HEY EVERYONE! I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS BUT I HAVE REASONS FOR IT. A FAMILY MEMBER PERISHED ON NOVEMBER AND NOVEMBER, AND I WAS GRIEVING THE LOSS. THEN ON DECEMBER WERE FINALS, BUT ONLY UP TO MID- DECEMBER. THE REST OF DECEMBER WAS ON VACATION AND DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER TO WRITE ON. THEN I ARRIVED AFTER MID JANUARY TO MY HOUSE AND IN ABOUT 3 DAYS COLLEGE STARTED AGAIN. BUT NOTHING OF THIS WOULD HAVE MATTER SINCE I ALREADY HAD THE CHAPTER DONE A LONG TIME AGO. IT JUST THAT I WASN'T GLAD WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT CHAPTER... SO I RE-WROTE IT... 4 TIMES! THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIFTH TRY. THIS WILL RESEMBLE THE ANIME EPISODE A LITTLE BIT, DIFFERENCES HERE AND THERE AND NO TEAM ROCKET SINCE, I WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON ASH GETTING UP TO SABRINA'S GYM TO ACTUALLY CONCENTRATE ON TEAM ROCKET... JUST LIKE IN THE GAMES, BUT WITH MY TWIST. ANYWAYS, THIS CHAPTER HAS TIME SKIP IN IT, SINCE I'M NOT GOING TO BE WRITING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS SECOND BY SECOND. I WILL BE WRITING IMPORTANT MOMENTS, ASH CAPTURING NEW POKEMONS, GYM BATTLES, LEAGUES, AND EVENTFUL ENCOUNTERS. ANYWAYS, HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS, THE AUTHOR NOTE AT THE END WILL EXPLAIN EVEN MORE ABOUT THE OTHER 4 TRIES ON THIS CHAPTER. SO LET'S GOOOO!
Capture 14 – Back From The Dead
Ash and Daisy were walking down a rocky deserted road, making small talk here and there. Ash was glad to have Daisy on the journey believe it or not. At first, he just wanted to complete the gym battles as fast as he could so he could have a chance to compete in the Indigo Plateau League Challenge next year, more accurately 10 months or so from now. But with her company at his side, he just wants to enjoy every single moment he could with her. It helped that she was super friendly and she made him laugh thanks to her happy nature she always seem to have.
The small talked continued until they saw a very large group of people with mining kits all around them, a concentrated but happy look on the faces of the miners. This brought Ash and Daisy's conversation to an abrupt stop… At least on his side of the conversation.
"… and then I want to try and capture the cutest Horsea and a-" Daisy was talking when she noticed Ash was looking at the miners. She had been explaining Ash about the cuteness of every single Water-Type Pokemon. From Magikarp's red shining skin to Horsea's elegant and fine looking form, to even the silly but cute roundness of the extinct Pokémon Kabuto. She, alongside her youngest sister Misty, wanted to capture every single Water-Type Pokémon. Although her younger sister wanted to capture all of them to become the best Water-Type trainer ever, she just wanted them to play and had fun with them. She would have them trained obviously, but if she didn't had to battle it didn't meant that she could enjoy having fun with her Pokémons.
After she joined Ash's journey, she already had capture two Poliwag in which ended being twins at birth, a Krabby who liked to play as much as she, a Squirtle that always had black pointy glasses on, and a Magikarp that, when found by the duo, was trying to learn some moves a normal Magikarp was unable to learn. She was glad that she was able to find more Water-Type Pokémons while on her journey with Ash, but her main objective was far from her reach. Ash's heart was still as far as always. She knew that she had to continue being herself to gain Ash's love, but for now she had to keep on trying.
"What do you think they are doing Ash?" Daisy asked, getting Ash to frown a bit in thought. This could be a lot of things: mining for rare minerals and rocks, making space for future buildings, or they were some people in disguised that were about to destroy the home for Pokémon.
