Ash's Pokemon Journey

Summary: This story is about how I think that ash's journey should have gone through, Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova. Smart, a psychic and an Aura user (He'll find out about being a psyphic and Aura user later). I do not own pokemon.

Note: I am not doing the Kalos Region. So fairy pokemon don't exist.

Chapter 43

The Light house, Shuckle and

Cianwood Gym

After days of travelling, the gang made it to Olivine City. "Finally we're here," said Ash "now I can earn my sixth gym badge". "Do you know what pokemon to use for this gym Ash?" asked Misty. "Yep, I found out earlier that this gym uses steel type pokemon," said Ash "so I will use Cyndaquil and Houndour, because fire beats steel type". "Trust you to think things out Ash" smiled Brock.

The gang arrived at the Olivine Gym. It was designed of a big steeled roof. Ash knocked on the door and asked for a battle, but there was no answer. Ash tried again, but still no answer came. "Do you think the gym leader isn't here?" asked Misty. Just before her question was answered, the door opened and out came a little girl. "Hi there," said the girl "my name is Janina, and I'm Jasmine's apprentice". "Is Jasmine the gym leader?" asked Ash "is she here?" "Yes Jasmine's the gym leader," said Janina "but I think she's at the shining light house at the wharf. She has been going there a lot lately". "Oh really?" asked Ash "then we shall go there to ask Jasmine for a gym battle then".

Janina led the gang to the lighthouse. "So Janina," said Misty "I take it you wish to take over the leadership of Olivine Gym for Jasmine when you're older?" "Yes I do," said Janina "but sometimes I don't think I'm cut out for it". "Huh? Why do you think that?" asked Misty. "Well because Jasmine says that I don't fully understand my Onix," said Janina "and there still so many things about being a trainer and gym leader that I don't understand. And I don't think I'm strong enough, because my Onix always gets beaten by water type pokemon." "That doesn't matter though," said Brock "rock pokemon grow stronger every time they lose to water pokemon. I'm from Pewter Gym, the rock pokemon gym, and losing helps you're pokemon get strong. I had an Onix, before I evolved it into Steelix, and even if he doesn't like water, we still battled against a lot of water pokemon in the past. We didn't give up and neither should you or your Onix". "Brock's right Janina," said Ash "besides if you do lose a match, you just have to keep trying until you win it". Janina had a thought about what Brock and Ash said.

Janina and the gang soon reached the wharf. There were two lighthouses; one was the old brick built lighthouse, and the other was the modern stone built lighthouse. "The old brick lighthouse is the shining lighthouse, and it has been around for a very, very long time" explained Janine. "Wow, let's check it out" said Ash. "Yeah, lets" said Misty. So they all went inside. "Hello is everyone one here?" Ash called out. No one replied. "Jasmine is probably at the very top of the lighthouse, where the light bit is" said Janine. Everyone began to walk up the stairs to the very top.

When they got to the top, they noticed a yellow, black striped pokemon next to the beacon of the light house. "That Ampharos is Jasmine's," said Janina "its name is Sparkle, and it's the one who makes the light shine from the lighthouse".

Ash looked at Ampharos on the pokedex: Ampharos, the light pokemon. The evolved form of Flaffy. The tail's tip shines brightly and can be seen from far away. It acts as a beacon for lost people.

Suddenly Ash's Flaffy came out of her pokeball. "Hey Flaffy, what are you doing out?" asked Ash. Flaffy ran over to the Ampharos and started to nuzzle it. "Flaffy must be excited seeing its final evolved form" said Misty.

Just then an old man and a pretty young, long haired, woman came up. "Oh hello," said the woman "what are you doing here?" "Hi Jasmine," said Janina "one of the trainers here wanted to challenge you to a gym match". Ash introduced himself to Jasmine and asked her for a gym battle. "I am sorry Ash," said Jasmine "but I'm afraid, I am not really in the mood to do any gym battles. Because my Sparkle here is sick and I can't even think about gym battles at the moment". The old man, whose name was Myron and Jasmine's grandfather, explained everything. In the olden days, before electricity was invented, Ampharos tail lights were used to become the light beacon for the shining lighthouse. Even though there was now an electric powered lighthouse, people still liked and used the shining lighthouse, even if it was now old. But recently Sparkle had become very sick and its tail light has become weak, and nothing seems to be helping Sparkle feel better. "No wonder you don't want to battle Jasmine," said Ash, walking over to Sparkle and petting its head, "I myself never think of doing anything while any of my pokemon are sick". Flaffy nuzzled Sparkle again to cheer it up. "Is there anything that can help Sparkle?" asked Brock. "There is actually," said Myron "I ordered a special medicine from the pharmacy in Cianwood City, which can cure Sparkle. I just got a call from the pharmacy that the medicine is ready and we can pick it up at any time". "I would like to get myself," said Jasmine "but I can't leave Sparkle. So Janina I need you to go to Cianwood City to pick up the medicine for me". "You can count on me Jasmine" said Janina.

