Viridian Forest:
After getting her pokémon checked out at the Pokémon Center, staying the night, and buying a map of Viridian Forest Mei headed straight for the forest and ran right into a male Nidoran. " You're mine, got that, Nidoran. " Mei says, calling out Flare.
Flare avoids the poison sting attack and counters with Flamethrower. Nidoran goes sliding back and counters with Leer. Flare charges in with Flamethrower surrounding herself as she goes for a Tackle. The Nidoran goes down hard and Mei tosses a pokéball at him. Four shakes later and Nidoran is hers, Mei smiles and calls her new Nidoran out, naming him Matόn ( A/N: Matόn means Bruiser in Catalan). " Matόn, you and I are going to be great friends, I can tell. I'm going to need your help in order to beat the Pewter City Gym, which means we're going to need to train hard. "
Mei's bike happened to be collapsible, because she wanted to walk through Viridian Forest and catch as many pokémon as she could. Plus it would be good training as Pewter City happened to be a rock gym. Matón nods at this, happy to have an enthusiastic and dedicated trainer. Mei scans Matón with her pokédex and discovers he has the ability Poison Point and currently knows the moves Leer, Poison Sting, Double Kick, Focus Energy, and Horn Attack. He also had the Egg Move of Teleport.
Mei's eyes widen, " You had a very powerful papa, Matón. "
Matón puffs up proudly at this, " Right now I think you should work on combining focus energy with your attacks, but we don't want to disturb the Beedrill, where's a good place to train? " Mei asks Matón.
Matón leads her to a clearing well away from any Beedrill nests though she did want to catch a Weedle. To her surprise she spots a wild Pikachu and has Matón battle to weaken it. Once she has managed to catch the Pikachu she scans the data and learns that her Pikachu has the ability Static and knows the moves Thundershock, Tail Whip, and Growl with the egg move Volt Tackle. Her Pikachu also happens to be female and she smiles and calls her Pikachu out again, " Your name is Kaminari it translates into thunder. I'm gonna work on teaching you Iron Tail because we'll be facing a rock gym first and I've already registered for the Indigo League. " Mei says.
Kaminari nods at this and using her pokédex Mei shows Kaminari the tutorial on how to learn Iron Tail. Once Kaminari is under way Mei turns to Matón and points him towards a large boulder, " Practice all of your attacks on that and we need to see how many times you can use Teleport, so Teleport onto the top of that boulder and I'll write down the max number of times you can teleport. "
Matón nods and sets to work, it ended up that he could teleport up on top of the rock a max of eight times, " I'll see about getting you some PP up for that Teleport all right. " Mei says and calls out her Hoothoot.
Premy had the ability Insomnia and knew the moves Tackle, Peck, and Foresight, and had the egg move Wing Attack. Mei looks her Premy over, " I want you to work on learning Magic Coat as it will protect you from status moves. Watch the tutorial on my pokédex, okay. "
Premy nods and Mei turns to Flare, " I want you to run around this clearing, I want to get an idea of how fast you are and where you stand in terms of stamina and endurance, that sound all right to you. "
Mei runs a hand through her shoulder length red hair before looking over to see how Kaminari is doing. Kaminari's tail glows silver for a few seconds which pleases the young trainer. Mei had decided that she would teach Flare Heat Wave. Flare also had the egg move Foresight, which was great for her, and Flare had the ability Blaze. Mei stops the timer on her Pokénav and finds that Flare had needed fifteen minutes to get that done, " Matón, come here and rest for a little bit and then I want you to run around the clearing, that all right with you. Flare, rest for a little bit and then we'll get you started on learning Heat Wave. "
Mei reclaims her pokédex from Premy whom was hard at work on Magic Coat, and pulls up the tutorial on Heat Wave, letting Flare watch it. Then she turns to Matón, " Time to run. "
Matón nods and races off as she times him, she wanted each of their times cut in half soon enough. Matón finished in ten minutes, which meant he was faster than Flare. " Kaminari, come here please. "
Kaminari runs over, " Are you up to running around the clearing at your fastest without speed increasing attacks? "
Kaminari nods at this, and Mei resets her timer, " Then go. "
" Matón, get back to work, okay. " Mei states.
We leave Mei training in Viridian Forest to find Pallet Town's fifth trainer, wanting to be a breeder observing the Beedrill and the pre-evolutions from a safe distance, so as to learn habits and other things first hand. His name is Mark and he chose Charmander as his starter. He had caught a Magikarp at Pallet Town's coast before leaving, and then caught a Spearow and Nidoran female on his way here. As he writes down his observations he can't help but wonder what the other Pallet Town natives are up to. He knew Ash, Gary, and Leaf were all going for the badges while Serena was going for contest ribbons.
He didn't mind Serena as she'd let him observe her mom's pokémon close up. All those ghosts and from all seven major regions, it was awesome for a beginning breeder like him to have that experience. So he resolved to one day be able to give Serena a pokémon she wanted with a highly unusual egg move. Imagine his surprise when a Weedle crawls onto him. He absentmindedly grabs a pokéball, catches it, and then relocates to observe the Caterpie and their evolutions as he did not want to have to run from Beedrill. Using his purple pokédex named Lexton to scan his new capture he finds that the Weedle is female and knows the moves Tackle, String Shot, and Poison Sting. His Weedle also has the ability Shield Dust, with sadly no egg moves but capable of learning Bug Bite and Electroweb.