"I really don't know Daisy… Why don't we go and find out?" Ash said making Daisy nod. They were going to proceed on walking when…
"Is really simple Ashy-Boy! They are heading towards the excavation site located near here" Both Ash and Daisy turned around to see Ash's childhood friend turn rival Gary Oak, grandson of Professor Samuel Oak.
What made Ash slightly laugh was that Gary looked like an imitation of that really old exploration movie.
"Well, can't waste any more time here with losers!" Gary laughed as he quickly ran to the excavation site, leaving a confused Daisy and a sighing Ash behind.
After being on the receiving end of those nicknames after that day, Ash had become immune to those insults… if you could call them that. It was more like a banter to be honest.
"Still as childish as ever, Gary" Ash thought as he and Daisy walked calmly towards the excavation site.
Time Skip; Excavation Site
Ash and Daisy were standing on a cliff that let both of them look towards the people digging and trying to find fossils and as of now, no one had found a single fossil Pokémon. They were going to head down to the excavation site themselves when they heard a unknown voice.
"With those dynamites we can blow up this whole canyon and get all the fossils underground! We could be rich!" The voice, a man's voice thanks to the deepness it had, said in enthusiasm.
"Yeah! Fossil is money! Money is food! Food is happy!" Ash clearly understood what the Golem said, although a bit weirded out by the way it talked. Daisy whoever just hear the Pokémon's name over and over.
"Ash!" The boy looked at Daisy, who got his attention with a loud whisper. "We have to stop this! What are we going to do?!"
"You go and warn the miners. I'll go and try to stop this from happening" Ash whispered back getting a nod from the blonde haired Gym Leader.
"Anisha, come out" In a matter of seconds, Anisha came out with a determined look on her face.
"Anisha, I need you to find the location of a big pile of dynamite and cut the rope. We won't want that thing exploding" Anisha nodded and began to flap her wings. "And Anisha…" The albino Golbat looked at her trainer, who gave her a small smile. "May the aura be with you"
Anisha with her determination getting stronger, began on her search for the pile of dynamite.
Ash, was going to confront the man, when he noticed two things. One was that there wasn't a rope nearby and that the human and Pokémon duo were nowhere in sight. This worried Ash, since the 'dynamite' could also mean that Golem will use Explosion to open up the cavern.
Controlling what little aura he could, Ash began to sprint as fast as he could until he found an opening with the Golem inside, the man who was a bit tanned, and Anisha who thought this scenario was weird.
Anisha saw Ash, and quickly made her way to her trainer.
"Lord Guardian, the human has been clearing this place since I found it and the Golem is looking like waiting for an order. I also couldn't find and rope or the pile of dynamite. I'm sorry for failing you Lord Guardian" Anisha said clearly sad that she couldn't help her trainer. She wanted to show her trainer that capturing her was worth it. She clearly blames herself for when her friends were almost captured, thankfully she evolved and saved everyone but now she failed to find something her trainer wanted to find… Right there she felt a pat on her head. Eye going a bit wider than normal as she looked at her trainer.
"Anisha, this is it. The man said 'dynamite' to camouflage it as a-"
"Golem use Explosion!" The man said. Ash and Anisha's eyes widen in shock and horror. They had clearly forgotten about what was happening. Before they could do something, the Golem shone a bright white light over his body when-
*Ka-BOOM*
The man quickly recalled his Pokémon, but what he nor Ash noticed was the big crack that appeared on their feet. Ash had recalled Anisha after the shock had passed, but as he began his first step towards the tanned man, the ground gave in swallowing Ash and the man. The began to fall and Ash was going to once again use Anisha to get help, but luck was not on his side since some collapsing boulders closed up the massive hole the explosion created.
Time Skip; Underground Cavern
"Ouch…" Ash said as he looked around the surprisingly well luminated cave. Unfortunately for Ash, it wasn't as luminous as he would prefer.
