Chapter 1
Ash Ketchum: Origins
Street
Ash sat up. He looked round, he didn't know where he was. For some reason he was on top of a building. Did he pass out? He remembered he lost another Pokemon league and was back home to find out where he was going next. He also remembered he had a really weird dream before waking up here. He saw Pikachu was beside him, still asleep. Ash stood up and got a better view at where he was. He was big bright buildings. Was he in Goldenrod City? If he was when did Ash get to Johto?
"Where are we?" Ash asked.
"Pika." Ash heard Pikachu waking up. "Pikapi?"
"Morning Pikachu. I don't know where we are. I don't even know how we got on top of this building." Ash said. Pikachu jumped up on his shoulder.
"Pikapi pi?" Pikachu asked. Ash checked his belt and felt 6 pokeballs, one of them is Pikachu's.
"I have a full team? I thought I left everyone at the raunch." Ash said. Ash grabbed all the pokeballs and threw them. They all snapped opened and materialised into 5 Pokemon. Charizard, Snorlax, Greninja, Lycanroc and Pidgeot. "Guys it's great to see you all. Greninja, Pidgeot, when did you both come back?" They both looked at each other, then back at Ash. They had no idea. "Does anyone know where we are or how we got here?" The Pokemon looked round, they don't know where they are. What's going on? "Somethings definitely wrong Pikachu."
"Pikachu." Pikachu said.
"Ok guys, I don't know where we are. So what's going to happen is I'm.." CRASH. Ash and the Pokemon heard noises nearby. Ash followed the noise. He went to the edge of the roof, along with the Pokemon and saw something he didn't expect to see. It was a giant deformed humanoid on top of a bridge. Seems like he was causing mayhem. And someone else just jumped up on the bridge. It looked like he had a wooden helmet.
"You need to stop and surrender yourself." The wooden man said.
"Make me weakling." The humanoid said. He tried to crush the man, but the wood guy jumped up and trees started growing out of him. Wrapping around the giants arms. Ash saw the scene.
"How did he do that?" Ash asked. The giant managed to break the branches and the wood flew everywhere. A big bit was heading for Ash. "TAKE COVER!!" Ash and the Pokemon ducked down. The branch didn't reach that high but still hit the side of the roof. Ash and the Pokemon got up. "Pikachu we need to do something or people are going to get hurt."
"Chu." Pikachu said. Ash turned to the other Pokemon.
"Guys I got a plan." Ash said.
"Hey look it's Mt. Lady." A bystander said. There was a giant lady on the scene and people started taking pictures of her.
"Thank you everyone. But I need to do a job." Mt. lady said.
"Will you hurry up." The wood guy said.
"Would do Kamui Woods, but everyone's sort of in the way." Mt. Lady said. Trying not to step on anyone.
"Hurry up we need to stop him." Kamui said. As he said that the giant got knocked down. Everyone didn't see what happened. "Backdraft, did he slip?" He asked a man in a firefighter uniform.
"I don't know." Backdraft said. The giant got back up.
"Who did that?" He asked, looking round. So someone did attack him. But who? He got hit again. He saw what hit him. A shuriken made of water. The object was caught by something. Greninja. Everyone saw this.
"Whose that guy?" Mt. Lady asked. The giant went to attack. Greninja jumped up and used cut across his face. The giant cover his face. Pidgeot came in with Pikachu riding him. Pikachu jumped up and used thunder. The giant was shocked. Pidgeot tackled the giant, causing him to stumble back. Lycanroc appeared and used acclerock to knock into him. Charizard flew in and used flamethrower on him. Making the giant to lay down on the ground. The giant moved his face away from his eyes and looked at the sky. But he could see Snorlax about to slam onto him. Snorlax landed and dust came up. Everyone covered their eyes. When everything was clear. Everyone couldn't see the animals anymore. They saw the giant was knocked out. They also saw the giant bird, mouse and 14 year old kid. Ash was just looking at the giant.
"What are you?" Ash asked.
"Hey you." Ash turned round and saw it was the Kamui guy. "Stay there." Ash had other ideas. Pikachu jumped onto Ashes shoulder and Ash hopped onto Pidgeot.
"Quick, let's go." Ash said. Pidgeot quickly flew away. The heroes weren't given up that easy.
"Mt. Lady go after him." Kamui said. She nodded and got away from the crowd. "Backdraft, contact the police and tell them to keep an eye out for that kid." Backdraft nodded and pulled out his phone. A green haired boy saw the whole thing.