He'd change that, he'd make it so Weedle would inherit moves from a parent somehow. For now he settles down to watch the Caterpie, Metapod, and Butterfree. Thankfully his parents had been able to afford to give him a collapsible bike. After he was done with the Caterpie line he gets up and stretches before heading towards a clearing he had spotted on his way to his Beedrill viewing point. He stares as he watches a girl train her pokémon and is amazed by the fire type she had, he pulls out Lexton and points it at the fire type, " Cyndaquil, the fire mouse pokémon, normally mild and even tempered, Cyndaquil will shoot a scorching flame out of its back when upset. "
Mark was ever so grateful that Professor Oak had given him a national pokédex. Mei looks over startled at the sound of a Pokédex going off, " You must be a Kanto native, I'm Reimei Shài, from Cherrygrove City in the Johto Region, however everyone calls me Mei. "
" Ah, I'm Mark, from Pallet Town, so Cyndaquil is one of Johto's starters? "
" Yeah, I started late because I had to convince my parents to let me come to the Kanto region. I'm going to be heading to Pewter City to battle at the gym. "
" I'm a pokémon breeder, if you'd like I could help you with making pokémon food, plus I know which berries are edible around here and which aren't. Do you know that information for the Kanto region? "
" No, I don't. I'd love to have a traveling companion. I'm currently charting my pokémon's stats and having them learn new moves, unless I get a fighting type I'll need to be extra creative to win in Pewter City. " Mei says.
" True, but it can be done, especially with the way you're training your pokémon, though I'm surprised to see a Nidoran that knows Teleport. "
" Egg move, I'm not gonna argue with it. His max is eight times. " Mei says.
Kaminari's rock breaks then, " Good job, Kaminari. Find another rock and keep practicing until you can use Iron Tail more than once. " Mei says.
Kaminari gives an affirmative pika in response and gets back to work. Premy had almost mastered Magic Coat while Flare was still working on Heat Wave. Mei had her pokédex back and was thrilled with the progress they were making. She calls Matón over and has him run around the clearing again. Tired he managed it in sixteen minutes. She was going to have to work on his speed before he evolved. He'd need all he could get before he reached his final evolution.
" Let me see his times. " Mark says and looks over Matón's stats, " Well, he definitely needs his speed upped, and judging by his appearance he's a little under- weight and malnourished. "
Mei nods and gives Matón a Wiki Berry, as she'd read that Nidoran liked dry food and she didn't want to confuse him, " Smart move though also give him an Oran Berry. " Mark says. As a breeder he had learned everything he could about berries though Oran Berries were a little harder to come by in Kanto, Johto too, but they grew plentifully and were relatively cheap to buy. Mei's grandmother had given her a berry case for just such occasions.
Cerulean City:
After a good night's sleep Serena starts her day early, wanting to get to work with Julienne quickly. She found Leaf up as well and writes her request. Leaf grins, Serena wanted to see what her Bellsprout could do against another grass type and Leaf would oblige her. Serena scans Julienne's pokéball with Dayla and finds out that she knows the moves Vine Whip, Wrap, Razor Leaf, and Slam with the egg move Magical Leaf and the ability Chlorophyll. Slam would be good in gym battles however Serena would need to teach Julienne a different move.
After breakfast, Serena had Izoku and Airashi in their balls while Loki and Yuki were still curled up with Ash, they head for their training spot and Serena calls out Julienne while Leaf calls out Bulbasaur. Julienne, we're going to battle so I can get an idea of your strength and abilities, okay. Using her lunar magic Serena was able to have all of her stats get recorded when necessary.
Julienne squares herself for battle and Bulbasaur strikes first with Tackle. Serena smirks at this, Leaf always was one for attacking head on, Julienne, aim Razor Leaf just in front of Bulbasaur and follow that up with Vine Whip.
Leaf growls when this combo is effective, " Bulbasaur, stun spore. "
Julienne, aim your Vine Whip at the ground and push yourself into the air and then use Razor Leaf while in the air, and once on the ground launch a Wrap Attack. Serena laughs at the look on Leaf's face, Now, use Slam.
Bulbasaur was out for the count and Serena was trying to decide how she could use Slam in contests because it did happen to have its uses. She could get creative when necessary, " Good battle, both of you. " Leaf says.
Serena smiles at this and picks Julienne up to hug her. Julienne was very quick to put her commands into action. Julienne beams in happiness at this, her trainer was happy with her performance. Her last trainer had never been satisfied with how well she did. Serena sits her down, Julienne, I want you to focus on strengthening your vines, you never know when that could come in handy.
" Bellsprout bell(On it). " Julienne says and starts lifting rocks with her vines.
Jove looks at his mistress and she looks back at him, grinning. Jove shudders, attack evasion practice again. Normally she had him dodge Triton's attacks, he wondered what she would do now. He got his answer when she summoned Viento and the Butterfree started attacking him immediately. Jove continually dodges the attacks that came at him at varying speeds and from different directions. Leaf watches this training in wonder, well, now she knew why Jove had to do all that speed training.