"Kenneth, come out" The albino Charmeleon came out with a grin on his face, with a determined look on his face and ready to help his trainer.
"What do you need boss?" Ken asked in a laid back tone, which amused Ash a bit. Kenneth had the most change after evolving than Ellenor and Anisha.
"I need you to help me find a tanned man that fell down with me. He is trying to steal all the fossils this cave has and probably do something evil with them" Ash said making Ken nod.
As Ash and Ken looked around, they were watched by a creature with red blood-shot eyes that were widen at the site. In about all the years this Pokémon has been alive has he seen a fellow Pokémon with some characteristics the mysterious Pokémon had as well. It had white skin as well.
"Ken! Found him!" Ash shouted while taking out Ellenor's Poké Ball, gaining the attention of the fire starter's second evolution. Ken got next to Ash as quick as he could as he saw Ellenor, flying next to Ash. He gave her a nod in recognition and she gave one back, knowing that this moment was a serious one.
Ash and company then noticed some glowing red eyes looking straight at them. Ash tried to use his aura, but he was fatigued with all the running and then falling into the cave that his aura was at a very low level.
What appeared in front of the trio and the still unconscious man, were a variety of Pokémon, but Ash could see that they were four different Pokémons.
The first one is a small Pokémon similar to an ammonite. It has a sky blue body with ten tentacles and a pale yellow, helix-spiraled shell on its back. The shell's rim has two circular indents where the Pokémon's large saucer-like eyes protrude. This is an Omanyte, the Spiral Pokémon.
The second one is a Pokémon similar to an ammonite. Its sky blue body has several tentacles; the tentacles toward the front are shorter and thicker than those in the back. There is a pale yellow, helix spiraled shell on its back. Several sharp spikes line the shell's midsection from the front to about halfway down its back. The shell's rim has two circular indents where the Pokémon's eyes are visible. Its eyes have yellow sclerae and vertically-slit pupils. It has an oval mouth with a four-sectioned, fang-like beak. This is an Omastar, the Spiral Pokémon.
The third one is a small Pokémon resembling a horseshoe crab. It is mostly flat with a protective, brown shell covering its body. There are two small, black eyes on top of its shell, which it uses for sight when it hides on the ocean floor. Underneath the shell is a black space that hides the structure of its main body. Only its four short, yellow legs and a second pair of luminescent red eyes are visible on its underside. This is a Kabuto, the Shellfish Pokémon.
The final one is a bipedal Pokémon with a skeletal build. It has a flat, half-circular head with a point on each side and two small eyes on the front. It is mostly brown, except for its light gray chest and abdomen. There is a ridge down its back with three flat spines on either side and it has a flat, pointed tail. Instead of hands, its forearms have large, sharp, gray scythes. Its thin legs are brown lead to small feet with two large gray claws. This is a Kabutops, the Shellfish Pokémon.
"Human. Leave. Disrupt. Sleep. Angry!" The Kabutops at front snarled at Ash and his two Pokémon. They just wanted to enjoy their rest, but that loud booming sound didn't allowed them to enjoy this deserved rest.
"Wait!" Ash tried to calm the fossil Pokémons down. "We just wanted to stop this man from blowing up the cave, but we failed to do so, and for that we apologies!" Ash stated motioning to the downed man, who miraculously was still knocked out, and bowed a bit to show that he was sincere. Ken replicated the same movements his trainer did, while Ellenor stood on the rocky interior of the cave to lower her head a bit.
This managed to calm down the fossil Pokémon a bit but before anyone could do something, the opening that was closed up by the boulders that caved in were removed and light was shown. A rope quickly fell down a couple of feet behind Ash, and as quick as a second, Daisy was hugging Ash.
"Ash!" She shouted making every Pokémon look at her, as an Officer Jenny came down as well. "I was so worried when I heard the explosion that-" It was then that she saw the four Water-Type fossil Pokémons. It was so quiet that the only sound that was heard was the cuffs that were securing the now groaning man.
