that there was no other place she'd rather be. She felt safe in Ash's arms and knew that every word he had said was true. She smiled at Ash and nodded, Ash heard her saying her name over and over again. He smiled as he knew what she was saying.

"Well that settles it you're coming with us Ralts."

A huge smile broke out on her face and she nestled her head into Ash's shirt feeling safe in his arms. Ash tightened his grip on her vowed that if he found the trainer who did this to Ralts he would make sure that he would get a taste of his own medicine. What he didn't know that all his Pokémon had done the same thing. Ash decided that they would stay where they were, the sky was now pitch black and the only thing lighting the clearing was Cyndaquil's flames so there really would be no point in travelling any further today. Everyone agreed with Ash's decision and curled quickly falling to sleep. Ash was the last one to fall asleep the last thing he saw before he joined them in slumber was the smile on Ralts' face.


Next morning Ash got ready to set off bright and early, they had plenty of catching up to do if they wanted to get to Nikita Town on time. After everyone had finished their breakfast Ash returned all of his Pokémon and after a little internal debate he chose not to put Ralts in a poke ball yet for the same reason he not put Eevee in one. There was another reason for that decision, he was worried that she might associate being put in a poke ball with her former trainer which could be terrifying for her.

He was relieved to see that she was looking better than she did yesterday, the bruising had faded slightly but still looked very painful. He packed everything up and bent down picking the two young Pokémon up. Eevee and Ralts both happily nuzzled into his shirt and dozed off again. Ash looked at Meowth and Raichu who were stood either side of him.

"Hey Meowth, Raichu I want you to be on guard while I'm carrying Eevee and Ralts. We never know who or what might be lurking around here."

They both nodded and took their places either side of Ash, all three keeping quiet so that the young ones could get some rest.


It had been a couple of hours since they left their campsite and so far had run into no problems. With the path seemingly safe and since Ralts and Eevee had woken up a while ago everyone was on the lookout for any Pokémon. Suddenly Ash spotted one of the Pokémon he'd been wanting ever since he'd learned about the Hoenn region.

It was lying near a tree in the shade and it looked to be asleep. The Pokémon is a whitish insect. It has a pointed snout, a thin stripe that dips in a V-shaped pattern between its eyes, and whisker-like antennae on its face. Its eyes are black with green iris-like rings inside. Its hind legs are white and the forelegs are brown, and it has small, green wings on its back. Ash took one of the poke balls off his belt already feeling excited at catching his first Hoenn Pokemon, he didn't really count Mudkip as a capture since he hadn't had to battle for him.

"This is great guys, we've found a Nincada."

Ash placed Ralts and Eevee on the ground who both whined at not being in Ash's embrace anymore. Ash gave them a quick hug and stood back up fully focused on his target. Out the corner of his eyes he saw Raichu and Meowth stand in front of the two young Pokémon to protect them. Knowing that Eevee and Ralts were safe Ash threw the Pokéball that was in his hand.

"Totodile to the battlefield."

In a flash of light Totodile appeared on the path and looked focused, although he was still the happy-go-lucky Pokémon he'd always been he now knew that there were times when you had to be serious.

"Hit Nincada with Water Gun."

Totodile opened his mouth and fired a forceful shot of water at Nincada who jumped out of the way which surprised Ash as Nincada generally have poor eyesight and rely on other senses. This meant that this Nincada must have very heightened senses which impressed Ash and only made him want the bug type even more. He also had to admit that the Nincada's agility was also quite impressive.

In response to Totodile's attack Nincada scraped his claws across the ground which sent a cloud of dust at Totodile. The dust blinded Totodile for a moment which was long enough for Nincada to rush forward and ram into Totodile. The small crocodile staggered back a couple of paces but quickly recovered and smirked, he was going to enjoy this battle.

"Use Aqua Jet."

Totodile was surrounded in water and shot off towards Nincada who dug underground avoiding the attack. With no target to aim for Totodile stopped his attack and started looking all around him trying to see where Nincada was but couldn't find any sign of his opponent. The bug then burst out of the ground behind Totodile with its forelegs crossed in front of him and he hit Totodile with an X-Scissor. Again Totodile was momentarily stunned by the attack but he quickly went on the counter attack. His fist became encased in ice and he threw a punch at where Nincada was but the bug dodged by digging back underground.

"Totodile calm down and focus."

At Ash's command Totodile did as told, he steadied his breathing and closed his eyes which calmed him down and refocused him. He stood completely still looking almost serene, he suddenly felt the ground behind him shake and he turned around.