Ash and Richie were the next ones to join them, Richie summoning his Bruce while Ash calls all of his pokémon out so they can meet Charmander. Yuki and Loki race over to their mother and Serena smiles, Yuki was now on solid food, a little bit longer and Loki would be too. Serena calls all of her pokémon out too, Airashi and Izoku joining their siblings and they play tag, which would get their speed, endurance and evasion skills up. Kaze and Gusty continue to work on their teamwork and combo attacks. Yudaina goes over to Julienne and gets to know her, while also working on Silver Wind's strength and how long she could use it.
Unfortunately for Serena this particular contest had an experienced coordinator in it, so she'd need a lot of luck and creativity on her side to win. Pikachu has joined Jove for attack evasion training and the pair were also protecting each other from hits the other couldn't avoid. Richie has summoned the rest of his pokémon so he can work with his newer ones more while the older ones find ways to train themselves. Misty and Brock were the last ones to show up an hour later while Serena is feeding her babies and polishing her Horsea egg. Ash is just polishing his Rattata egg when it glows once briefly.
Brock takes his out and polishes it as well and it glows briefly too. Ash and Brock keep an eye on their eggs while their pokémon trained. Serena calls for the aerial free for all to start ten minutes later while Jove, Pikachu, Sparky, Rattata, and Misty's Vaporeon(only present because she had gone to the gym and gotten him) all race each other, trying to see who was the best. Gusty and Butterfree were still coming out on top for the aerial battles, neither one besting the other.
Gusty is working feverishly on Steel Wing and caws with success when she can do it five times in a row. Pidgeotto groans at this, she'd never let him live it down. Gusty holds back her evolution as she wanted to beat Brock's Onix in a fight and then evolve, " Pid gey pidgey pid pid gey gey(How do you like that, pretty boy)? "
Pidgeotto bows his head in shame. The horror of his pre-evolution mastering Steel Wing when she outflew him on a regular basis. " Ah, don't feel bad, Pidgeotto, you're an awesome pokémon and I love you just the way you are, don't forget that. " Ash says.
Pidgeotto perks up at that while Gusty lands on her trainer's shoulder and nuzzles her cheek. Serena absently reaches up to pet her while keeping an eye on her babies. Her Horsea egg was back in subspace where it would be safe. Brock and Ash's eggs start glowing even more and soon two Rattata have been born. Ash calls Professor Oak to tell him he needed a seventh slot while Brock heads to the Pokémon Center to call his dad and tell him that he needed a seventh slot as well for his baby Rattata.
Once the new babies have been taken care of, both girls, they get back to training as they all wanted to get better. Plus, Team Rocket may just decide that they want revenge so they had to stay on their toes and train hard. Leaf is working extra hard with her Mr. Mime, Ditto, and Poliwag, they had to have the advantage somehow because Team Rocket could have pokémon from Kanto and Johto. Every advantage they could gain would be appreciated. Richie has Bruce and Kanden learn to cover each other's weaknesses for just that purpose. Serena and Ash were still training their psychic powers which once they mastered telekinesis would be Arceus sent.
Misty's water pokémon were training hard, Seaking may not have been able to be used on land but her other pokémon could be. She was having them work on their evasion skills, because Team Rocket was sure to have electric attacks in their arsenal, though between Jove, Pikachu, and Sparky they seemed to be well covered plus Ash, Brock, and Leaf all had Digletts though Leaf's was at the lab like Serena's. Brock's rock types could also defend from electricity. They didn't have any ghost pokémon with them though, but Serena could get one of her mom's as they were still under Karina's trainer ID number.
Pallet Town:
Delia is sitting under a tree in the Oak Corral with Triton next to her, " So how do you like it here, Triton? "
" Corphish cor(It's all right). "
Serena's Meowth was curled up on her lap while Growlithe was playing with Flareon. The female Nidoran was hanging out with Tremor, Serena's Diglett and her Ashy's Pinsir and Koffing. Delia absentmindedly pets Meowth as she watches the pokémon interact. Ash's Magmar and an older trainer's Charizard were going at it to see who the top fire type was, his Mankey was in the tree above her resting. Leaf's Paras and Diglett were hanging out with Neal Apson's Weepinbell. Serena's Venonat was hiding in a bush, as she was very shy.
Richie Hiroshi had set it up so his pokémon would come here too. His Electrode, Electabuzz, and Doduo were hanging out with some others of their kind. She was so glad that Ash and Serena had such good friends and she was happy that they were getting so many varieties of Pokémon. Honestly, who would have thought that they would find a pair of Wurmple abandoned in Viridian Forest. Professor Oak was enjoying getting to know Triton, as no one had caught a Corphish yet from Pallet Town.
Delia blinks as Serena's Meowth arches his back and looks up at her before curling back up. She was glad Meowth trusted her seeing as how he'd been with an abusive trainer previously. Sighing, she thinks back to her own trainer days and whistles loudly. A beautiful Milotic makes her way over, " Hi there, old friend. " The only pokémon she had left were Milotic and her Venusaur. The others had all died shortly after Ash had been born or in the case of her Mightyena killed on the same night as Karina.
