Hey there, everyone, and welcome back to Journey Of An Autistic Trainer! I'm really sorry for the confusion my latest chapter had caused, what with the author's note and the excuses I made and the thinking and the pain in the glaven (okay, the last one was a joke). So from now on, no more author's note chapters anymore.
Last chapter was a filler episode. Canada Cowboy told me about it, and the more I look at it, the more I saw that he was right. Well, this one won't be a filler chapter...or, at least, I'll try and make sure this doesn't become a filler chapter.
Uploading Date: November 6, 2016
Enjoy!
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Electric Showdown (part 1)
It was sunset by the time Ash and his friends came to Vermillion City. It had been three days since they left the Poké Tech school, and they had trained and chatted along the way. Now that they reached the city by the bay, they knew that it was all worth it.
As they walked into the city, whose buildings were not as large as Viridian or Cerulean, they saw that they were near the bay already. The Pokémon Center was across from it, and Magikarp occasionally jumped out of the water, flopping around. Fishermen sat at the water's edge, drawing out their lines and catching a bite. A loud horn blasted from somewhere else in the bay, but the source was still a bit too far to tell what it was.
"Finally, we're here!" Misty sighed as they sat down on benches to relax their aching feet. "I can't wait to get a bath to get all this stink off."
"Same here," Daisy replied. "Plus, I wouldn't want Magikarp to disappear like when we went swimming yesterday."
Brock spoke up next, saying, "If anyone's got dirty clothes, hand them to me, and I'll wash them tonight. What about you, Ash?" he asked, turning to the Pallet Town trainer. "What're you gonna do?"
"I really wanna check out the gym," Ash said. He patted Pikachu, who was resting on his shoulder and looking tired, and said, "But I wanna get Pikachu and the other Pokémon rested first."
Pikachu gave a grateful sigh, and both girls turned around. "Good idea, Ash," Misty told him. "I think the gym's closed for the night anyway."
So they turned around and headed to the Pokémon Center. They were just about to head in when a girl came rushing past them with a wounded Rattata in her arms. The four travelers gave each other confused looks and went inside to get rested for the night.
But when they came in and looked around, they got quite the surprise. There were injured Pokémon in beds, all too weak to move. A Pidgey was twitching as if a Thunderbolt had struck it, and a few Rattata had casts on their legs. There was even an Ekans with a cast around its neck, coughing as if something had punched it in its throat.
Ash felt terrible when he saw the injured Pokémon lying on the hospital beds. He was not sure what did it, but it had to have been something bad to do this kind of damage.
"What happened?" Daisy asked, staring around in shock.
"Lt. Surge, the gym leader in this city," Nurse Joy said with a worried look, heading over to an injured Clefairy and handing it some bandages. As she dressed the wound on its leg, she went on, "This is the fifteenth one this month that's needed to come to the emergency room. I've kept telling him that he, his Pokémon, and the trainers' Pokémon need their rest, but he's just too stubborn!"
Ash tilted his head to the side. "He doesn't really sound nice," he remarked. "I can beat him for the badge and the Pokémon here in the center if you'd like."
"But I've heard that Lt. Surge's electric Pokémon are tough," Daisy reminded Ash before Nurse Joy could answer. "You've got three Pokémon who're weak against Electric-type attacks. And you've got Bulbasaur."
"That reminds me," Ash said. He walked over to Nurse Joy and said, "Nurse Joy, we need our Pokémon healed, please. It's travel injuries."
Nurse Joy managed a smile despite her worry. "Bring your Pokémon over to the front desk while I finish dressing Clefairy's wound," she said. "I'm never too tired to heal anyone's Pokémon. And meanwhile, feel free to lodge here for the night and use the video phone."
Oh yeah, I forgot! Ash thought. He walked over to the front desk, dropped off Pikachu and the rest of his team, and headed over to the phone. Behind him, Brock was saying, "Hey, I was wondering if you can take a break with me after this is all done."