"Hit him with Iron Tail and then finish him with Ice Punch."

Nincada shot out of the ground and tried to use X-Scissor again like he had done before. But this time Totodile was ready and slammed his now metallic tail into the bugs midriff which sent him flying into the air. Totodile's fist was then encased in ice and he waited until Nincada nearly hit the ground and punched him making the bug slam into a tree. Nincada slumped to the ground, seeing his chance Ash threw a spare poke ball at Nincada, it shook three times before it signalled the capture.

"Great job Totodile, that Nincada put up a good fight."

'Thanks Ash.'

Totodile gave Ash a thumbs up and then began dancing happily making everyone laugh at the fact that in a matter of seconds he had gone from a deadly serious battler to someone completely carefree. Ash pat Totodile on the back and then went and picked up Nincada's Pokéball. Ash returned Totodile and put his and Nincada's poke balls on his belt, he bent down and picked up Ralts and Eevee and got back on the road to Nikita Town.


As midday approached Ash looked for somewhere they could stop for lunch and do some training. He searched for about half an hour until he finally came across a small clearing which would be perfect. He shrugged off his back pack at the base of a tree and put Ralts and Eevee next to it, he then sent out all his Pokémon so they could meet the new member of the family.

"Alright everyone we're doing some training today, Nincada, Mudkip and Sneasel you're with me the rest of you have a free for all. It will be a good opportunity for you to test any new moves you've been working on, this also give you great experience in fighting multiple opponents on your own."

The Pokémon all did as Ash asked and most of them began their battle royale. Ash went to check on his young Pokemon and saw that Ralts' shoulders had drooped and she started shuffling towards the other's. Realising that the young Pokemon must have assumed that she had to battle too Ash walked over to her and scooped her up, cradling her in his arms.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa I didn't mean you Ralts, you're staying with me and Eevee."

She looked up at him with a smile and with relief in her eyes which was no surprise to Ash considering everything she's been through in her short life. Ash smiled back at her until he heard an irritated yip and looked down at the pouting Eevee next to him, he chuckled at his other young Pokemon and bent down and picked her up.

"Sorry Eevee, I didn't mean to make you feel left out."

She yipped happily and licked his cheek, Ash chuckled and got the feeling that this was going to be a common event. Ash tightened his grip on both young Pokémon who snuggled into his embrace. Ash then started looking around the area, he wanted Mudkip to learn Iron Tail but he needed something heavy to use as weights for Mudkip since he didn't have access to the weights he used in Pallet. Ash then spotted a boulder and got an idea.

"Hey Raichu come over here."

The mouse broke off from the mêlée and was now in front of Ash wondering why he'd been called over.

"Can you go over there and use Iron Tail on that boulder and bring me back a heavy piece of rock that I can use for Mudkip."

Raichu nodded understanding why Ash wanted the rock and surfed on his tail towards the boulder,. He was gradually getting more confident in this ability and knew that it would come in handy during some battles in the future. After building up some speed Raichu leaped off his tail launching himself into the air and slammed his metallic tail on the boulder which shattered it. Raichu picked up on of the larger rocks and took it back to Ash placing it at his feet.

"Thanks buddy."

'No problem Ash'

Raichu saluted Ash and then turned around so he could jump back into the mêlée, Ash shifted Ralts and Eevee into one arm so he could take some rope out of his bag.

"Right Mudkip I am going to strap this rock to your tail-fin to strengthen it. When you're ready we'll work on Iron Tail, this is basically the same training all the others went through. Now once the rock is tied to your tail-fin I want you to run laps around the clearing and don't drag your tail-fin on the ground."

Mudkip nodded understanding his task and waited for Ash to tie the rock to his tail-fin. Ash was please to see the enthusiasm from Mudkip, he placed Eevee and Ralts back on the ground and began tying the rock to Mudkip's tail-fin. Once the rock was secure Mudkip quickly started to run around the area watching the battle between Ash's older Pokémon. This just left Nincada and Sneasel with Ash looking up at him and wondering what they were going to do, Ash at first had planned to see what moves they had but he saw the way both of them were staring at the free for all going on and he knew that was what Nincada and Sneasel wanted to be doing

"Okay you two I was thinking I'd heal you up Nincada and then both of you can get involved in the battle."