She'd always known her Mightyena was a victim of the gutless, spineless coward. She just never told Serena as after she'd come out of her coma she'd been so very vulnerable. The fact that she'd witnessed her mother die just made everything that much worse.
Silver Town:
Molly groans, she'd just barely made it into the battle rounds of the contest and now here she was in the final battle and she couldn't nail the damn Bellsprout in front of her, at least her opponent had lost points because she had managed to use all of their attacks to her advantage, but still that damn Bellsprout had to go down. She looks at her own pokémon, Tentacool, and smiles wickedly, had this been during the Silver Millennium Eos, Nike, and Dike would have backed away from her slowly. Her foe just smirks, using hand signals only she orders a wrap and acid combo.
Bellsprout screams in pain and Molly smirks now, she had this and she could get it done before time ran out. Still using hand signals she orders a supersonic and acid combo. Bellsprout screams again and her opponent takes a major hit in points. " What a stunning turnaround, Molly is using hand signals only to command her pokémon and has taken the lead. " Marian says.
Damn straight she'd taken the lead and she was going to win this as well. Pain in the ass Bellsprout or not, god that Bellsprout reminded her of Venus, her annoying cousin from the Silver Millennium, and the ditz that the bitch queen had named the head of Serena's guard. Serena had always preferred hanging out with her group with Saturn and Jupiter with her. Those two had actually cared about her as a person and not just as their duty.
Molly just barely edged out her opponent to get the ribbon. Now she was off to Lavender Town so she could meet back up with Serena.
Cerulean City:
The next day Misty heads to the gym to challenge one of her sisters to a battle, her smile was downright malicious, " Ah, you must be Misty. "
Misty looks over to see an older woman, " I am, you must be the representative. "
" I am, your sisters are not happy with you. "
" Like I care. I am not going to let them ruin this gym. I'm not ready to be the leader myself but, it seems I'm the most responsible one, I constantly have to stop them from just giving the badges out. " Misty states.
She walks on and the malicious smile still in place, " Violet, I challenge you to a battle. " Her voice rings out through the gym and the blue haired sister looks stunned.
Once at the pool where all the battles take place Misty sighs as she waits, " I meant now, Violet! "
Violet appears at the leader's side of the field while the pink haired Lily is in the ref's place, " This battle is between Violet the Leader and challenger Misty, begin. "
Violet sends out Dewgong and Misty smirks before sending out her Starmie, she would win this, " Dewgong, like use Ice Beam. "
" Starmie, counter with Hydro Pump and then use Rapid Spin. " Misty orders.
Violet's eyes widen as the Ice Beam is stopped cold and Dewgong is hit with Rapid Spin. " Starmie, use Psychic. "
Dewgong is hit again and Misty doesn't let up, " Dewgong, like use Aurora Beam. "
" Starmie, use Protect. " Misty counters.
Violet groans at this, Misty was actually very good and it was obvious she'd been training her pokémon very hard. She may actually lose to the runt. Lily and the blonde haired Daisy are stunned, Misty had gotten stronger in the short time she'd been gone from home. " Starmie, Rapid Pump. "
She'd worked hard with Leaf to get this move mastered and Dewgong goes down, " Like Dewgong can no longer fight, Starmie is the winner. " Lily says,
Violet sends out a Poliwrath and Misty grins, " Starmie, return. Seaking, come on out. "
" Great, like your Goldeen evolved. " Violet says.
" That's right, Violet, ready to lose? " Misty asks her.
" Second round, like go. " Lily says.
" Poliwrath, Doubleslap. "
" Seaking, Fury Attack and follow it up with Water Pulse. " Misty calls out.
The Water Pulse barely does anything to Poliwrath and Misty grins, " Horn Drill and follow that up with Peck. "
" Poliwrath, Bide. " Violet calls out.
Misty curses internally, Bide was an exceedingly annoying move to deal with. She had to knock that Poliwrath out now. How could she without causing too much more damage? Plus there was the fact that Poliwrath actually looked strong. Misty grins, her Seaking had the ability Swift Swim, " Seaking, Supersonic now. "
Supersonic hits before Violet could do anything and Poliwrath ends up confused and hurting itself. Misty has Seaking dive to the bottom of the pool and stay there while this is occurring, then Bide is released and Poliwrath has swirls in his eyes, " Like Poliwrath is unable to battle. The winner is totally Misty and Seaking. " Lily calls out.
Misty smirks, " Now, girls, you are going to get your asses in gear and make this a gym to be proud of, you only have to wait until I'm done journeying, take on gym trainers which has already been started, that way the strongest gym trainer can potentially battle challengers. Until you turn this gym around no more water shows, got it. "
Violet, Lily, and Daisy nod at this, she had schooled Violet and if they didn't comply she'd probably battle the other two as well. " Now, take Poliwrath and Dewgong to the Pokémon Center to get healed. There are three challengers in the city training to face you three, so each of you make sure you have pokémon you can use. Those four Tentacool are for the gym, train them, use them, is that perfectly clear? " Misty asks.
" Like totally. " Lily says.
