OC Dimensional Journeys: World of Pokémon Chapter 4: The Storm, Legends and Battles to Come

Disclaimer: I do not own anything besides my OC and my ideas as Pokémon is owned by Nintendo and Gamefreak and I do not want to be sued for copyright over this.

P.S: I have started on this next chapter because of one reason, I MET VERONICA TAYLOR; The Voice Of ASH FRICKIN KETCHUM. I met and talked to her at a Comic Convention in the UK, she was really lovely and kind in person with a great passion and love for her work. Not to mention that she has also voiced a few of my other favourite animated characters including one of my most favourite Female Anime Characters, Nico Robin!

FYI: So I may move on to continue a certain story that I have left on hiatus for quite some time or at least add a few more new chapters to that story; of not that one then I may make a second chapter for my own crossover fic between Pokemon and One Piece just to make it even between this one and the other story, who knows but I will have fun writing up this and other chapters for my stories.

TEXT USED IN THIS FIC:

Normal Text - English words and sentences used in narrative and things said by normal characters or Pokémon.

Underlined text: Titles of chapters, names of the notices and other places.

Underlined Italic: The text of Letters, Signs and Books that are used in fic and general story of Pokémon.

"Italic": Thoughts of Characters, People or Pokémon.

Bold: Information that is from the Pokédex.

Bold Italic: Attacks that are used by Pokémon as said or ordered by their trainers/partners.

Last Time:

I look at the Gyarados as I comment aloud, "I can see why as this is a very large and powerful Gyarados for one living in such a area since a lot of the Pokémon; especially its Previous evolved form Magikarp are very weak."

"This Gyarados must be from more upstream and came from the ocean by mistake."

I see Misty nod as she seems to agree and says back, "You could be right."

Ash speaks also as he says, "What was that attack this Pokémon used against us when we were running away."

I sigh as I say back, "It's called Hyper Beam and it is a very powerful attack since most Pokémon who learn or know it only use it as a last resort kind of move since a Pokémon has to use a massive amount of energy to use it and then fire it."

Ash gulps a bit as I spy him looking at the near smooth bevel in the ground that leads to the nearly destroyed trees caused by the intense energy of the Hyper Beam.

I then hear Misty say something that makes me freeze on shock and then groan in my head as I hear her yell out in shock and anger.

"MY BIKE!"

"When it rains it pours."

Now:

I sigh as I walk along with Ash and now a really steamed Misty, who is stomping forward behind us.

The incident with her bike now seems inevitable or fated, its just much sooner and in an entirely different way than originally intended.

Pikachu and Eevee were too exhausted to really walk or move much so Ash and I just decided to carry them in our arms.

At least she isn't mad at Ash or myself as when she discovered what happened to her bike, being nearly vaporised by that Gyarados' Hyper Beam which was unluckily resting on the trees that the attack had hit.

I was really lucky to react enough to quell her temper, most of it anyway.

I had launched into a quick series of explanations and reasons why she was lucky to even be alive like if Ash and I hadn't came along the Gyarados could have shown up anyway and she would be the one hit by that Hyper Beam and not her bike.

That sent her nearly white with fear and loath as she would probably admit it, she was grateful for helping saving her from that beast of a Pokémon.

Speaking of said Pokémon.

I look at my belt with a little bit of smugness, joy and calculating mind at such a strong Pokémon being caught by me.

I was really lucky I had saved up money to order a few great balls and one ultra ball while I was apparently stuck in bed, still sick and recovering before I officially arrived in this world.

It was money that I had been apparently saving for a long time since I was young enough to earn money from my mother and just hoarding the cash and stuff given to me from different Christmases and Birthdays past which I later sold off to people who wanted to buy them.

I had amassed a fair amount, not super wealthy per'se but enough to get me through most of Kanto if I spent wisely and looked out for deals or discounts in some of the stores and marts in different towns and cities of Kanto.

It was of course a tricky argument between myself and Ash on who got to keep the Gyarados but after a few things pointed out by me and with hesitant backing of a still mad yet scared Misty, whose fear of the Gyarados species was still evident and made her not want to take the Pokémon from either of us since she technically hooked it with her fishing rod, I won out against Ash on getting my own second Pokémon.

One of them being that I knew what to do and how to react when attacking and beating the Gyarados or at least weakening it enough to exhaust itself.

Or rather Himself since the Gyarados was male, indicated by the whiskers being blue and not white.

Anyway I had used one of my Great Balls to catch it which it didn't seem to put up any fuss, I will see if I can train it properly since it would be a great Pokémon to use against Brock's Onix.

I eye Misty again as I lead us in the direction towards Viridian City, knowing where to go from my memorising of the map and path to take from my memories of the games which I use as a rough guide.

Misty would have lead us instead but she was still distracted at the loss of her Bike which she is half dragging, half carrying with her in hopes of finding somewhere to replace or fix it which seems unlikely since it looks worse than when Pikachu trashed it in the Anime.

