Chapter 10 – The Three Starter Pokémon part 1
*Sitting next to the road runner, watching something on my computer that just finished with both of us having teary eyes* That was beautiful! *Sniff* Wahh! *Both of us breaks down crying and hugging each other* Why does this have to be so tear-jerking good? *Sniffs before noticing audience.* Sorry for this but you caught me at a bit of a bad time. I *Meep* we were watching Creative Types by AnimatedJames a very talented animator and pretty good song writer too. Unfortunately, this will be the last animation he will be doing for a while if his update videos are anything to go by. I'm not going dwell on it but it inspired me to write this chapter sooner rather than later so happy faces everyone.
Please note that Wiley E Coyote is a sissy and is not ashamed to admit that he cried manly tears while watching a heart wrenching scene.
This chapter is going to be a little different. I am completely skipping School of Hard Knocks and Path to the Indigo League and moving on to the starter Pokémon and then Bill's lighthouse. Don't get me wrong, I like those episodes but they are just filler and don't play any real part to Ash's journey both cannon and my fanfiction. Now that the bad (neutral in my opinion) news is out of the way, I decided to answer a few reviews that weren't just complimenting my story. Hopefully I can keep doing it but most of the time it is a couple reviews that says my chapter is good.
knightblazer85: No on the Eevee with different traits from different evolutions. They get one evolution unless the shifter Eevee wins. Sorry but i just can't see that happening.
rbrooks743: You got it right. Have a cookie.
God of Challenge: I planned to include a pokedex entry for every Pokémon that Ash encountered until my computer decided that I can't go to Bulbapedia, Serebii, or Wiki for any more than about a minute before it freezes up and I can't copy and paste any of the pokedex entries. (before you say it's plagiarism, Bulbapedia is using game data from the games so I am good because I don't claim ownership of anything Pokémon related except for a few games that I own.) That and there would be so many different and unnecessary entries when I don't need to and I am lazy. I will try and put the species name at least either as a description while battling or putting the putting a Pokémon encountered in the end author credits.
To the rest of you, thanks for the reviews. I really appreciate it.
Eeveelution poll:
Sylveon – 25
Espeon – 20
Umbreon – 24
Leafeon – 7
Glaceon – 7
Jolteon – 4
Ability to shift Eeveelution – 4
No Evolution – 2
Flareon – 1
Vaporeon – 0
I am going to be honest and say that I was not expecting Umbreon to become so popular literally overnight but oh well. A reminder that the poll closes on Valentine's Day. Keep voting.
Key:
"Talking"
"Pokespeech/Pokespeech while in flashback"
'Thinking/aura speech/ telepathy'
"Pokedex/X-watch speech"
*LOUD NOISES*
*Sound effects*
*location; general time passed*
Ash's current party: Black (Lucario), Raijin (Pikachu), Ignatius (Charmeleon), Solwing (Pidgeotto), Butterfree, Gybolg (Mudkip), two Eevee and three starter Pokémon. Raijin's pokéball got sent to Oak's lab.
I do not own Pokémon or anything else that comes from another series. Enjoy
Chapter Begin
*Forest by a beach; two weeks later, 11 AM*
Ash and some of his Pokémon were walking/flying down a path that is near a beach and forest. The Eevee were on his shoulders, Solwing was flying all over the place and Black and Raijin were walking next to Ash. Ash himself was looking at three pokéballs on his belt. "Pika, Pikapi (What's wrong, Ash?)" Raijin asked noticing his expression. "It's nothing, buddy. I just am having trouble accepting that I caught these three Pokémon." He replied thinking back to how he caught a Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and a Torchic. He caught his Bulbasaur, Ichigo, in small hidden Pokémon village in a forest.
Flashback:
*Lost in a Forest; 12 days ago, 9 AM*
Ash and his Pokémon were looking for the path after they got lost. Raijin had decided to travel of the beaten trail (both literal and metaphorical) and gotten them lost. They continued to wander the forest when they came across an injured blue onion like Pokémon getting a drink. Ash pointed the scanner towards the Pokémon and it beeped on. It said Oddish the Weed Pokémon. Oddish searches for fertile, nutrient-rich soil, then plants itself. During the daytime, while it is planted, this Pokémon's feet are thought to change shape and become similar to the roots of trees. This Pokémon has an estimated battle level of 10.
"Black, go and help it out," Ash told his jackal-like Pokémon. Black walked beside the Oddish and created a bowl from Aura and filled it with water before giving it to the Oddish. It looked at the bowl apprehensively before drinking from it. Black began to talk to the Oddish before he pointed to Ash. The Oddish walked over to Ash and asked timidly, "Excuse me, this nice Pokémon said you could heal me. If you can, can you heal my friends?" Ash smiled at the timid Pokémon and lit his hands with a healing Aura. He brought his hands over Oddish and gently inserted the Aura into the Pokémon, healing it.
"I don't mind. Just lead the way to them," Ash said as he finished healing it. Oddish started to lead the trio down a path being careful to avoid certain areas. Curious about this behavior, Ash and Black activated their Aura sight and saw various traps all over the place. For about ten minutes, Oddish led them down a twisted path until they finally reached a large clearing with a river and small house in it. All over the clearing were several different types of Pokémon. There were Oddish, Staryu, Rattata, Caterpie, Magikarp, Paras, Weepinbell and a Bulbasaur (he has an orange bulb. It is there for his name). Looking over the Pokémon was a girl with long, blue hair wearing red overalls and a pink t-shirt.