Ash spoke with Tomo, Misty and Brock. "What shall we do?" asked Ash "I mean it's obvious I won't be able to battle here for a while". Myron had the answer; he explained that Cianwood City had a gym there as well. So Ash decided to head over to Cianwood City to earn his fifth badge there. Tomo, Misty and Brock liked that idea, so with Janina they jumped onto a ferry for Cianwood City.


It wasn't long before the ferry finally arrived at Cianwood City. Janina headed over to the pharmacy at once to pick up the medicine for Jasmine's Ampharos. After claiming the medicine, Janina jumped onto another ferry back to Olivine City. She needed to give the medicine to Jasmine as soon as she could. Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock said goodbye to Janina and asked her to tell Sparkle to get well soon.

Brock spoke to the others. "Before we head off to Cianwood Gym," he said "there is something that I would like to do first". "What is it Brock?" asked Ash. "Well I find out earlier that you can find a pokemon called Shuckle here in Cianwood City" said Brock. "Shuckle?" said Misty.

Ash looked up Shuckle on the pokedex: Shuckle, the mold pokemon. It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices

"The juices from Shuckle are very good for pokemon and its good medicine too," said Brock "so I want to catch one for myself. It would be great for my dream as a pokemon doctor". Ash, Misty and Tomo understood and they all offered to help Brock catch a Shuckle.

Brock looked into his guide and found out that Shuckle could be found at the northern beach area of Cianwood City. On the northern beach area of Cianwood City, there were a lot of rocks about. "Shuckle are rock and bug type pokemon and they normally live under rocks" explained Brock. So the gang began to search for them under the rocks and sand, but trying to locate them was not easy. Pikachu and Growlithe were sniffing around to find any Shuckle, but they had trouble finding one too.

But suddenly Growlithe picked up a scent, which led him to rubble of rocks. "I think Growlithe has found something" said Tomo. The gang ran over to the rubble of rocks and began to move the rocks a side. Just then Tomo found what Growlithe had been sniffing. He had found seven pokemon that looked like turtles and they looked hurt; they had bruises and scrapes on them. "Look at these pokemon" he said to the others. Ash, Misty and Brock came to have a look and gasped. "These pokemon are Shuckle," said Brock "and they look like they had been in a fight. We need to take them to a pokemon center at once". Brock grabbed two of the Shuckle, Misty grabbed two, Ash grabbed two and Tomo grabbed one.

The gang raced to the pokemon center and handed the seven Shuckle over to Nurse Joy at once. Nurse Joy had the Shuckle bandaged up at once. "What do you suppose happened to these Shuckle Nurse Joy?" asked Misty. "Well my guess is they must have had a fight with the wild Krabby that live in the same area where the Shuckle live," said Nurse Joy "the Shuckle and Krabby always fight over territory". "No wonder the Shuckle were hurt," said Ash "after all water pokemon do beat rock pokemon". Just then Tomo noticed something about the Shuckle. "One of them has a different coloured shell" he said. He was right; instead of having a red shell like the other Shuckle, one of the Shuckle had a purple shell. "It's a shiny pokemon" said Ash. "Ash is right," said Brock "it is a shiny". "Of all the Shuckle I've seen around here," said Nurse Joy "this is the first time to see a shiny Shuckle".

In no time at all, the seven Shuckle were all healed from their bruises and scrapes. Brock checked them over. "I'm glad that you seven are okay" he said. The Shuckle were grateful to the gang for helping them. The purple Shuckle shook its shell at Brock. "I think it wants to share its juice with you Brock," said Nurse Joy "Shuckle always like to share their juice with those that have been kind to them, and to those that they wish to be friends with". Brock accepted Shuckle's berry juice and found it very delicious. Ash, Tomo and Misty tried some too and they too liked the juice. Even Pikachu, Growlithe and Togepi liked it. "This is great juice" said Ash. "Yeah no wonder Shuckle are famous for making juice out of berries and things" said Misty. "I'd like some more please" said Tomo. Brock turned to the purple Shuckle. "Shuckle, I want to capture you," he said "my dream is to become a pokemon doctor in the future, and you will be perfect on my team. So will you let me capture you?" Shuckle stared at Brock for a few seconds and then it started to speak. "I wonder what it's saying" said Misty. "I can translate that," said Ash "it said that it will accept Brock of catching it, but on two conditions". "What are the two conditions Ash?" asked Brock. "The first condition is that you have to battle it," said Ash "and the second condition is that you capture the other six Shuckle too, because there are its siblings and it doesn't want to be separated from them". "I understand," said Brock "and I accept your conditions Shuckle".