Daisy squealed in happiness as she sped of to nuzzle with the nearest Kabuto, which was next to the Kabutops that confronted Ash.
"Oh your so cute~!" Daisy said making the Kabuto had a violet blush on his brown shell. Daisy quickly took out a Poké Ball and presented it to the Kabuto, as if waiting for him to join her and not capturing him by force. The Kabuto looked at her, and then at Ash.
"Human. Friend? Care? Feed? Fun?" Ash noticed that these fossil Pokémon didn't have enough training with talking, but he could understand what they meant. Ash only nodded with a smile, showing the Kabuto that what he wanted Daisy could give it to him. Just as the Kabuto was going to touch the Poké Ball, a blue tentacle coming from a nearby Omanyte touched it. The Omanyte was quickly sucked into the Poké Ball and instant capture himself.
Another quick silence came up in the cave as the Kabuto had, surprisingly, a marked vein on his shell. Daisy seeing the angered Kabuto, quickly presented him another Poké Ball with a smile on her face. Kabuto didn't waste time and quickly touched it, instant capturing himself.
Just as Daisy was going to celebrate getting two new Water-Type Pokémon, a blur was heard. This made all the calmed down fossil Pokémon tense and they started to go into hiding.
"Hey Boss… Why are they running away?" Ken asked clearly confused as to why the prehistoric Pokémon were running away. Ash could only look behind them knowing someone was here.
"Someone or something is here" Ash could only said before the blur appeared flying right pass him. The Pokémon stopped on a high rocky pillar and Ash could only watch the Pokémon in amazement.
The Pokémon is a reptilian, bipedal Pokémon with large, membranous wings. It has small, sharply pointed ears, narrow eyes, a ridged snout with a gaping mouth, and strong lower jaw full of serrated fangs. Its body is covered in white skin with light gray wing membranes. The Pokémon's wings consist of a membrane running from the side of the body to the tip of an elongated finger. The clawed hands at the bend of each wing allow it to grasp objects. There is a hump-like ridge with a single spike on its back and it has a strong tail with an arrow-shaped tip. Its talon-like feet have two toes in front and one in the back. This is an Albino Aerodactyl, the Fossil Pokémon.
"Human… Why are Pokémon that have similarities to mine with you?" Ash could clearly see that this was directed towards him.
"They are my Pokémon… My friends" Ash said while releasing the others so that the albino Aerodactyl could see that he wasn't lying. Truth behold Aerodactyl's eyes widen a bit when he saw all of the white colored Pokémon with Ash.
A serious, but calm looking Riolu.
A prideful, but intelligent looking Arcanine.
A cheerful, but tranquil Venomoth.
An elegant, but serious looking Pidgeotto.
A calm, but reserved Golbat.
A compassionated, but ruthless Dratini.
An angry, but controlled Charmeleon.
And finally, a serene, but wise looking Abra.
They all had white skin, just like him. And then it hit him! That dream… It was preparing him for this moment.
"Human… I, Antonius, have a proposition to you!" Ash looked at the now named Antonius. "If one of your Pokémon is able to defeat me in honorable battle, I will join your team. If not then you will release the beautiful looking bird that is with you" Antonius gained hear in his red eyes when he mentioned Circe. This made Ash sweet drop, Circe to shiver at the thought of mating with someone like this, and Daisy to have sparkles in her eyes. Ash was about to answer when Daisy did instead.
"He accepts!" Daisy yelled, happy to see romance bloom. Ash then heard Circe's squawk and Ken to growl at the commanding aura this Pokémon had. Albino or not, that was no way to talk to his trainer and to his friend!
"Alright then who wants to-" Ash couldn't finish talking when Kenneth went up and looked straight at Antonius.
"Ah? The dragon reject wants to fight?" Antonius remarked making Ken growl louder. "Well then… I hope you're ready for the beat down of your lifetime!" The Aerodactyl started to flaps his wings. Antonius spat out a torrent of red flames that came from his mouth.