This seemed to please both Pokemon as the nodded, Ash rummaged through his backpack and got a Super Potion which he sprayed on Nincada's injuries which were now almost fully healed. Nincada and Sneasel then moved as quickly as they could to the battle and got involved. Nincada started trading blows with Totodile while Sneasel was battling Meowth. Ash sat down at the base of a tree with Eevee and Ralts and watched the battle unfold. He had done a lot of this kind of battling back at the ranch, it allowed him to see any weaknesses they had and it would be a good demonstration of Nincada and Sneasel's abilities.


Ash stopped the battle after about an hour and a half, he had been very been impressed by what he'd seen as everyone had clearly improved since the last time they'd battled like this. The real surprise though was how well Nincada and Sneasel did, he had expected them to take a break after fifteen minutes or so but they battled for the whole hour and a half. This performance from the pair certainly impressed Ash and he was certain that it wouldn't take long for them to catch up to the others. With the battle over Sneasel and Nincada staggered over to Ash, both were struggling to stand after the intense battle but both were proud of how they had managed to keep going against Ash's old Pokémon.

"I'm proud of you two, you were amazing out there."

This made both Pokemon feel even more proud at their performance, Ash smiled at the pair and then took a look at Mudkip who was doing one final lap of the clearing. He was amazed that Mudkip had kept going for the full hour and a half without a single break, it was clear that Mudkip was determined to do everything he could to become stronger. With the final lap complete Mudkip walked to Ash who removed the rock from his tail-fin and despite being exhausted Mudkip could feel that he had grown stronger from today's training

The rest of the Pokémon started walking back to where Ash Nincada, Mudkip and Sneasel were and then laid down, the newest members of his team looked exhausted and sweat was pouring off them which was no surprise considering the work out they had had today. Raichu and the other's were tired but were still more than capable of battling again should the need arise.

Their tiredness soon faded they saw the food Ash had prepared for them, they looked at it longingly with some even starting to drool a little. Seeing the looks on their faces made Ash chuckle, he put the food he had made into some bowls and placed them in front of the Pokémon. They dug into the food and instantly felt revitalised as Ash had crushed some Oran berries and sprinkled that on top of the food. As usual the food was polished off in no time making Ash chuckle again. They all then went off and started relaxing while Ash fed Eevee and Ralts

While Ash was feeding the young Pokémon he heard a rustling to his left where his back pack was. It didn't take a genius to know that it was Raichu searching for his favourite condiment, usually Ash would have been quick to stop the mouse however today he wouldn't as he'd planned a little surprise for Raichu with the help of Sneasel.

He looked over to Sneasel who was trying and failing to stifle a giggle, she knew what was about to happen and she couldn't wait to see it. Raichu completely oblivious to everyone now watching him kept rummaging through the bag until he finally found what he was looking for. He pulled the bottle out and stared lovingly at it. He took a few steps away from the backpack and took the lid off the ketchup which then exploded in his face covering him in ketchup. Everyone burst out laughing at the ketchup covered mouse.

Raichu turned around and sent everyone a glare but nobody was intimidated by the look it just made them laugh even harder. Raichu feeling embarrassed about the situation sat down and started trying to wipe the ketchup off but wasn't having much success. Raichu was still wiping the ketchup off when he was hit by two streams of water which completely drenched the mouse. He got to his feet and glared at the water types. Mudkip chuckled realising that he may have made a grave error in agreeing to Totodile's idea.

'Hey me and Totodile thought that you needed a hand cleaning the ketchup off.'

'Well let me repay you. I believe you two could use a bit of a shock.'

Raichu fired a Thunderbolt at them but they managed to dodge it and they started running around the clearing. Raichu started chasing the duo firing several Thunderbolt's at them but they were managing to avoid his weaker than usual electricity attacks. As he watched them run around the clearing Ash considered stopping them but he really didn't want to get in the way of Raichu right now so he left them be. If nothing else it would be a good way for Mudkip and Totodile to gain a bit of resistance against electric moves.


Notes

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Ash:

On Hand - Raichu, Meowth, Mudkip, Totodile, Cyndaquil, Phanpy, Pidgeot, Sneasel, Nincada, Eevee (Shiny) & Ralts

Kanto – Raichu, Meowth, Ivysaur, Wartortle, Charizard, Pidgeot, Kingler, Muk, Tauros(x29), Snorlax & Eevee (Shiny)

Johto – Totodile, Bayleaf, Cyndaquil, Heracross, Noctowl (Shiny), Phanpy & Sneasel

Hoenn – Mudkip, Nincada & Ralts