The gang and the seven Shuckle made their way outside the pokemon center and onto the beach. The purple Shuckle was ready to battle and Brock released his Graveler to battle Shuckle. "Use rock throw Graveler" said Brock. Graveler released some rocks from his body and sent them at Shuckle, but Shuckle used withdraw to defend itself from the rocks. "Okay use rollout" said Brock. Graveler curled himself up into a ball and started to roll very fast at Shuckle, and then it tackled Shuckle really hard. Shuckle began to get tired out. "Now's my chance to catch you Shuckle," said Brock, taking out a pokeball, "go pokeball". Brock tossed the pokeball at the purple Shuckle and then a few seconds later it was caught. Then Brock took out six more empty pokeballs from his ruck sack and used them to catch the other six Shuckle. "I finally have my own Shuckle" Brock smiled. Ash, Tomo and Misty congratulated Brock.

Brock sent his Stantler and the six normal Shuckle to Pewter Gym and kept the shiny Shuckle with him. "Is it okay that the purple Shuckle doesn't get sent to Pewter Gym too Brock?" asked Misty. "Yeah it's okay Misty," said Brock "I explained to the Shuckle about my little siblings and the pokemon at Pewter Gym. So the Shuckle will have a lot of friends to keep them company and my family will defiantly look after them".

So with Brock finally having some Shuckle of his own, the gang could finally go to Cianwood Gym, where Ash could get his fifth gym badge.


The gang were now making their way to the Cianwood Gym. "I can't wait to battle at this gym" said Ash. Soon they reached a sort of fighting dojo building. "Is this the gym?" asked Misty. Before her question was answered, a woman came up to the gang. "Hello there," the woman said "I take it you are here to battle my husband?" "Your husband?" asked Ash. "That's right," said the woman "my husband, Chuck, is the gym leader of this gym". "So this fighting dojo building is Cianwood Gym" said Misty. "Yes," said Chuck's wife "and my husband also teach people how to become strong fighters and great fighting type pokemon trainers, so this both a gym and a fighting dojo school".

Chuck's wife led the gang to where Chuck was. Chuck was a big muscle man and right now he was doing some training with a Machoke. "My husband loves to practice fighting with his pokemon," said his wife "it also puts him into shape. Truth is he looks flabby most of time, so training does him good". "Do you own any pokemon too?" asked Ash. "Yes I own a few Tyrogue," Chuck's wife answered "and they are very good helpers around the house".

At that moment, Chuck noticed his wife with the gang and went up to them. "Who are these children my dear?" asked Chuck. His wife introduced him to Ash. "He wishes to battle you for a Storm Badge honey" she said. When Chuck heard that Ash wanted to battle, he started to show off his muscles. "Listen well son," he said to Ash "when me and my pokemon battle, we love to put up a really good fight. So there will be no mercy in our battle". "That's fine with me Chuck," said Ash "I like a good challenge in pokemon battles".

Ash and Chuck got ready to battle on the gym floor. Chuck's Machoke stood behind Chuck to wait for its turn to fight. Tomo, Misty and Brock stood at the side of the floor to watch Ash. "I think Ash may have some trouble with this gym battle," said Brock "Chuck seems to be no pushover". "But Ash has battled fighting type pokemon before," said Misty "so he would know really what he's up against". "Yeah big brother can win this" said Tomo. The referee, who was one of Chuck's students, explained the gym rules and that it was a two on two pokemon battle. Then he declared it to begin.

Chuck sent out a Poliwrath to battle first. Ash sent out Bayleef to battle. Since Bayleef was a grass type pokemon; she would have an advantage of Poliwrath a water type. "All right Poliwrath use water gun" said Chuck. Poliwrath fired a stream of water at Bayleef. "Dodge it Bayleef" said Ash. Bayleef jumped to avoid the water gun. "Now use magical leaf Bayleef". Bayleef flung some glowing light green leaves at Poliwrath, and Poliwrath got really hurt by that. "Now use vine whip Bayleef". Bayleef wrapped her vines around Poliwrath, held it up and then slammed it on the floor. Poliwrath started to look weak. "Focus Poliwrath" said Chuck. "Finish this with body slam Bayleef" said Ash. Bayleef jumped and then slammed Poliwrath good on the floor. Poliwrath fainted, gaining Ash the first victory. Chuck returned Poliwrath to its pokeball. "You put up a great fight out there Poliwrath" he said. "Bayleef certainly gave Poliwrath a good beating" said Misty. "Well don't forget, Bayleef is not a pushover either Misty" said Brock.