I shake off my observations as I absentmindedly give Eevee a light scratch with one of my fingers as I hold him, which he responds with a rumbling response of appreciation as he buries his head and body deeper into my arms to find even more comfort as I hold him.

This makes me also realise I may want to nickname my Eevee but it will be tough as Eevee's are one of the most nicknamed and harder Pokemon to give a fitting nickname to in my opinion; especially when you consider what Eeveelution and Type you wish to evolve them to.

Also when you think about how most names are cliche or just so bad that you can't help but cringe at the names given to them, I mean really; who would want to nickname their Flareon and Jolteon Ketchup & Mustard.

"Some people have no imagination or intelligence at all." I think with a slight grimace marring my face at the memory of battling and trading with someone years ago who had the most stupid and unimaginative nicknames for their Pokemon.

Anyway, I can feel the weather getting a little worse as I spy the approving storm clouds moving towards us.

I call out to the my other two traveling companions, plus Pikachu who is dozing in Ash's arms as I feel Eevee begin to wake up as well.

"We'd best pick up the pace cause we don't want to get caught in the approaching storm especially if it is a thunderstorm."

I think this as I eye Misty's bike as even if it is falling apart it is still metal and we don't want any lightning to hit the bike especially since we are all near each other.

Misty seems to catch my eye glance as she pales in realisation at what may happen to her and her bike if we get a move on.

I watch as her face shows a mental battle and struggle as her expression swaps between frustration, fear and anger in rapid motions.

Until finally she stops and hunches over in what appears to be resignation and simply throws her bike down and away from where we are and gives a deep sigh as she takes her bag and straps it tight to her body as she prepares to quickly jog with us.

She says back to me with a frustrated tone of voice, "Fine; let's get out of this forest and towards Viridian City."

Ash nods in agreement as we all get ready to make a rush through the path towards the city ahead.

I quickly grab my Poké Ball for Eevee as I balance him on my arm and shoulder, speaking to him as I do so.

"I need to place you back inside buddy so you just rest up in here and we'll get you sorted out soon."

Eevee nods and gives out a "Vee" in agreement which I know he is simply saying "Okay" in return as I tap him with the red and white sphere and soon Eevee's body is transformed into red energy which is then sucked into the temporarily open Poké Ball; which is then shut closed as the process of returning my Pokémon is complete.

I then shrink and place my now full Poké Ball into one of the slots on my belt.

I give Ash a signal to hold on to Pikachu tightly as we run as I know that Pikachu would not wish to be placed in his own Poké Ball.

The young man does so, keeping a tight yet not too tight grip on the exhausted Pikachu.

We then begin to go at a faster pace, soon working into a light jog as we get moving.

I keep my eye out, as we all jog, for any Pokémon in near the path we are taking; especially a certain golden hued Pokémon.

I hope we can still catch it before we get to Viridian City as I don't want to ruin one of the most iconic and known moment of Ash's first journey.

I snap out to my thoughts as I feel the rain begin to drop at a faster rate, making myself and the others go at a faster pacing also.

I grab my hat and adjust it to keep the rain out of my eyes and make sure to not trip up or loose my balance as I jog.

I again have a thought run through my head as we all jog along through the faster falling rain.

"I sure hope I haven't ruined anything for our journey."

Later on, Route 1 Forest Path - David's POV

I sigh as I see the rain bucket down like crazy as Ash, Misty, Pikachu and myself all hide under a large tree near the main path of the route we are traversing.

We had only gotten about half way or three quarters at least of the way through Route 1 when the rain and weather turned crazy.

With howling winds, rain coming down like mad and thunder rumbling with lighting flashing by on occasion.

I know it is unsafe to hide under a tree when in a lighting storm but it would take too long to set up the tent especially in this weather.

Plus with the amount of trees surrounding us we may not be hit by a stray bolt of lighting.

I look at the nervous, wet and cold people beside me as well as the shivering Pikachu who it seems has started to catch a cold of some kind, making me nervous at how his condition could worsen.

I make up my mind as I quickly set down my large rucksack and open it up, I then dig through it to search for a blanket of some kind to wrap Pikachu in and possibly us too.

I am in luck as I take out two blankets, one large one and a smaller one possibly for a Pokémon.

"It was a good thing that I came slightly prepared for instances like this then," I think as I quickly hand a confused Ash the smaller blanket as I explain to him and Misty.

"We need to wrap up if we want to stay a warm and dry, take the small one and wrap Pikachu in it and hold him close, the larger one is for us three so we'll have to share it between us all."

Ash nods a bit hesitantly, then flinches as a large amount of thunder rumbles in the sky followed by a flash of lightning that comes from a distance to where we are.

I ignore this as I start to extend and wrap myself and Misty in the larger blanket to our immediate embarrassment at first due to us both being in such close proximity to each other.

After our faces and moods calm from our embarrassment I soon let Ash join us on Misty's other side as he holds Pikachu close and wrapped up in the blanket.

We soon huddle together for warmth as the blanket helps dry us a little and keep us safe from the rain for the moment.

