Hello everyone, here is the next chapter to the Kanto Adventure of Ashley and Co. In this chapter, we'll finally be meeting up with our darling Pikachu and "drum roll..." Team Rocket! So, in any case, let's move on with the story.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON
Ashley gave a determined grin as she stood across the field across from Samurai who copied her grin. "Are you ready?" Samurai asked her. "Yeah I'm ready, want to battle Machop?" She asked her new Pokemon who gave her a curious look for a minute before giving her a nod and made to stand in front of her in a battle stance. Samurai nodded to himself and he grabbed a Pokeball from his belt and threw it in the air and out came a Metapod, it was a little pointy on the head and green all over with dark eyes but from what Ashley observed, it's defense seem to be pretty sturdy and it's skin seemed to glow under the sun, showing a healthy Pokemon and she gave Samurai an approving nod that he didn't understand what that meant to him.
"Ladies first, miss," Samurai said politely, gaining a smile from her. "Thank you, alright Machop, I want you to get a running head start and use low kick, slam that Metapod into one of the trees." She demanded and her Machop moved at a high speed and disappeared in a flash and reappeared behind Metapod who looked at him in surprise as Machop moved his leg from below and slammed it upwards on Metapod's side, effectively knocking it into a tree with a low grunt of slight pain.
Samurai gritted his teeth, that Machop certainly was fast, that kick was pretty strong against his Metapod's skin even when he trained it up with its defense moves like Harden. "Metapod, use a string shot on another tree and then use tackle, full power!" He said a bit loudly, but not panicking, not yet. His Metapod gave him a nod and shot a string of webs around a nearby tree and made to swing it's body, getting away from Machop who looked at the bug warily. Suddenly as Metapod landed on the landed, it moved with a slight silver glow and made to slam into Machop who grunted a bit at the weight pushing against his body but managed to shove the bug Pokemon back.
"Alright Machop, let's see if we can finish this by using Karate chop," Ashley said calmly, Machop gave his trainer a nod and sped up at a running pace and slammed his arm hard against Metapod's head who fell into a dead faint, swirls in it's singling an end to their first match. Samurai sighed a little bit but gave her a smirk. "I have to say, you're Machop is pretty strong, but let's see you try to beat my Pinsir." He said, returning Metapod and throwing another Pokeball in the air and out came the most intimidating bug type Pokemon Ashley ever seen. It had spikes on its claws and pincers on its head looking pretty sharp.
"Alright Machop, come back over here. now Esther, come on out for a battle!" She said as she threw Esther's ball out in the air and out came Esther, her feather's shining from Ashley grooming just hours before. Esther cooed out a challenge at seeing her opponent. Samurai smirked at her for a bit. "Alright Pinsir, use vice grip now." He bellowed out loud. His Pinsir moved into a speed Ashley ever see before and tried to get a hold of Esther but she was too fast in the air for the bug type to grab hold of. "now Esther, use gust, full power!" Her Pidgey gave off a loud caw and flapped her wings back and forth hard creating a powerful gust of wind that had Pinsir fly backward and slam into a tree with a painful grunt and slid down to the ground, shaking its head from the blood rush.
"Pinsir, hurry and get back up and use seismic toss!" He said a bit loudly but suddenly both their Pokemon stopped along with Machop, all heads turn into the direction where they could hear angry buzzing noises ad they could see all Pokemon of all types running frantically, almost as if they were trying to get away from something that was dangerous to them. "Something's wrong," Ashley said out loud as she ran in the direction with Misty and Samurai calling out for her in worry. With Esther and Machop following beside her and her other Pokemon on her belt, she ran in the direction and paused as she heard a Pokemon squeal out loud in pain and she spotted a strong thundershock flicking up in the distance she's running to and she started running in that direction faster than she ever had before, feeling her heart lurched in her throat as she heard a pained cry.
Ashley, Machop, and Esther all approached to where the thundershock was being lit up and came upon herself a field and these two strange people with a black and white uniform with a red R labeled on their back, letting Ashley know she was in the presence of a bad group of people that called themselves Team Rocket, she spotted a Meowth with it's claws out, snarling menacingly at it's opponent along with a Koffing and an Ekans spitting out poison in the ground in front of them. She could see them fighting against a wild Pikachu who seemed to have a collar attached rather painfully around its body, almost locking up its arms, she could see blood lightly dripping along his fur and she could also see a couple of bruises and cuts lingered on his body, for some reason, she could tell the Pikachu was male and she almost felt the pain the little one was in, she felt his pained cry echoing in her heart, she knew without a doubt, that she had to help the little one.
