Hello everyone, here's the next chapter some of you were probably looking forward to, now in this chapter, we'll be looking through Machop's point of view in some parts of this chapter than when we're usually looking Ashley's eyes. Hope you all like this chapter.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON

MACHOP'S POINT VIEW:

It has been too long, too long he recalled ever being outside of this damned Pokeball. Too long since he was free and out with his family out in the wild before a trainer came in and sending his Pokemon to attack them and threw this blasted ball at him and the last thing he heard was his ma screaming for the trainer to give him back to her but, of course, humans couldn't understand their language, until he met this male human in a white lab coat with a white beard saying he was Professor Oak. He never met a human who had him the longest that the man did and so far he was nice, fed him on a good diet of food that he ever had before, which was berries and the rare fruit that wasn't guarded in another Pokemon's territory.

Then the man, Oak he called himself, said he might send him to this trainer he knew that was nice and treated her Pokemon the right way and actually gave them an identity they can call themselves, to differentiate themselves from the other Pokemon like them. And there's the fact that she apparently takes their training seriously so they would be pretty strong should he decided to go against them. But so far, she hasn't let him out of this damn ball ever since he felt his ball being transferred to another place he had assumed to the girl he was told about. But for now, he'll give her the benefit of a doubt for as far as he could throw her. Suddenly he could feel his ball increase in size and felt himself being released and landed on his knees, sighing softly at the feeling of actual sunlight and wind on his body and he turned around on his feet and spotted the girl and nearly blushed.

She was pretty for someone just starting out on their journey, the clothes human's apparently wear looked good against her skin, the light blue shirt and hoodie-hugging her curves just right and her hair flowed back in what he heard humans call them a ponytail style and he nearly tripped over himself when he saw her smiling at him. "Hi there Machop, not sure if Professor Oak told you this but, my name's Ashley Ketchum, I know you probably don't trust me now, but I was hoping to have a strong Pokemon like you on my team, that is if your willing?" She asked him with her hand held out to him but he stared at his Pokeball warily, staying away from it.

She looked to where he was looking and dawn realization lit up in her pretty brown eyes. "You don't like being inside your ball don't you?" She asked him. Machop blinked back at her in confusion, no one really asked in what he didn't like after being taken from his family but nonetheless, he shook his head, telling her that no, he did not like the ball at all. She bit her lip for a minute, almost bruising it in the process before her eyes lit up happily. "Well how about I make you a deal, if you decide to be on my team, I promise, you can stay by my side on this Journey, and I'll only use your ball in case of emergency, so we got a deal?" She asked him.

He thought to himself that she was a weird human he had ever met, but she was really nice so far and even offered to let him stay out of the ball while they travel along the road and to be honest, he loved that idea, maybe, just maybe, he could learn to trust this human.

ASHLEY'S POINT OF VIEW:

Ashley hummed happily as she walked side by side with Machop on her way back to Misty, their training for the day had gone really well and Machop had obeyed every order she had, only hesitating every now and then when he faced her sometimes but that was just the starting point and she decided that they'll have a little counseling together from time to time just to be sure he was doing okay with everything and they were now on their way to meet up with Misty who was waiting for them outside the Pokemon Center wbefore they get ready to travel through the Viridian forest, which is crawling with bug type Pokemon. She had hopes of catching a Weedle and maybe a Scyther if she got lucky like she did with Poseidon. Suddenly she spotted Misty in front of the center, waiting for her like she thought she would.

She jogged up ahead with Machop beside her, easily keeping up with her. "Hey Misty, you didn't wait too long did you?" She asked her friend. Misty shook her head. "Not by much, only just a few minutes, so are you ready to go through Viridian forest and get that gym badge?" Misty asked her friend. Ashley just lit up excitedly. "I am so ready, you know I've been training quite hard lately so I would be able to handle the gym battle, I just know if we can get through Viridian forest with no problems, I can handle the gym battle just as well." She said a bit giggly when she noticed Machop watching her in confusion, wondering why she was so excited. She realized she needed to come up with a name for him soon, she might get him mixed up with another Machop if she wasn't careful.

Misty smirked at her friend. "Don't get too overconfident, I know you have Poseidon and all but Brock will be no pushover when it comes to a good battle, he knows what he's doing," Misty said, trying to downplay her friend's excitement a little bit, causing Ashley to pout at her.

Feeling Machop tug on her pants leg, Ashley looked down at the little guy curiously. "What's up Machop?" She asked him. He grunted a bit and pointed the other way, in the direction of the Viridian forest. Misty chuckled in response. "I think he wants to get started on the traveling Ash," Misty said to her and Machop nodded almost happily causing both girls to grin at his excitement. "Do we got everything ready Misty?" Ashley asked her friend. Misty nodded. "Yeah, we just need to go ahead and get ready to leave for Viridian Forest, please tell me you're not going to catch any bug pokemon while we're there?" Misty asked her with a scared look, shivering at the thought.

Ashley giggled at her friend. "I might since having at least one or two bug pokemon would be good for the team, always gotta expand it, gives me more chance with the league if anything else." She answered. Misty just groaned. "Fine, just don't expect me to be friends with them in any way," Misty said with a warning glare. Ashley just chuckled at her and nodded and she looked down at Machop. "Alright Machop, my friend, we can go now." She said and gave a wide smile at his excitement of finally leaving Viridian city and spend some time in a forest.

Both girls and Pokemon made their way through the city and finally came upon the entrance of the forest and Ashley turned to see Misty gulping fearfully, her fear of bug Pokemon showing through. Ashley put her arm around Misty's shoulders. "Don't worry Misty, you'll be just fine, I'll be with you every step of the way, who knows, maybe this forest could help you out as well," Ashley said with a teasing grin that had Misty glaring at her. "Pfft, as if. You can catch bug Pokemon, but don't expect me to do it." Misty said with a huff, causing Ashley to sigh and look down to Machop who gave her a confused look. She just giggled at his tilted head and all three made their way into the forest that would surely change the way of their journey, hopefully in a good way.

Well everyone, I finally updated the next chapter, the next one will be of them traveling through Viridian Forest and meeting friends and having trouble along the way. Will Ashley catch any bug pokemon and will Misty get over her fear? Only one way to find out.

p.s. review and let me know what you guy's think on this chapter so far! :)