"Ken, counter with your own Flamethrower!" Ken then also unleashed a torrent of white flames out of his mouth. The two torrents of flames collided with each other making the cave rumble a bit.
Antonius then charged at Ken, Ash noticed the wings of the Fossil Pokémon stiffen a bit and gained a steely sheen. Ash quickly noticed that it was using Steel Wing.
"Ken, dodge it and quickly use Thunder Punch on its belly!" Ken nodded, rushing at the Aerodactyl. His hand sparking with electricity as he got close to the approaching Aerodactyl.
When Antonius was upon Ken, the Charmeleon slid under Aerodactyl. This surprised the Aerodactyl and the others, but Ash just smirked. Ken just smirked before smashing his hand into the chest of the Aerodactyl.
"Aargh!" Antonius shrieked out in pain, as he started to descend thanks to the major hit he just received. His Steel Wing collided with a wall on the cave, breaking it completely. Thankfully for the humans, Ash and Daisy since Officer Jenny had already gotten out of there with the tanned criminal, the attack made an opening to the exterior of the cave and into the surface. In was a area that was lower than the exploration site the other miners were at.
"Not bad… But I'm not done yet!" Antonius said as he began to flap his wings harder, gaining height over Ken.
"Get down here you coward! Confront me face to face!" Ken growled in anger unleashing a Dragon Pulse at the Fossil Pokémon. The purple dragon-faced beam was easily dodged by the Aerodactyl who kept mocking Kenneth. Ken just kept using Flamethrower or Dragon Pulse to try and hit Antonius. But as much as he tried, not a single attack managed to get it's desired target, the mocking Aerodactyl.
"Hmmm… I can't wait for your trainer to release the beautiful bird on his team. We are going to have such a nice family" Kenneth saw red at this.
"You… Will not… Force her…" At this Kenneth began to have a light blue sheen over his body. Anger boiling inside of his body as he imagined one of his friends, his family, being forced to something they didn't want. "TO DO ANYTHING!" The light blue sheen turned into a full blown light show as it covered Kenneth's complete body.
"What?!" Antonius yelled in shock as he suddenly felt a very similar punch right at his chest, but the voltage his body felt was much higher. The Aerodactyl smashed into a nearby mountain with a loud *BOOM*. When Antonius opened his eyes, he could see a shadow over his body.
Kenneth now looked like a draconic, bipedal Pokémon. It is primarily white with a gray underside from the chest to the tip of its tail. It has a long neck, small red eyes, slightly raised nostrils, and two horn-like structures protruding from the back of its rectangular head. There are two fangs visible in the upper jaw when its mouth is closed. Two large wings with dark gray undersides sprout from its back, and a horn-like appendage juts out from the third joint of each wing. A single wing-finger is visible through the center of each wing membrane. Kenneth's arms are short and skinny compared to its robust belly, and each limb has three white claws. It has stocky legs with gray-colored soles on each of its plantigrade feet. The tip of its long, tapering tail burns with a sizable flame. Kenneth had just evolved into a Charizard, the Flame Pokémon.
"Give up now Antonius…" The Fossil Pokémon looked up towards the now slightly controlled Charizard. "I won't give you a second chance"
The Aerodactyl looked at the Flame Pokémon, then at Ash and finally at Circe. He really felt something for the Pidgeotto, and if it meant that he had to get captured by this trainer… Then so be it. Besides, Antonius couldn't help but see that the trainer of his loved one was a very special trainer.
"I… I give… I can't move my wings" Antonius said making Kenneth approach him. The newly evolved Pokémon picked the Aerodactyl from the smashed mountain and went towards his trainer and the group of Pokémons.