"I already took a break a few minutes ago, but thanks," Nurse Joy replied, resulting in Brock sighing dejectedly.
Once Ash was at the video phone, he dialed his mother's phone number and waited. The screen turned on, and there was Delia, at the phone already with the receiver to her ear. Ash noticed that she was not at home this time, due to the spaciousness of the room Delia was in. She was probably at Professor Oak's laboratory.
"Hey Mom," Ash said with a smile.
"Hey, honey," Delia said with a smile. "You made it to Vermillion City! How is it so far?"
Ash looked around to see his friends dropping off their Pokémon with Nurse Joy. He looked back around at his mother and said, "It's good so far. I can't wait to get to the gym tomorrow morning."
Delia replied, "Well, I'm glad to see you and your friends safe and sound. I better get back to the house. Love you, Ash." She took the phone from her ear and handed it to someone off the screen, saying, "Professor Oak wants to talk to you."
So she was at Professor Oak's lab. It had been a while since Ash had spoken with Professor Oak, the last time being at Pewter City. So it made him feel good when the professor showed up with a bowl of ramen noodles. He called "Love you too, Mom!" before Professor Oak took the receiver.
"Hello, Ash," he said. "I've heard from your mother that you've got two badges with six or seven Pokémon already. That's wonderful news, and you'll catch up to Gary in no time!"
"Thanks, Professor," Ash told him with a grateful smile.
"Gary would be on his way to Celadon City," the professor added with a stern look, "if he hadn't done what he did. I had my assistant bring him back home, and he'll be back on the road-"
"KETCHUM!"
Ash flinched from the loud voice as Gary Oak pushed Professor Oak out of the way, glaring angrily at the screen. Ash looked away as his rival growled at him, growling, "It's because of you that I'm stuck back here! Now I can't leave for another week, and it's all your fault!"
"Gary Oak, you know full well why you're there!" Daisy had come to stand beside Ash, speaking into the speaker end of the phone. "You insulted his condition, and you made your Wartortle attack him! This teasing of yours has to stop!"
"Daisy!" This time, it was Ash's turn to lay a hand on her shoulder. "Let me handle this. I gotta stand up for myself."
She still had worry written on her face as she handed him the phone. Brock laid a hand on her shoulder and gave her a meaningful look.
"Gary, I don't know why you hate me now," Ash said as he faced his rival, "but you and I were friends. I did nothing bad to you, and you threw me aside. Was it because of my autism? If so, then I am what I am because I was born this way. And if you don't like it, I can battle you to prove I can be as good as you."
At first, Gary did not speak. Instead, he seemed to look down to the floor, an uneasy expression on his face. Ash wondered if his former friend was thinking over his treatment of him. Even a tiny bit of him hoped that Gary would actually listen to him.
But the look didn't last long. Instead, Gary snarled, "You better prepare yourself for when we meet again, Ketchum, and you better watch your back! I'll send you home like you did to me!"
He dropped the phone and stormed away. Ash felt sad that the attempt to reconcile with Gary did not go well. Misty muttered "Arrogant jerk" as she watched Gary leave the screen.
"He'll turn around, Ash," Professor Oak told him, getting the phone back. "Remember that Pikachu is not only your Pokémon but a therapist in a sort of way. Pokémon can teach people in many ways you can't imagine."
"Yeah, he and the others are teaching me to be brave," Ash said, patting Pikachu on the head. "Can I withdraw Squirtle after I get my next badge. I don't want to get Squirtle hurt by Electric-type attacks."
Professor Oak nodded. "Of course. I say that he's been enjoying the water around here. And speaking of water, I have to go make sure he doesn't mess up the Poliwag's lily pads. He's still quite a troublemaker despite not being with the Squirtle Squad," he added with a chuckle. "Good-night, and good luck tomorrow!"
And with this, the phone screen turned blank. That was when the tune announcing that the travelers' Pokémon had gotten healed, and Ash, Daisy, Misty, and Brock came to collect them.