"Does he go to UA High?" The boy wondered. Thanks for Pidgeots speed he gained distance from the scene with a short amount of time.
"Pidgeot, land here." Ash said. Pidgeot landed in a alleyway. Ash hopped off and pulled out a pokeball. "Thanks Pidgeot, you were a big help." Pidgeot went back into ball and Ash put it away. "Pikachu, we need to keep a low profile. We're in unknown territories now."
"Pikachu." Pikachu said. Ash pulled his hat down and kept his head low. He walked out of the alley and onto the streets. Ash and Pikachu didn't know what was going on. They walked by people that looked normal and out of nowhere, they use some sort of power. Wings out of their backs, flaming hands, sneezing ice. Everything you could imagine, someone's doing it. And some of the people looked like that giant back at the bridge. Deformed. But these people mixed in with the other people like it was an everyday thing.
"You." Ash turned and saw two police officers. "We need a word with you." Ash started to run and the officers gave chase. Ash waived through the crowds while the officers were slow getting through. Ash looked back and couldn't see the officers anymore, but he was sure they were still chasing them.
"Pikachu we need to hide somewhere." Ash said. They looked round.
"Pika." Pikachu pointed at a music store. Ash saw it.
"Better then nothing." Ash said. Heading inside.
Music store
Ash and Pikachu got inside and saw a mixture of cds and instruments in the store. Ash still kept his head low. He started browsing through the cd collection. Trying his best to look like a buying customer. Ash looked outside and saw the officers run by.
"They're gone Pikachu, we best go back the way we came." Ash said. He started making his way towards the door. But then he saw something that caught his eye. An acoustic guitar. Recently Ash started to learn to play the guitar and he was really good it. It was his favourite past time when he wasn't battling or training. He went up to the guitar and just looked at it.
"Ain't she a beauty?" A old man said. The surprise appearance made Ash jump and turn around. "Sorry there I didn't mean to scare you."
"No, no I was just caught off guard." Ash said.
"We're you thinking about buying this guitar?" The man asked. Ash looked at the price tag. It was a big number. He didn't even recognised the currency.
"I don't think I can afford it now." Ash said.
"Just save up a little while, it won't take long." The man said. He looked at Ashes shoulder and saw Pikachu. "You're that kid on the news."
"What do you mean?" Ash asked. The man pointed at the tv.
"It's been on for 10 minutes. They're trying to find you." The man said. He was right. There was a picture of Ash from the fight on the tv. Suddenly a giant foot came down next to the shop.
"Come our kid, we just want to talk." Mt. Lady said. Moving along. Ash breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why is everyone looking for me?" Ash asked.
"You do seem a bit young to have a licence." The man said.
"A licence?" Ash asked.
"Pika?"
"Yeah, if you don't have a licence, then what you did would be illegal." The man said. Ashes face went pale.
"I didn't know that. I didn't mean to cause trouble." Ash said.
"You stopped a villain and save a lot of people, you get a pass in my book." The man said.
"Thanks." Ash said. He looked outside and saw it was clear. "I better get going while I got the chance." Ash was about to leave.
"Wait, you're forgetting something." The man said. Ash stopped. What did he forget? The man took the acoustic guitar off the wall with a guitar bag. And put it towards Ash. "Here, take it."
"Oh no, I can't." Ash said.
"You did something special today. Even heroes need to have past time." The man said. Ashes eyes went wide. A hero? He fought what he did was illegal. So should he be called a villain? Ash reluctantly took the guitar.
"Thank you." Ash said.
"Pikachu." Pikachu said. Ash quickly put the guitar in the bag, put it on his back and walked out the store.
"What a good kid." The man said.
Street
Ash was walking down the street. Still keeping an eye out. He was ready to run again, even bring out Charizard or Pidgeot to get away. Ash also noticed that the sun would be going down soon. So he needs to find somewhere to sleep.
"Ok Pikachu, where can we stay today? Cause I don't think our money will be accepted here." Ash said.
"Chu pi." Pikachu said.
"Stay still you little brat, I just need to use your body." Ash and Pikachu looked down the alley and saw a slime creature and it was holding a green haired boy. It looked like it was forcing itself down into his mouth and the boy was in pain. Ash didn't like the sight.
"Pikachu, I don't think using you or the others will be a good idea." Ash said.