"I hope we can get through this storm okay?" I think as my concerns overwrite my future knowledge and memories of this storm in the anime.

After the storm has cleared, David's POV

"I was worried for nothing all along," I think with a sigh of relief.

We were quite lucky to not get hit by any stray lightning bolts though.

As I take the blankets and things we used to keep mostly dry and warm from Misty and Ash, with them soon packed away on my bag after shaking them dry of any excess water, I look up into the sky as we all begin to move out of the dense forest and return to our path towards Viridian City.

As we slowly walk out and enjoy the returning sunshine as it's rays begin to cross over our bodies, giving us further warmth; I soon spy something that simply blows me away.

A golden coloured bird of radiance is seen flying in the sky over our sight as I hear Ash and Misty's gasps of awe and disbelief.

With Pikachu also joining them as he wakes up in Ash's arms, as he says aloud in the same awed tone of voice as the other two humans; "Pikaaaa."

Which I understand meant simply, "Wow." In a slow way.

I quickly rummage in my pocket for my Pokédex as I grab it and open it as I point it upwards towards the flying majestic Pokémon in the sky as it's tail leaves behind a sparkling trail of light that glimmers in the daylight.

The Pokédex soon begins saying aloud, as I turn up the volume of the device so that Ash and Misty can hear it.

"Pokémon Identified as Ho-Oh"

"This Pokémon is considered of Legendary Status and will be recorded for future data to be added to database of Pokémon with this status."

"A legend says that its body glows in seven colors. A rainbow is said to form behind it when it flies."

No further data is available.

I can see why as even I know it is so rare to get one or catch it if you don't have the right game or chance to get it.

Ash tries it with his Pokédex but his is as I expected.

"There is no data, there are still Pokémon to be identified."

Ash looks at his Pokédex in confusion, as he then looks at me with said feeling besides the awe of what he has seen from Ho-Oh.

He asks me, "How come yours has stuff about that Pokémon and yet mine doesn't."

I shrug and simply say to him, "Professor Oak must have given me a completed Pokédex by mistake and it must have information on that particular Pokémon."

Ash shows minor annoyance at this he but soon changes his expression to understanding at my apparent luck as he says, "Well at least we know what that Pokémon was called; Ho-Oh."

I nod as I spy Misty still looking upward at the retreating Pokémon as it flies past a rainbow that appears soon after, possibly from the Pokémon's powers or just the rain, sun and moisture in the air causing the rainbow to form.

I look up again as I soon see something sparkling fall from where the Bird was when it flew over our position.

My eyes follow the sparkling thing fall down somewhere ahead as a through goes through my head in disbelief, "No way: could that be what I think it was?"

I soon take off with speed in the direction of the sparkling thing and where it could have fallen, to the surprised shouts of Pikachu, Ash and Misty.

I run as fast as I can as I soon reach another clearing as I spy what I have been searching for straight away.

There, laying on a conveniently flat rock is a glowing feather of gold, red, yellow, green and white.

"A Ho-Oh feather, I cannot believe it."

I think with further disbelief and awe at what I am currently seeing.

I slowly walk up and bend down to pick the feather up, as I gently grab it I am surprised at how warm and comforting if feels in my hand.

I hear the voices of Ash, Pikachu and Misty soon reach me as they stop with breaths of exhaustion.

I turn to them as Ash says aloud to me in confusion and soon amazement as he asks me, "What was that all about...?"

I watch as he trails off as his eyes catch what I have in my hand.

Misty is similarly stunned as she also sees my now most prized possession.

I smirk as I say to them, gently waving the feather in my hand back and forth in front of them.

"Look what I found, a Ho-Oh feather."

As they both are still struck silent at what I have acquired I have a thought going through my head as my mind buzzes with future plans and preparations for a certain Poké Ball and Pokemon I need to meet in order for the plans to work.

"Now this is a good day to be a trainer of Pokémon."

End of Route 1 Path, road to Viridian City, David's POV

I smile wide as I walk over the last hill and path that is and was the last hurdle of Route 1 of Kanto.

The sight that greets me is one that I am relieved to see.

The same seems to be for Ash and Misty with Pikachu enjoying the sight as well.

Viridian City, The City of Evergreen.

After our encounter with Ho-Oh and my finding and acquisition of one of the feathers of said Legendary Pokémon, We had resumed our path to the city.

Ash and Misty were still a little shocked at what happened but had mostly shook it off as we all saw our destination ahead.

Pikachu was a little quicker in coming out of his shock but that was mostly due to him being tired and needing rest, which soon reminded us of what we needed most at the moment.

A trip to the Pokémon Center.

Now this is the end of this chapter, I know it's kinda short but I have no more to add.

I may go back and fix this when I have seen the upcoming 'I Choose You' Movie as I am looking forward to seeing it.

Hopefully there may be stuff I can add to it that can give this chapter more depth and stuff for you all to read but until then I will try and focus my attention on another fic of mine which I will be working on very soon.

So to all my fellow Poké Fans I say to all of you, Keep trying to catch'em all as the Journey Continues.