We'll win this tomorrow, Ash told Pikachu quietly as they headed to the cafeteria for dinner. We'll get our third badge, and we can help all those Pokémon!
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The next day, everyone was ready to get the day started. Ash had decided to get to the gym once everyone was finished with breakfast and their morning showers. They had also decided with Misty that they could go visit the S.S. Anne, the huge ship that had made the loud horn noise the day before. With spirits high and minds determined, the travelers set out down the street until they came to the gym.
It was a garish, brightly colored gym with lightning bolts painted on the sides and back. But for some odd reason, the gym was not facing the street as it usually did. Instead, it was facing the bay, the only path being blocked by a tree. It was a sapling tree, not a huge tree but one that was wide enough to block one person's path. So Daisy tossed out a Poké Ball to release Beedrill, which buzzed as soon as it emerged from its ball.
"Beedrill, use Cut to take that tree down!" Daisy called.
Beedrill buzzed and brandished its stingers, ready to get into action. It darted over to the tree and slashed and jabbed at it, the stingers going painfully deep into the bark. With one final swipe, Beedrill cut the tree down and watched it tumble into the water with a splash.
"Thanks, Beedril. Rest for a while," Daisy said, recalling the poison bee Pokémon.
Brock spoke up now, "We better go in a single file line. There's no need to be swimming with the Magikarp." Then he asked Daisy, "Daisy, how about you lead? You got that tree down."
Daisy smiled. "Sure. Everyone line up!"
She went ahead first and was followed by Brock. Ash went between Brock and Misty so that either one could grab him and pull him to safety if he slipped. He saw something blue with a red-jeweled head poke out of the water and wanted to see what it was. But he could not pull out his PokéDex now, not now that they were trying to avoid getting wet. Besides, his PokéDex could get wet and ruined.
They inched their way until they were finally on the spot of land where the gym entrance way. But as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the gym, two Pikachu suddenly darted over. Like Ash's Pikachu, they looked cute and cuddly, but they had the short temper of an alley Meowth.
"Stop right there, runt," growled a voice as soon as the door opened. Out came two trainer, a man and a woman recalling both Pikachu into Poké Balls, as the former demanded, "Who are you, and why're you skulking around the boss's gym?"
Ash felt a little intimidated by their size; their muscle size indicated that they must have really worked out. But he cleared his throat and said, "I'm here to challenge Lt. Surge to a battle for my next badge."
The two trainers continued leering at him, making Ash feel uncomfortable. Then the woman turned away and called, "Hey Boss! You got another victim for the hospital!"
"Which one is it?" growled another man, storming over to them. He was huge and tan with bulging muscles, wearing a camo shirt and pants along with combo boots. He spotted Daisy and Misty and gave them a leer, remarking, "Looks like I got some cute challengers. But I ain't gonna be easy on you, you hear me?"
"Actually...my friend Ash here," Daisy said as she gently nudged Ash over to him, "is the one who wants to battle."
Lt. Surge grunted in disbelief as he glared down at Ash. He wanted to tell the gym leader that he had hurt a lot of Pokémon more than was necessary, but he could not find it within him to say it out loud.
"Aww, what's wrong?" Lt. Surge sneered as he stepped even closer. "Is the weak little baby scared of me?"
That made Ash feel upset at being called this. "I-I'm not a baby!" he retorted, but he was aware of how it sounded like a squeak.
Lt. Surge snickered. "Don't take it personally, kid. I call all the people who lost against me or will lose against me a baby." He noticed Pikachu on Ash's shoulder, sneering, "And what's this? A baby Pokémon? Son, let me show you a grown-up Pokémon."
His assistants snickered as Lt. Surge tossed out a Poké Ball. Out of the ball came a mouse-like Pokémon that looked nearly like Pikachu. It was taller, though, and orange with long brown-tipped back feet. It had a white belly, and its ears were more spiked. But the strangest thing about it was its black tail, which was really long and thin with a lightning bolt at the end.