While Misty was dealing with her sisters Leaf is working with her pokémon, she didn't know who she would use at the gym. Ditto could work but she'd need to get the level up considerably. Mr. Mime was an option as well. As she trains them all she looks them over with a critical eye, Rattata won half the time against Misty's Staryu. Poliwag was still at too low of a level, Bulbasaur would be the best option she had unless she called to get her Paras. Spearow was getting faster in the air and better at evading attacks due to the aerial free for all battles he took part in everyday now.
Serena's contest was in three days so she'd be training hard today and doing light training the rest of the time. Serena never took for granted that she would win, she trained and trained hard for it. So far she had won but there could be someone who could beat her. Serena wasn't infallible, far from it, but she worked hard for what she did succeed at. " Well, if it isn't Leaf. "
" Hello, Gary. " Leaf says.
" Where's Serena? "
Leaf blinks, that would explain why Gary was here, he viewed Serena as a sister, " Last I knew she was still asleep. "
" Are you just getting around to getting your Cascade Badge? " Gary asks.
" No, I have mine, Serena's going to challenge the gym though. Gary, you should have your Spearow join in the free for all later. " Leaf says.
Gary blanches at the thought of that, Ash's Butterfree and Gusty were… well, he didn't actually have a word to describe them in aerial combat. " My Spearow joins them and actually holds his own. " Leaf says slyly.
Where had Gary been since he left Ash and Serena in Vermillion City, well, with the use of his ride he'd been able to get to Celadon City and get the Rainbow Badge. Then he'd managed to get the badge from Silver Town as well. The Kanto Region had fifteen official gyms, there was no way Gary was going to face Sabrina if he could help it. Silver Town had the Purity Badge and boy was that a hard gym to beat.
Brock is working hard with his pokémon minus Onix, you just couldn't train an Onix anywhere near a town or city. Diglett was working on learning Earthquake while Drowzee was working on Low Kick at the moment, it would be good for a psychic type to know some fighting type moves. He planned on buying the TM Telekinesis for Drowzee once they got to Celadon City. Brock had gotten a Pokédex, gray in color from Nurse Joy as he could see how useful they were. He'd've never thought that Drowzee could learn Low Kick by tutoring.
He had Jynx work on Ice Punch and Pound for the moment. He'd've never even dreamed that he would have psychic type pokémon to begin with. Ground types made sense but psychic types, not so much. Still, he did need a diverse team and having a surprise pokémon like that at a rock gym would throw competitors off. Geodude was working on Roll Out, as it didn't cause much damage. Sandshrew was working on Dig and the speed in which he could get underground. Diglett gave some good pointers for this.
Sandshrew also knew Slash and Defense Curl, so Brock, once Dig was up to snuff, was going to teach Sandshrew Super Fang and Sandshrew had inherited Metal Claw from his father. That was a fantastic egg move to have. Brock calls Sandshrew over, " I know you had a bastard for a trainer previously, Sandshrew. If I were to get you a TM which would you prefer Shadow Claw or Brick Break? "
Sandshrew scrunches his nose up and shows his claws, " Shadow Claw it is. If there is ever anything you want tell Serena and she'll tell me, okay. "
Sandshrew nods and goes back to work on Dig again. He liked this trainer and he liked the fact that one human could understand them completely. The dark haired male could semi understand them but not as well as the dark haired female could. He'd also get the TM Dragon Tail for Onix, as a reward for basically getting no training.
Team Rocket HQ:
Domino growls as she sees the footage of six kids holding the line at the Saffron City Pokémon Center. The one on the left had been identified as Brock Slate, former leader of the Pewter City Gym. The other five were unknowns but they were going to pay for interfering in their plans. They had been so close to acquiring the Master Ball. She looks at a green haired woman and a blonde haired man, " Find those six who stopped our takeover of Saffron City's Pokémon Center and destroy them. "
" Right away, Domino. " the lady says.
Domino snarls, those kids were going to pay dearly for their interference in Saffron City, she'd see to it personally if she had to. Their operation in Celadon City was still undetected because Erica was a newbie Gym Leader and only cared about making perfume. That had allowed them to set up shop in her city easily. Flint, the new Pewter Gym leader was just as infuriating as Brock had been. Lt. Surge loved stomping on their members, Koga and Aya were both royal pains in the ass in Fuschia City. Blaine was still a powerhouse even at his age and had been pissed about their operation on Cinnabar Island.
Cerulean City was a possible target, but they'd gotten word recently that changes in the gym structure were going on. Apparently the League was cracking down on the sisters. They couldn't operate in Viridian City because Giovanni was the Gym Leader and he would be forced to beat them down so the League wouldn't get suspicious. Now, the Fighting Dojo and the Gym in Saffron City were going to be cooperating so they would have each other's weaknesses covered and the Pokémon Center was getting security pokémon. How had this all gone to hell so quickly, even Giovanni was surprised that Saffron City had been waiting for their attack and had repelled them.
There were no precognition psychics in Saffron City and none of their own had turned traitor so what the hell had gone wrong? Domino knew they had to figure that out before they did anything else.