Chuck turned to his Machoke. "You're up now" he said. Machoke ran onto the battle field, ready to fight. "I think this battle may turn out to be a tough one" said Brock. "All right let's start this off with karate chop Machoke" said Chuck. Machoke repeatedly struck Bayleef with the sides of its hands. "Hang in there Bayleef" said Ash. "Now give it a cross chop attack Machoke" said Chuck. Machoke got its arms ready to perform that attack. "Quick Bayleef use vine whip" said Ash. Bayleef wrapped her vines around one of Machoke's arms. The vine whip was to intervene with Machoke's cross chop attack. "Now use cut Bayleef". Bayleef's leaf turned white and then she sliced Machoke. "That was a good strategy," said Brock "the vine whip attack distracted Machoke from attacking while Bayleef used cut". "I told you that Ash knew how to handle fighting type pokemon" said Misty. "All right Machoke," said Chuck "use submission now". Machoke grabbed Bayleef, rolled around while holding her in full-body mode, and then tossed her onto the floor. "Oh no Bayleef," said Ash "are you okay?" Bayleef was hurt by the submission, but she wasn't defeated yet. "All right use magical leaf". Bayleef flung her glowing light green at Machoke, which hit it directly. "Now finish it with body slam". Bayleef slammed Machoke good. "No Machoke!" gasped Chuck. Machoke fainted on the spot. "Machoke is unable to battle," said the referee "the winner of this gym battle is Ash".

Bayleef ran up to Ash and Ash hugged her. "You are one brilliant fighter, for a grass pokemon Bayleef" said Ash. Bayleef nuzzled Ash for that kind compliment. "Bayleef was amazing" said Misty. "Yeah and what's more amazing is that Ash won the whole gym battle with only one pokemon" said Brock. Tomo cheered for Ash and Bayleef. Chuck walked up to Ash. "You are one great trainer Ash" he said "I have never had a pokemon battle like this one. I could also see that you and your pokemon really now to work hard together. Now take this Storm Badge, you definitely earned it and congratulations". The Storm Badge was brown and in the shape of a fist. Ash happily accepted it.

That evening, Ash spoke to Janina on the phone and told her all about his victory at Cianwood Gym. "That's great Ash," said Janina "but I'm afraid you still won't be able to battle Jasmine. You see Sparkle has been given the medicine, but it's still not fully recovered yet. So I don't Jasmine will be up to battling until Sparkle is fully recovered from its illness. I really am sorry". "Oh never mind Janina," said Ash, kindly, "I'll just battle with her some other time, and I will call on you again some other time later. Goodbye." He put down the phone and turned to the others. "I wonder what we shall do now; I mean the battle with Jasmine is going to be delayed for a while". Chuck and his wife had the answer. "You can visit the Whirl Islands for the time being" said Chuck's wife. Chuck explained that the Whirl Islands were a group of islands that were between Cianwood City and Olivine City. "They are also home to many, many pokemon," said Chuck "and they are the source to many myths and legends". "That sounds interesting," said Misty "I bet they will have a lot of water pokemon that I want to catch". "Yeah, we should check it out" said Brock. "I agree," said Ash "besides it will be a great adventure. And I am very interested in myths and legends and I would like to see the pokemon that live in the Whirl Islands, so let's do it". Tomo, Brock and Misty agreed; their next destination was to be the Whirl Islands.

So the next morning, Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock jumped onto a boat that would take them to the Whirl Islands. Chuck and his wife aid for their tickets to say thank you to Ash for the amazing gym battle, and they saw them off. The gang were excited, and could not wait to start exploring the Whirl Islands. "This journey in the Whirl Islands is going to be great" Ash said. And Tomo, Misty and Brock agreed.


Brock should have had a Shuckle in the anime, because of its juice. I chose seven Shuckle, because you always see a lot of turtles together in real life. I know Ash also used Pikachu in the gym battle against Chuck, but I decided to have only Bayleef win the whole gym match, because I think Bayleef would have done it all herself in the anime. Thanks to everyone's votes, Ash will win the whirl cup. But don't worry those who wanted Misty to win because she will get her own mystic water pendant later on. The vote poll is now closed. I am going to do Movie 4 now, which will explain how Ash gets Celebi, and it will have the GS Ball included, so now you will have to wait for the next chapter.