Ash took out his Pokédex and scanned the new Pokémon. It read, "Raichu is the Mouse Pokémon, and it evolves from Pikachu. If its electrical sacs become excessively charged, Raichu plants its tail in the ground and discharges. Scorched patches of ground will be found near its nest."
"Wow...Pikachu evolves into that?" Ash asked, pointing at Raichu.
On his shoulder, Pikachu tried waving a friendly hello to Raichu. The bigger Pokémon merely made a rude gesture with its paw, which made Pikachu look shocked and then furious.
"Yep," Lt. Surge boasted, patting Raichu heartily on the head. "A Pokémon's only useful once it knows all the moves it can possibly know. As for you, you little baby," he added, leaning in close in a jeering way, "you should've evolved that rat as soon as you got him."
"I'm not scared of you," Ash told Lt. Surge. The insults toward Pikachu made him feel upset, but he could not back down now. "And Pikachu's fine the way he is."
Lt. Surge stared down at him in mild surprise, and then he laughed as he recalled Raichu to its PokéBall. "Those are big words for a baby," he sneered. "The rat's gonna be even more useless if you keep him unevolved. Now come on."
He walked back into the building, with Ash and his friends behind him. Ash was aware of the two large trainers leering at him and the others as they walked past them. They were like personal guards for Lt. Surge than the usual trainers sticking around at the gym.
Soon, they had arrived at the unusually small arena. It did had a high roof with a skylight, but Ash still felt unused to such a small gym. When he looked back down, Lt. Surge was already marching over to the other side of the arena with a smirk on his face.
"This will be a three-on-three battle between the gym leader, Lt. Surge, and the challenger, Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town," the referee called. "The challenger is allowed to substitute his Pokémon. The one who has all three of their Pokémon faint loses!"
Lt. Surge chuckled. "Fine by me, though I've never lost in three weeks," he responded. He sent out a Poké Ball, calling, "Voltorb, atten HUT!"
The Poké Ball opened up to reveal...another Poké Ball. But this one was alive, with glaring eyes and muttering "Volt. Voltorb." Ash took out his PokéDex and scanned it as it read, "Voltorb is the Ball Pokémon. Voltorb was first sighted at a company that manufactures Poké Balls. The link between that sighting and the fact that this Pokémon looks very similar to a Poké Ball remains a mystery. It is also extremely sensitive; it will explode at the slightest of shocks."
"It looks pretty cool," Ash exclaimed with a smile. He took out a Poké Ball and tossed it out, calling, "Nidoran, I choose you!"
Out came Nidoran, pawing the ground and shaking his horn at Voltorb. It had been a while since he had been in an actual battle instead of just battling wild Pokémon.
"Nidoran, Poison Sting!" Ash called as the battle began.
"Voltorb, shock 'em with Shock Wave!" Lt. Surge growled.
Nidoran lowered his horn and charged at Voltorb. In retaliation, the Poké Ball-like Pokémon shivered and sent out a large wave of electricity at Nidoran. The wave caught Nidoran and forced him back, making him squeal in pain as he was shoved back. Voltorb shivered and was ready for another round.
"Dodge it once it attacks!" Ash commanded.
From the other side of the arena, Lt. Surge merely chortled. "Good luck dodgin' that!" he mocked. "Shock Wave doesn't miss!"
Just as Lt. Surge had said, the wave came back around and shocked Nidoran again. Still, there was no getting Nidoran down easily, as he was back up on his feet, pawing the ground.
"Poison Sting again!" Ash called.
Nidoran repeated the charge while Voltorb rested from using its electric attacks. He jumped and jabbed his horn at the white part on its body, knocking his opponent backward. Voltorb spun back and faced the Poison Pin Pokémon, only to wince as it got poisoned from the attack.
"Get through that poison, soldier!" Lt. Surge barked. "Screech!"