Ash looked at Antonius and received the look back. They could see right in each other's eyes. Ash saw a very prideful Pokémon, one that wouldn't disobey him but that would more likely to do things on his own than to listen to others. Antonius saw a experienced trainer. A trainer that would make him a better fighter, that would make him a champion in the sky.
"Welcome to the team Antonius… I hope we can get stronger together!" Ash said while Daisy smiled at the albino Aerodactyl. In her hand were the two newly acquired fossil Pokémons' Poké Balls.
Antonius looked at the Poké Ball he was being presented by Ash, once again looked at Circe and with a smile on his face, he put his right claw right over the Poké Ball.
"My beautiful wing…" Circe shivered at the nickname. "This journey will bring us both together, will make us stronger and in the future… Will bring us a family" Kenneth was about to start attacking Antonius once again, but the Aerodactyl touched the Poké Ball that was presented to him. The Poké Ball shook a bit before capturing Antonius the Aerodactyl.
Time Skip; Outskirts of Celadon City
Ash and Daisy, with Kobalt walking besides Ash, were arriving towards their next destination. They had trained a bit with Antonius and the group. Antonius told Ash that he wanted to hear about his PokéDex entry when they had reach there next destination, and Ash complied with it.
Ash had been given a Pokémon Egg when he and Daisy helped some villagers on their way to Celadon City. The Egg rested on the backpack of Ash.
Ash, Daisy and Kobalt looked at the gates to Celadon City.
"This is it Daisy…" Ash looked at Daisy with a smile and closed eyes, missing the red face of the now heart-eyed Daisy. Daisy managed to control her flushed face before Ash opened her eyes.
"So… Let's go and find my fourth Gym Badge!" Ash said making Daisy and Kobalt nod. Walking straight towards Celadon City, the city of the Grass-Type Gym!
A/N: SO? HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER. LET ME QUICKLY EXPLAIN THE TRIES THAT I HAD. FIRST TRY WAS TO ACTUALLY COPY PASTE THE ANIME EPISODE AND WRITE IS AS A CHAPTER, BUT ELIMINATING PARTS OF THE EPISODE AND CHANGING THE COLOR OF THE AERODACTYL. SECOND TRY WAS THAT ASH AND DAISY WERE GOING TOWARDS THE EXCAVATION SITE WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD SOUND, AND FIND OUT THAT A WILD GOLEM HAD USED EXPLOSION ON THE AREA. THIRD TRY WAS THAT ONE OF THE MINERS ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE TO USE THE DYNAMITE. FOURTH TRY WAS THAT TEAM ROCKET USED A POKEMON GIVEN TO THEM BY GIOVANNI, AN ELECTRODE, TO USE EXPLOSION. THEN I DECIDED TO "MIX" ALL FOUR IDEAS TOGETHER. PUTTING ELEMENTS FROM THE ANIME EPISODE, USING A GOLEM TO USE EXPLOSION, USING SOMEONE OTHER THAN TEAM ROCKET TO DO THE DEED. THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO SHOW THAT NOT ONLY TEAM ROCKET ARE THE BAD GUYS IN THIS STORY. EVERYONE CAN BE A BAD GUY, IT IS JUST THAT OTHERS WILL HAVE OCCATIONAL APPEARANCES. NOW THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE THE "LAST" CHAPTER TO CONTINUE DIRECTLY OR AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER THE NEXT CHAPTER THERE WILL BE A SIX MONTH TIME SKIP THANKS TO SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN, ONCE AGAIN TEAM ROCKET WILL NOT BE INVOLVED AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A REASON TO WHY TEAM ROCKET IS NOT INVOLVE WITH ASH'S LIFE IN THIS STORY, LIKE IN THE CANON. ANYWAYS, HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE CHAPTER. DON'T FORGET TO TELL ME WHAT YOU GUYS THINK IN THE REVIEW SECTION OF THE STORY. DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW AND FAVORITE. AND I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER SOON.
Zeckromizder, out!
Capture 15 - The Inferno in the City of Green