When the Bulbasaur saw Ash and his Pokémon, he charged towards Ash and went in for a tackle at decent speeds. If this was cannon Ash, they would have been met with a face full of angry dinosaur plant thing, but this is not cannon Ash so he just stopped it with a single finger causing it to fall to the ground in shock. Ash spoke to the fallen Pokémon catching the attention of all the other Pokémon and the girl who blushed at his appearance, "None of that now. This Oddish asked me to come here and heal his friends." Bulbasaur looked at Oddish shocked.
The girl stepped up and asked the question that was on all the "not in the know" Pokémon's minds, "Excuse me, but what do you mean by heal his friends, Mr.?" Ash turned to the girl and answered sheepishly, "Sorry, I am Ash Ketchum. And to answer your question, I am an Aura Guardian." This brought gasps from the Pokémon, even the downed Bulbasaur, and a confused look from the girl. To prove his point, Ash summoned an Aura sphere in his hands and showed it to everyone. "This is Aura. Everyone, both human and Pokémon, has it but very few humans can use it while Pokémon use it for just about every attack they do just in different forms. It can be used to attack, defend, heal and more. This is what I used to heal Oddish and will use to heal all the Pokémon, Miss. I never got your name." Ash explained.
The girl blushed embarrassedly before explaining that her name was Melanie and that she was the caretaker to the injured Pokémon of the area. She told Ash that many Pokémon get abandoned here and come here to get better and that to prevent Pokémon trainers who stumble upon the injured Pokémon from catching them she set up traps to stop them. She also explained that Bulbasaur was the self-appointed guardian of the hidden village.
Ash decided that after he had finished healing the Pokémon, he would help make the clearing a better place for Pokémon to recover. So for the next few days, Ash and his Pokémon healed the injured Pokémon, created a few shelters and nests for the Pokémon to rest and supplied Melanie with a phone that allowed her to contact Professor Oak that had the unseen side effect of sending Pokémon Rangers to make the area a no capture zone, which Ash did not see as he had left. During this time, Ash and Bulbasaur made up and became friends.
Four days later, Ash, Raijin and Black were preparing to leave the village. Melanie and all the Pokémon in the Village were watching them prepare to leave sadly. "Do you really have to leave, Ash?" She asked. "Yeah, I am sorry Melanie but it is time for me to continue my journey. Don't forget that if you ever want someone to talk to, you have my number." Ash said sadly. "Before you go, Bulbasaur wants to tell you something." Melanie said happily.
Bulbasaur walked up toward Ash and bowed (as best as he could). "These past couple days, I have watched you heal these Pokémon and help make this village a safe haven for Pokémon. I want to continue to see such events and help to protect Pokémon out in the world. I feel that you are the best trainer for that and if I had to make a choice between any other trainers than you, I would choose you." He told Ash.
Ash was stunned by what Bulbasaur said but quickly recovered. He brought out a basic pokéball and held it out for Bulbasaur to tap. Bulbasaur brought out a vine and tapped the center, allowing himself to be pulled into the ball. The ball shook back and forth a few times before it sparkled. "The one who protects," Ash said thoughtfully, "Welcome to the family, Ichigo." The ball shook up and down as if agreeing to the name. Ash took out his pokedex and scanned the ball.
Bulbasaur, the seed Pokémon. It can be seen napping in bright sunlight. There is a seed on its back. By soaking up the sun's rays, the seed grows progressively larger. This Pokémon is male and has the ability Chlorophyll. He knows the moves take down, vine whip, poison powder, sleep powder, leach seed, razor leaf, sweet scent, grass pledge and has the egg move(s) grass whistle and magical leaf which have not been unlocked.
Flash back ends
Chapter end
This is all that is going to be put up for this chapter. Since this would be a larger arc that I am writing, that I am referring to the Starter Arc, and am impatient because of a certain video *sniff* I am splitting the encounters up into several chapter. This is to both get a chapter up quicker and see if I will be breaking up longer chapters into smaller chapters to get them out quicker. If I do the split up method, I would more than likely combine the chapters into one and update the story.
As mentioned earlier, I am trying something new. I will be putting a Pokémon encountered list at the end of every chapter. Tell me what you think. I welcome it.
Pokémon encountered: Oddish (Weed Pokémon), Staryu (Star Shape Pokémon), Rattata (Mouse Pokémon), Caterpie (Worm Pokémon), Weepinbell (Flycatcher Pokémon), Magikarp (Fish Pokémon), Paras (Mushroom Pokémon) and Bulbasaur (Seed Pokémon).
I named Bulbasaur, Ichigo because of what he stands for. Ichigo translates into strawberry, which I plan on making it a bit of a joke when people mix up the name, and, roughly, one who protects (or the number one protector, I can't remember). That and I am a fan of Bleach.
Now, if by the time I write the next chapter stays how it is now, I will not have to put a poll up for what fossil Ash gets in Grandpa Canyon because everyone wants either a Tyrunt or an Amaura. I will probably give Ash the Jaw fossil (that's Tyrunt) while I give the Sail fossil (that's Amaura I believe) to Elesa or another female traveling companion if she fits the ice/rock type archetype better. See you soon with the second part. Don't know if there will be a third part so yeah.