Voltorb vibrated, and a horrible screech emitted from its rounded body. It stung Ash's ears so bad that he had to cover them up, and Nidoran recoiled from the loud screech the ball Pokémon had made. Ash slightly uncovered his ears and hoped that this would not happen again.
But Lt. Surge only smirked and said, "Screech again!"
So Voltorb vibrated once again and screeched loudly. On the stands, Ash's friends covered their ears too, and he was too far away to hear Brock when he was telling Daisy and Misty something.
"Nidoran, fold your ears back and use Double Kick!" Ash yelled over the screech.
Nidoran pawed the ground again and, folding his ears close against his head, ran at Voltorb with his horn lowered. He reared up and gave the screeching ball two hard kicks in the face.
"Self Destruct!" Lt. Surge bellowed.
Suddenly, Voltorb started glowing white, and Ash wondered if it was evolving. But then a loud explosion blasted over the arena, and he stepped back to avoid the huge cloud of smoke and dust. When the dust cleared, both Nidoran and Voltorb were lying on the ground, knocked out.
"Nidoran and Voltorb are both unable to battle!" the referee called. "Trainers, call out your next Pokémon!"
Now Ash realized what had happened. Voltorb had used this attack to knock itself and Nidoran out. That was something he did not want to see again in the future. He recalled Nidoran and said, "Great job, Nidoran. Take a good rest."
"Voltorb was only canon fodder," Lt. Surge growled, recalling Voltorb. "Let's see how you can match up against...Magnemite!"
He threw out his second Poké Ball, and out came an odd gray Pokémon. It was a floating magnet ball, just a floating ball, with an eye in the middle and two magnets sticking out on either side.
Once again, Ash pulled out his PokéDex and scanned the new being. It read, "Magnemite is the Magnet Pokémon. It attaches itself to power lines to feed on electricity. If your house has a power outage, check your circuit breakers. You may find a large number of this Pokémon clinging onto the breaker box."
I...didn't really get that, Ash thought as he put his PokéDex away. He then pulled out a Poké Ball and tossed it out, calling, "Charmander, I choose you!"
Out came the shiny Charmander in sparkles, puffing out a flame and looking ready. From the sidelines, Brock was nodding in approval. "That's a great choice Ash made," he commented. "Magnemite's part Steel-type, and Steel-types are weak against Fire-type attacks."
"It looks like Ash's got the advantage," Daisy remarked.
"Magnemite, light 'em up with Metal Sound!" Lt. Surge called as the second round started.
Magnemite started humming, and a harsh ping came out from its body. Ash felt his ears ache again, but to his relief, it did not sound as bad as Voltorb's Screech.
"Charmander, Smokescreen!" Ash called.
Charmander opened his mouth and spewed out coal-black smoke, filling the arena with the stuff. Magnemite's buzzing could still be heard
"Are you really setting yourself up to fail?" Lt. Surge sneered. "Then let me help. Magnemite, Sonic Boom!"
From in the smoke, Magnemite was launching sound waves at Charmander. He was caught unawares by the attack and was hit in the back by one of the Sonic Booms. Because of this, he had to keep watching over his back to avoid being caught unawares again.
"Counter with Ember!" Ash called.
So Charmander opened his mouth to fire...but no embers came out. Instead, a large ball of flame fired out of his mouth and through the smoke. A clanging sound told Ash that whatever Charmander had fired, it had met its mark.
"Ash, that's Flame Burst!" Brock called out from behind the smoke. "It can be a useful Fire-type attack!"
Ash looked back around at the battle, the smoke now starting to clear up. Magnemite was floating away from Charmander, heaving up and down and trying to stay afloat. Unlike Voltorb, Magnemite did not look like it was raring to go again.
On the other side of the arena, Lt. Surge snarled, "Drat! That kid's Charmander learned himself a new move. Magnemite!" he barked. "Use Charge Beam, on the double!"
Magnemite started drawing in some electric energy and then fired it at Charmander.
That was when Ash decided to repeat his trick, the same he and Charmander did with Giselle and her Cubone. So he told Charmander, "Spin on the ground and use Ember!"