Cerulean City:
Ash, after feeding his baby Rattata finds that Pikachu is missing and knows that Serena has gone to train for her contest. Since Jove and Pikachu preferred to be outside of their balls she had them work on an entrance too, which with them being her appeals round pair was a good thing. She had chosen seals for Gusty and Kaze as well. Ash sees Loki and Yuki still with him and wakes them up to feed them. Then he heads out to start training his pokémon. He especially needed to bond with Charmander and help him unlock the strength he had inside.
He has Charmander spar with Diglett for the moment while he has Butterfree and Pidgeotto work on their endurance and speed by flying as fast as they could around their training area for as long as they could. The Pokénav could actually track this for him. Once they start Ash focuses on Charmander, the moves Charmander knew were Flamethrower, Scratch, Tackle, and Fire Fang with the egg move of Crunch. Ash grins, " Charmander, I want you to work on your Flamethrower so you can get it to last for aa long as possible, okay. "
" Mander char(Sounds good). " Charmander says.
Ash knew that the key to winning some battles was attack endurance, so he had to get it as high as he could for his pokémon. He had Diglett work on mastering Mud Bomb as she'd used it once, she just needed practice to have it fully in her arsenal. She already knew Scratch and Slash. Dustox was working on Toxic as he already knew String Shot, Tackle, and Stun Spore. Ash made sure to write down his pokémon's stats and after his gym battle he was going to pay for full physicals. That way he could see where his pokémon stood.
" Hey, you, I challenge you to a battle. "
Ash looks up to see a Bug Catcher trainer, " How many pokémon? "
" Two. " the Bug Catcher says.
" Diglett, you're up. " Ash says while Bug Catcher calls out a Beedrill.
Ash groans at this, " Beedrill, really? " Ash steps further away from where the battle was to take place as he didn't want to inadvertently get stung.
" Twin Needle. "
" Dig. "
Diglett was underground at the speed of light, " Try a Mud Bomb. "
The Mud Bomb hits and Ash sees his chance, capitalizing on it, " Slash, now! "
Beedrill has swirls for eyes and Bug Catcher sends out his next pokémon, Scyther, " Diglett, go back to training. Charmander, come on, your turn. "
" Slash. "
" Tackle and then use Flamethrower. " Ash calls out.
Charmander's Tackle attack takes him under the Slash attack and then he fires Flamethrower at point blank range. He even throws in a Scratch for good measure before getting out of there. Scyther gets back up and Ash grins, " Wait for it and use Crunch. "
Scyther screams in pain and Bug Catcher ends the battle, Ash got some money for the battle and the Bug Catcher races off for the Pokémon Center. Charmander heads back to his training and Ash pulls out his baby Rattata, feeding her and just playing with her. She chitters happily at this and Ash smiles at his baby happy that she was happy.
Just outside Cerulean City:
Squirtle, once proud leader of the Squirtle Squad, walks dejectedly, some big blue crocodile type pokémon had ousted him, and now he had nowhere to go. His trainer had abandoned him, the jerk, and now his supposed new family had left him as well, thrown him out like garbage. Why was life so unfair to him, why did all of this have to happen to him?
He keeps walking and is spotted by Pidgeotto while on his training flight. Pidgeotto calls out to follow him to his trainer, at least Squirtle could get some food. Squirtle shrugs and follows the bird whom collapses in the training site unceremoniously, " Not bad, Pidgeotto, twenty minutes at full speed. " Squirtle can hear a voice say.
Squirtle looks up to see a dark haired human, " Hello there, Squirtle, my name is Ash Ketchem, you look hungry. "
Ash pulls out some water type food and places it in a dish for Squirtle. Squirtle starts eating immediately and doesn't stop until the bowl is empty. Ash gives him a bowl of water next and Squirtle drinks it all down having been very thirsty. " Let me guess, your trainer abandoned you, right. "
Squirtle nods at this, " Well, I'm willing to take you in, but my party is full at the moment, but I can promise to call for you as soon as I can. Show me what moves you know. "
Squirtle performs Water Gun towards a rock, Skull Bash towards the same rock, Rapid Spin at the same rock, and Water Pulse towards the rock as well. Then Squirtle used Aqua Jet as well, " Damn, I'm guessing you got Aqua Jet from your father, you have some nice genetics there, Squirtle. It's up to you if you want to be my pokémon. "
Squirtle thinks this over, the boy seemed genuinely nice and even though he worked his pokémon hard he still cared about them, since he gave Pidgeotto an Oran Berry after that training. A Butterfree lazily floats down just then and Ash smiles, " Thirty five minutes, Butterfree, you're getting better. "
" Free (Thanks). " is the tired trill in response.
Ash gives Butterfree some special drink mix that was as close as humans could come to getting something similar to the nectar and sap they ate in the wild. Butterfree slurps it up greedily, he was famished after all of that work. Squirtle approaches Ash and points to a pokéball, " Are you sure? " Ash asks.
" Squirtle (Definitely). " Squirtle nods.
Ash catches Squirtle and looks at Charmander, so far he had managed to keep his Flamethrower going for five minutes, Ash hoped to get that up to fifteen soon. Diglett is still working on Mud Bomb as she wanted it to be perfect. His fliers were still resting from their training, Ash was going to give them enough time to be ready for the free for all later on today.