Running towards Pikachu, she noticed the Ekans opening its fangs, venom along with a bit of poison in it, started to lung at Ashley, but she stepped in front of Pikachu with a loud "No!" Her arm lifted in a shield to protect her face as Ekans bit into her skin, causing her to cry out in the pain and she could feel the poison starting to set in.
"Who on earth is the brat?!" The redhead lady of Team Rocket asked out loud as she stared at the obviously young girl with a Pidgey and a Machop standing next to her protectively, all standing in front of the Pikachu her team was in charge of catching. Ashley gritted her teeth in pain but glared at Team Rocket. "Why are you attacking this Pikachu Team Rocket?" She demanded them. The redhead women laughed at her and gave her partner a smirk. "Hahaha, this girl thinks she can just give her all the answers, well not without a fight on our hands, Ekans, bite her again, get rid of her." She demanded as Ashley heard "James" chuckle in amusement.
Ashley bent down to tenderly pick up Pikachu in her injured arm, despite it struggling away from her with a weak "Pika." She grabbed Poseidon's Pokeball and threw it in the air, letting her Gyarados come out with a loud roar, already knowing what his trainer wanted, having seen what the little snake did to her arm and was furious and showed his anger, making the snake quiver in fear at the sight of him.
"Poseidon, use Dragon Pulse, blast them out of this forest!" Ashley demanded of her friend, ignoring Team Rocket's shocked stance and stayed with her friend with Esther and Machop next to her. Her Poseidon did as she told him, puffing in some air and suddenly letting out a powerful blue fireball and letting go off on Team Rocket, making them scream at the attack but managed to dodge. "Gggrrrr, don't know where you got a Gyarados you little brat but that doesn't mean you won this battle. Ekans, try and use acid." She demanded her snake Pokemon. James, the blue haired guy next to her gave Ashley a glare as well. "Koffing, use smog attack." He said.
Both Pokemon made to use their respective attacks, but Ashley wasn't having it today. "Esther, use Gust to get rid of the smog, Poseidon, I want you to use Thunderbolt, full power!" She said loudly. Both of her Pokemon nodded at her demands and when Poseidon let loose Thunderbolt, it let off a string of explosion's and dust from the ground, damaging a few of the tree's nearby.
Samurai was in awe of the battle before him with the shrieking maiden beside him, Misty if he recalled, as he watched Ashley try to save that wild Pikachu from being captured by Team Rocket and turned to Misty. "How?" He asked her. Misty just gave the boy with the sword a smirk. "Just two intense heavy training that cost them to be this strong, unlike most people, Ashley takes her training very seriously." She explained to him as dawn realization lt up in Samurai's eyes and they turned back to the battle, waiting in case Ashley needed their help.
Ashly gritted her teeth in pain as she held onto Pikachu with her injured arm. "Poseidon, I want you to finish this by using Thunder!" She said sternly. Her Poseidon did as she commanded and let loose a powerful thunder attack that caused an explosive that fainted Team Rocket's Pokemon. The redhead lady actually growled at her. "We'll get that little rat next time you little brat. By the time we come for it, we'll be getting rid of you first for getting in our way." She said as she recalled her Ekans and Team Rocket run off.
Ashley sighed in relief as they disappeared and smiled at the Pikachu in her arms, she noticed he was looking at her injured arm that oozed poison through her veins right there. "Don't worry about me Pikachu, you're free to go now." She said with a pain-filled smile but grinned wider when Misty called her name. She turned around and waved her good arm. "Don't worry Misty, everything's ok..." Ashley grunted and stopped herself and suddenly haze started clouding her vision and she gave Misty who gave her a concern "Ashley?!" Before she fell backward as darkness filled her mind, the last thing she heard was her Pokemon coming out of their Pokeballs crying out for her.
Well guy's here is the next chapter, don't hate me for how it ended, she'll be okay but I just had to leave this little cliff hanger. Let me know what you guy's think of it so far.