Charmander laid down on the ground and started spinning around, spewing out flaming embers. The flames surrounding him had reflected the Charge Beam away from him, and Magnemite had to float away from the stray attack.
"You little sneak..." Lt. Surge growled. "Magnemite, Charge Beam, full force!"
"Charmander, Flame Burst!"
Like before, Charmander shot out a ball of fire from his mouth, soaring above the Charge Beam. It did hit him and make him reel back in pain, but Flame Burst had also hit Magnemite straight in the face. The magnet Pokémon fell back, its body grinding against the ground as it slid up to the large boots of Lt. Surge.
The referee walked over to Magnemite to see if it was getting up. When it did not raise its magnets, he called, "Magnemite is unable to battle. Charmander wins!"
"We're doing it!" Ash cheered as the victory was called. "We'll win this for sure!"
Charmander replied with a happy "Char!" and a swish of his tail.
Lt. Surge recalled Magnemite, giving Ash a glare. "You might've gotten lucky, but here's my true power! I'm gonna wipe that smirk off of your face, one way or another. Front and center, Raichu!"
He threw out a ball, which summoned Raichu. The larger mouse Pokémon lashed its very long tail upon its arrival, beckoning Charmander with it to make a move. Charmander met the challenge with his own tail lashing, a few sparks of fire leaping away.
"Raichu, we don't got time to waste. Iron Tail!" Lt. Surge roared.
"Charmander, Flame Burst!" Ash called.
As Charmander prepared to use his new Flame Burst again, Raichu sped out and raised its tail, which was slowly glowing silver. Its tail was indeed pretty long, for it slammed its lightning-shaped tail tip down on the lizard Pokémon. Charmander prepared to try and fight back, but Lt. Surge was giving another command already.
"Finish it with Focus Punch!" Lt. Surge demanded.
Raichu drew back its right front paw, focusing its energy into it. Ash noticed Charmander trying to shake the pain off, unaware that he was stumbling toward the awaiting attack. "Get out of the way, quick!" Ash called.
But it was too late. Charmander was caught in the stomach by Raichu's punch and was slammed away until he landed at Ash's feet. He had been knocked out.
"Charmander is unable to battle. Raichu wins!" the referee called.
Nidoran's out. Voltorb made sure of that, Ash thought. Charmander beat Magnemite, but he couldn't stand up against Raichu for too long. Maybe Bulbasaur can do it...
"Pika!" Pikachu suddenly squeaked, looking up at Ash. "Pika Pika! Pikachu!"
"You wanna fight?" Ash asked in surprise. Pikachu nodded with a firm face, and Ash said, "All right then, Pikachu. Get out there and use Thunderbolt!"
So Pikachu darted over to the battlefield and stared Raichu in the eye. Both electric mouse Pokémon were glowering at each other with dislike, daring each other to start the fight already.
"Pika...chuuuu!" Pikachu yelled as he fired his Thunderbolt at Raichu.
"Now you're sending in the baby Pokémon, huh?" Lt. Surge sneered. "This is gonna be too easy. Raichu, Thunderbolt!"
So Raichu leered at Pikachu as its yellow cheeks crackled with electricity, just as Pikachu had always done with his red cheeks. With a loud "Rai...CHUUUU!", huge sparks flew out toward Pikachu. Both attacks collided, sparks of electricity bouncing off of each other.
But suddenly, Raichu's electricity overpowered Pikachu's, and its attack hit Pikachu head-on, making Pikachu cry out in pain before falling down. Across from him, Raichu watched him struggle with a grunt and a glower. Ash had been worried about Pikachu standing up to a Pokémon like this, and now, his worries were unfolding in front of him like a folding chair.
"Pikachu, get back!" Ash called, worried for his starter. "You don't have to keep fighting!"
"P-Pika!" Pikachu shouted back, trying his best to stand up.