Richie's day was going decently, he was training Nami currently while the rest of his Pokémon had their orders. Zippo was still working on Metal Claw, Happy was working on Safeguard, Sparky on the duration and power in his Thundershock, Kanden was working on the strength and duration of both Psybeam and Confusion, Bruce was working on his strength and practicing Karate Chop and Low Kick on area rocks. Kanden really needed some battle experience, " Hey, Richie. "
" Oh, Leaf, and who's this guy? " Richie says looking towards his friend.
" This is Gary Oak, another Pallet Town native. He's here to see Serena in her contest. Gary, this is Richie Hiroshi. "
" Looks like you're training your pokémon hard. "
" I kinda helped stop Team Rocket from taking over the Saffron City Pokémon Center, I have to train hard in case they decide to seek retribution. " Richie says.
" Huh, care for a one on one battle? " Gary asks.
" Actually I need to get Kanden some battle experience, come here, Kanden. It's time for you to battle. "
Kanden shuffles over, " Drowzee (All right). "
" Recent capture? " Gary asks.
" Yeah. "
Gary calls out his Krabby as he'd switched out his now evolved Nidorino for his massive Krabby. Richie blinks at this, " That is one big Krabby. "
Leaf takes the ref's spot, " This is a one on one battle between Richie Hiroshi and challenger Gary Oak, begin. "
" Krabby, Bubble. "
" Kanden, Confusion, then follow it up with Hypnosis. "
Gary grits his teeth as the Hypnosis takes effect, " Now, use Dream Eater. "
Krabby ends up with swirls in his eyes, " Krabby is unable to battle, the winner is Richie. " Leaf says.
" Ya did good, Krabby, you deserve a good rest. " Gary says, recalling Krabby.
" Thanks for the battle, Gary. "
" You're good, you used an effective strategy. I'll expect a rematch for Krabby. " Gary says.
" You'll get it. " Richie says.
Kanden had performed well but it was obvious that Gary had trained up his Krabby as much as he had been training Kanden. " Train your Krabby up and he may be a match for Kanden next time. "
Gary smirks at this, " You can bet I'll be training my Krabby up for our rematch and I sincerely hope that Krabby is a Kingler by then. "
" Which means Kanden should be a Hypno. " Richie says.
Leaf smiles, " Gary, do you have your Spearow on you? "
" Yeah, why? " Gary asks, suddenly very cautious, the female trainers of Pallet Town made him nervous, hell, it seemed like every female in Pallet Town had vicious tempers when provoked.
" I'd like to have my Spearow and yours battle. " Leaf says.
While that is getting underway Serena has just met up with Ash, she had finished her heavy training for her contest now it was time to up Yuki and Izoku's training. She calls out Airashi and Izoku, Airashi prancing over to Loki to play tag. Yuki and Izoku were beginning their endurance and speed training. She calls out Julienne and looks at Ash. Ash smiles at this, " Charmander, you get to train with Julienne. This will be evasion and attacking training. You will each take turns sending ranged attacks at each other and also dodge the attacks coming your way, the object is to be able to dodge and counter attack at the same time. "
Charmander and Julienne nod at this and begin. - So, you ready for the contest?-
- I hope so, Ash, realistically I know I won't win every contest I enter. I got lucky that there were no truly experienced trainers in my first two contests.- Serena replies.
- True, so gut feeling tells you this one will be tough, huh?- Ash asks her.
Serena nods, she knew there was an event contest in Lavender Town, similar to the Wallace Cup where the ribbon earned was good in any region. It would be a good experience for her. It's why Molly wanted to meet up in Lavender Town. The reincarnated moon princess suspires wearily, instinct said she would not be winning here in Cerulean City, at least in the contest. She figured if one of Misty's sisters got schooled by a Coordinator they might actually get their acts together and not be a disgrace to gym leaders everywhere.
Loki and Airashi were using their bean bag again, they really liked that game. Julienne and Charmander were getting the hang of their training very quickly, though they needed a third party in there. Serena looks at Jove and he joins the party. This took the difficulty level up and made it so Charmander and Julienne had to be more aware of their surroundings. Serena takes her egg out and polishes it, she couldn't believe a Kingdra had given her a Horsea egg. This way she could get a Kingdra, if she ever got a Dragon Scale.
Ash knew she was concerned about her insight into this contest. If Team Rocket were to ever find out that she had been the one to sound the alarm then she'd never be safe. Well, that wasn't taking into account her friends that would get in the way, not to mention her bio dad. Serena's eyes widen suddenly, - Ash, my mom's Misdreavus knows Flash, since she's still my mom's I could borrow her long enough to get us through Rock Tunnel.-
- Awesome, that way none of us have to have our pokémon learn Flash.-
- I know, once we're ready to leave Cerulean City we can call Professor Oak and get her.- Serena says.
- True, so we have fifteen more minutes until the others join us. I wonder how Misty's battle went?- Ash ponders.
- She'll be fine, she's been training her pokémon hard and none of them will let her down, plus, I think she's sick of them thinking of her as the runt and completely useless.- Serena points out.
" Hey guys. " Misty says, walking up to them.
" How'd it go? " Ash asks.