"Pikachu?" Pikachu asked.
"I might have to Pikachu." Ash said, clutching his fist.
"HAVE NO FEAR, FOR I AM HERE!" Ash, Pikachu and the slime heard a voice on the other side of the alley. They turned to see a blonde, muscular man.
"ALL MIGHT!?" The slime shivered.
"All Might?" Ash asked.
"Texas Smash." All Might said. Punching the air and a huge gust of wind hit the slime. Breaking it apart and freeing the boy. Ash saw the gust of wind heading towards him. He moved out of the way of the alley and let the wind passed. Once the wind finished, Ash looked back and saw All Might collecting the slime in a small bottle. Ash started to approach the man.
"Hey, you need to be more careful with that move." Ash said. All Might looked at Ash.
"Sorry about that. I didn't know anyone else was near by. Maybe a picture with me can make it up." All Might said.
"A picture? I don't know who you are." Ash said. All Might just stood there. "You okay?"
"How do you not know who I am? I am the symbol of peace, All Might." All Might said. Flexing his muscles.
"Still doesn't ring any bells." Ash said. He looked down at the fainted boy. "How is he?"
"He's just passed out. He'll be fine." All Might said. Ash saw a burnt notebook. He picked it up and opened it up.
"Izuku Midoriya, must be his name." Ash said. He looked through the book. "He must be a big fan of you and the others. He's got detailed descriptions on you." Ash passed the book to All Might. He looked at it himself.
"What a smart kid. I'll leave him a little autograph for when he wakes up." All Might said. Taking out a pen and writing in it. He then dropped the notebook on the ground. The noise from the drop made Midoriya to stir.
"Looks like he's about to wake up." Ash said.
"Pika." Pikachu said. All Might finally noticed Pikachu and recognised it.
"Hey I know who you are." All Might said.
"What happened?" They both looked down and saw Midoriya on his knees. He looked up and saw All Might. "ALL MIGHT! I'm such a big fan."
"Thank you young fan." All Might said.
"I want to be just like you one day." Midoriya said. He then looked over and saw Ash and Pikachu. "IT'S YOU. Your the guy who stopped that giant today."
"I thought that was you." All Might said.
"Who are you? Are you a new hero? What are those creatures?" Midoriya rapidly asking questions.
"Slow down." Ash said.
"That's a point, do you have a licence?" All Might said.
"No I don't, just because I didn't know I needed one." Ash said. All Might and Midoriya just looked at him.
"You didn't know?" Midoriya asked.
"I don't know what's stranger, you not having a licence or not knowing me?" All Might Asked.
"You don't know who All Might is?" Midoriya asked.
"There's a lot of things I'm trying to figure out." Ash said.
"Right I better take this villain to the police station." All Might said showing the bottle.
"Wait, All Might. Can I get your autograph?" Midoriya said. Opening his notebook. "Ah! You already signed it."
"You're welcome. Bye Midoriya." All Might said.
"How do you know my name?" Midoriya asked.
"Notebook." All Might simply said. "And bye, what's your name?"
"Ash Ketchum and this is Pikachu." Ash said.
"Pikachu." Pikachu said.
"Before I go. You can't do any more hero work. But do try the exams coming." All Might said to Ash.
"Exams?" Ash asked.
"Bye you two." All Might was ready to jump.
"All Might, wait." Midoriya said. He grabbed onto All Might as he jumped. Ash and Pikachu saw them soaring through the air.
"What is he doing?" Ash asked. He pulled out a pokeball. "Charizard, help us." Charizard came out of the ball. Ash jumped on. "After them." Ash pointed at the two. Charizard flew towards them. They were in the air for a while until All Might landed on a roof. Charizard also landed, Ash jumped off and got to Midoriya. "What were you thinking?"
"Yes, what were you thinking? You could of gotten yourself killed." All Might said.
"I'm sorry, but I need to ask a question." Midoriya said.
"Are you serious?" Ash asked.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked.
"I'm sorry kid, but I need to move." All Might said. About to jump again.
"Please it's just one question." Midoriya said with such passion. All Might stood there.
"What is your question?" All Might asked. Midoriya took a moment before saying.
"Do you... do you think I can be a hero without a quirk?"
And the first chapter is done. I hope you enjoyed reading this. More and bigger things are on the way in this story.
Along with this story. I am also writing 'Justice for Ash." If you think you might enjoy that, give it a read and let me know what you think.
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