Lt. Surge gave a harsh bark of laughter and sneered, "For a toy, that Pikachu has a lot of guts. Too bad we're gonna beat the stuffing outta him. Raichu, give that rat a Brick Break!"
Pikachu tried his best to stand up and was nearly there when Raichu ran up beside him. It slammed its paw down hard onto Pikachu's back, making the smaller mouse Pokémon shriek in pain. He tried getting up again on shaky paws, but the trick was repeated, and Pikachu was brought down again.
"Pikachu, please! Get up! You don't have to fight!" Ash pleaded.
But Pikachu was still trying to raise himself up. Ash was shocked to see blood trickling from the corner of the electric rodent's mouth.
"One more Thunderbolt just because!" Lt. Surge cackled.
Raichu fired up another Thunderbolt, and Pikachu instantly fell to the ground. He tried standing up after the Thunderbolt attack Raichu had given him, baring his teeth in a defiant growl. But with a weak cry, the smaller rodent collapsed.
"Pikachu is unable to battle!" the referee called. "Raichu wins! That means that the winner of this fight is Lt. Surge, gym leader of Vermillion City!"
Ash staggered over to Pikachu, shocked from what he had seen. He knew Pokémon battles were not always lethal, but this...he knew that this was the most lethal battle he had been in so far. When he reached Pikachu's unconscious body, he hoped his partner would lean up and give him a reassuring lick or a reassuring "Pika" as always. Instead, however, he laid as still as a stone.
"Nice try, little baby, but you failed!" Lt. Surge chortled nastily as he recalled Raichu to its Poké Ball. "Just give it up, you and your little Raichu wannabe! You're never gonna be a good trainer." He stormed over and finished, "Now get your sorry butt out of here, or I'll punch your face in so hard, your grandkids are gonna feel it."
Ash crouched beside Pikachu, hugging the small body tight. He felt very scared for his partner as he gently picked him up and hurried out of the gym as fast as his legs could carry him. The trainers at the door did not stop him, and he heard footsteps behind him as Daisy, Misty, and Brock hurried after the Pallet Town boy. Hang in there, Pikachu, Ash thought frantically as he carried Pikachu through the city. We'll get you some help!
There was no reply.
To be continued...
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There we go, folks, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter! If there is anything wrong in this chapter that needs fixing, just let me know, and I'll fix it. I appreciate constructive criticism as long as you're polite about it. Plus, I know that Pokémon level up moves will be kinda different from how they use them in the games, but they kinda only mentioned that once in the anime.
Well...the presidential election is coming up on Tuesday. I know who I'm gonna root for, but I don't wanna drag any political stuff into my stories. Let's just say that I'm getting really nervous about who I'd see as president. And now after that, that's ALL there will be with political stuff in my stories.
Ash: Pikachu (Quick Attack, Double Team, Electro Ball, Thunderbolt), Pidgeotto (Wing Attack, Gust, Sand Attack, Quick Attack), Butterfree (String Shot, Confusion, Gust, Tackle), Nidoran (Poison Sting, Double Kick, Horn Attack, Leer), Bulbasaur (Leech Seed, Poison Powder, Tackle, Vine Whip), Charmander (Scratch, Metal Claw, Ember, Smokescreen)
At Professor Oak's: Squirtle (Water Gun, Withdraw, Rapid Spin, Tackle)
Daisy: Eevee (Tackle, Iron Tail, Helping Hand, Tail Whip), Beedrill (Poison Sting, Agility, String Shot, Pin Missile), Magikarp (Splash)
Misty: Staryu (Rapid Spin, Water Gun, Harden), Starmie (Swift, Water Pulse, Recover, Rapid Spin), Goldeen (Splash, Water Gun, Horn Attack, Tail Whip)
Brock: Geodude (Rock Throw, Rock Polish, Tackle, Defense Curl), Onix (Rock Tomb, Rock Polish, Tackle, Bind), Zubat (Leech Life, Supersonic, Bite, Wing Attack)
See ya next time!