" I'd rather wait and tell everyone if you don't mind. " Misty says.
- Hey, Misty, could you have Staryu join our evasion and attack training, it's about time for another element and pokémon to leap into the fray?- Serena inquires of her friend.
" Go, Staryu. Now, Staryu, you'll be joining the attack and evasion practice, use distance attacks only and try to evade while attacking, okay. " Misty explains.
" Hya (Right). " Staryu says and joins in. This makes things even more difficult which was exactly what Ash and Serena wanted, the harder it was to do all that the better.
" Wow, that looks really hard though it is beneficial. " Misty says.
" Yeah, that's why we're doing this. It's also good practice for the Rockets. You know they'll be coming after us. " Ash says.
Misty growls at that thought, " We'll just keep beating them and sending them to jail then. They need to be stopped. "
" I agree with that wholeheartedly, Misty. " Richie says as he, Leaf, and Gary walk up.
" Hey, Ashy-boy. "
" Gare-bear. "
The rivals greet each other but stay in their respective corners. Leaf giggles at this, " It still amazes me every time that the mere presence of Serena can keep you two in line. "
" Shut up, Leaf. " Gary mutters.
" Oh, you're just irritated because my Spearow beat yours. " Leaf teases him.
" I see you've made it to Cerulean City, Gary. " Brock states as he joins them. All of the flying types are released and the battle for aerial supremacy is once again underway.
" Yeah, I promised Serena I'd be here. " Gary says.
Loki and Airashi join their mama just then and Gary looks at Serena, " Two more babies, Serena, with another on the way, sheesh, you're insane. "
Airashi, hit him with Volt Tackle. Serena says.
Gary is once again a twitching heap on the ground, " That's a strong Volt Tackle, " he says dazedly.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or Sailor Moon.
Author's Note: Another chapter done. This story will be AU, but will still semi follow along with canon. There will be no limit on attacks, once they've learned it they keep it. That always annoyed me in the games. Now, on to the list of Pokémon for everyone.
Serena:
Jove- male Shinx
Gusty- female Pidgey
Triton- male Corphish (at lab)
Kaze- female Butterfree
Viento- male Butterfree
Yudaina- female Beautifly
Tremor- male Diglett (at lab)
Yuki- male Rattata
Izoku- female Rattata
Jolteon- Airashi's sire (at lab)
Flareon- Airashi's dam (at lab)
Airashi- female Eevee
Loki- male Pichu
Julienne- female Bellsprout
Meowth- male (at lab)
Venonat- male (at lab)
Growlithe- male (at lab)
Scyther- male (at lab)
Nidoran- female (at lab)
Six Eevee Eggs
Horsea Egg
Mystery Ghost Egg
Ash:
Pikachu- male
Butterfree- male
Pidgeotto- male
Dustox- male
Diglett- female
Charmander- male
Rattata- female
Magmar- male (at lab)
Mankey- male (at lab)
Pinsir- female (at lab)
Koffing- male (at lab)
Squirtle- male (at lab)
Mei:
Flare- female Cyndaquil
Premy- female Hoothoot
Matón- male Nidoran
Kaminari- female Pikachu
Molly:
Squirtle- female
Tentacool- male
Mark:
Charmander- male
Magikarp- female
Rattata- male
Weedle- female
Nidoran- female
Brock:
Onix- male
Geodude- male
Diglett-male
Drowzee- male
Onix- female (Pewter Gym)
Sandshrew- male
Jynx- female
Nidoking- male (Pewter Gym)
Rattata- female
Misty:
Staryu- male
Starmie- male
Seaking- female
Psyduck- male
Horsea- male
Tentacool- female
Tentacool- ( four at Cerulean Gym)
Vaporeon- male ( Cerulean Gym)
Shellder- female (Cerulean Gym)
Krabby- male (Cerulean Gym)
Oddish- female (Cerulean Gym)
Cubone- male (Cerulean Gym)
Richie:
Zippo- male Charmander
Sparky- male Pikachu
Happy- male Butterfree
Kanden- female Drowzee
Nami- female Tentacool
Bruce- male Machop
Electrode- male (at lab)
Electabuzz- male (at lab)
Doduo- male (at lab)
Leaf:
Bulbasaur- male
Rattata- male
Spearow- male
Poliwag- female
Mr. Mime- male
Ditto- genderless
Paras- female (at lab)
Diglett- male (at lab)
Author's Note cont'd: I've added in the gender for the pokémon as well. For Molly's pokémon, well that's all I can think of that I want her to have at the moment. I didn't do much for her contest because she's not a main character. I gave Silver Town a gym because Gary earned six badges that Ash didn't. Since the other gyms aren't named I took the liberty to give Silver Town one with the Purity Badge and they specialize in Ice Types. I know Leaf is only in the games but the anime stated that four trainers started that day so I'm using Leaf for that and I created Mark for another one, only I'm having him be a breeder.
Ash and Serena seem luckier because Ash is Arceus' Chosen One and Serena is the Moon Princess reincarnated, so Pokémon are going to be more sensitive to this, plus, Ash and Serena can use their aura to a limited extent. Ash will still get Bulbasaur and Krabby, I just have to figure out how I want that to go down in my story.