"Pokémon talk"
"Normal speech"
'thoughts'
"Pokémon moves"
As Professor Oak led John, Ash, and Brock to where John would be getting his first Pokémon, Professor Oak said, "So John, what type of trainer are you going to become after you get your first Pokémon?" and John said, "I want to take on the Pokémon league and become a Pokémon Master." Ash then said, "That's what I want to do, how about you come with me, I'm going through all of the regions I've traveled through so far, until it comes time for the next league tournament, which is in two years and in Hoenn, why don't you travel with us?" John looked at Ash and Brock and said, "That would be great, thank you…" Ash then realized that he and Brock did introduce themselves and Ash said, "Where are our Manners, I'm Ash Ketchum.
"And I'm Brock Hartman, leader of the Pewter City Gym." Said Brock. John held his mouth open until he said, "wait, you're the Gym Leader of the Pewter City Gym?" and Brock nodded his head and said, "Only when I'm not traveling. However, when I am traveling my little Brother, Forrest is the Gym Leader." Ash then said, "Yup, that's my friend Brock for you." Before John could say anything else, Professor Oak called for his attention and said, "John, it's time to pick your Pokémon." John then walked over to Professor Oak, and Professor Oak said, "Unfortunately, I don't have your typical starter Pokémon, so I'm going to let you Choose from these three." Professor Oak then called out the three Pokémon John had to choose.
The first Pokémon was an Eevee, John knew that Eevee was called the Evolution Pokémon and the Pokémon could evolve into many different other Pokémon by the way he treated it. The second Pokémon was a Happiny, John saw how cute the Happiny was and he also knew that when fully evolved and trained right, a Blissey could be a tank. The third Pokémon was a Riolu, and John knew that when it evolved to Lucario, it could Mega evolve and its attacks could become extremely powerful. Each Pokémon had its separate strengths and weaknesses, and he could only pick one. John was having trouble picking one, and Ash saw it. Ash then walked over to John and said, "Having trouble picking one?" John looked at Ash and nodded his head. John then said, "I know every strength they all have, and I know their weaknesses. With Eevee, I have possibilities for evolving it. With Happiny, if I train it right as it evolves, the Blissey it can become would be like a tank and take tons of damage. But the Riolu, I know that when it evolves to Lucario, it gains the ability to Mega Evolve, UGH I DON'T KNOW WHO TO PICK?!" Ash then said, "Here's an idea, why don't you ask which one wants to join you." Everyone in the lab looked at Ash with confusion.
"Really, would it be that simple?" asked John and Ash said, "Try it." John nodded his head, walked over to the three Pokémon and asked, "H…hi there, who wants to come with me on my journey?" immediately after John finished speaking, the Eevee jumped onto John's shoulder and sat down. John looked at the Eevee and said, "You want to come with me?" and the Eevee nodded its head. John smiled, looked at the professor and said, "Professor, I choose this Eevee." Professor Oak smiled and said, "Excellent choice, and excellent advice you gave him Ash." John then looked at Ash and said, "Yeah, thanks, Ash." Ash smiled and said, "Don't mention it." Professor Oak then handed John Eevee's Pokéball, and he said, "Here's Eevee's Pokéball, wait here while I get the rest of what you need." Professor Oak then walked over to a table and picked up a Pokédex and 5 empty Pokéballs and walked back over to John, Ash, and Brock.
Professor Oak then said, "Here is your Pokédex, and your five extra Pokéballs, use them to fill out your Pokédex and gather data on the Pokémon you catch." Ash then said, "Hey professor, since he's going to be traveling with us, why don't you let him have an unlimited carrying Capacity?" but Professor Oak shook his head and said, "Not yet, he needs to catch a certain number of Pokémon before I upgrade his carrying capacity to unlimited." John sighed and said, "It's okay, I understand." John then looked at Eevee and said, "Well Eevee, are you ready for our journey?" Eevee nodded her head, and John said, "Alright, let's go see Kanto together!" Ash smiled, thinking back to when he first got Pikachu. Ash then said, "You ready to go John?" John looked at Ash and Brock and said, "Yeah, let's get going."
After getting the rest of his Pokémon's Pokéballs, Ash recalled all of his Pokémon and approached the group and said, "Guys, this is John, he will be joining me on my journey, and anyone else here who wants to come along."
"You know I'm going to travel with you, Ash." Said Brock. Then Dawn stepped forward, and she said, "Same here Ash." Then Iris, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, Sawyer, Gary, and Paul stepped forward. Ash smiled and said, "Alright, we better get going, our first stop will be Viridian City, but that's just to get supplies."
After getting all of his Pokémon into his Pokéballs, Ash and the people who were going to travel with him left Professor Oak's Lab and began walking to Viridian City. Along the way, they pass through route 1, and they came across a Weedle. Ash then said, "Okay John, we'll let you catch this one." John smiled and said, "Thanks, you ready Eevee?" John's Eevee nodded his head and jumped off his shoulder and got into a fighting stance. Ash then said, "Okay John, this is your first Pokémon battle, first thing is that you need to call an attack. Since Eevee is just starting, he would know only Tackle and Growl. So, call one of those attacks." John nodded his head and said, "Eevee, use Tackle!" and Eevee followed his command and ran into Weedle, causing Weedle to take some damage. Weedle then fired several purple needles at Eevee and Brock said, "Look out! Weedle's using Poison Sting!" John then told Eevee to dodge the attack, which was successful.
"Alright Eevee, use Tackle again!" Eevee nodded his head and struck Weedle again. This time, Weedle wasn't getting back up. Ash then said, "Alright, you got it super weak, now use a Pokeball to catch it." John nodded his head and threw a Pokeball at Weedle, and when it hit, Weedle went inside, and after three shakes and a ding, Weedle was caught. John jumped into the air before he picked up Weedle's Pokeball and called it back out. After Weedle appeared, it crawled over to John, up his leg, and onto his arm. John then said, "Weedle, I'll make sure you get strong, and you evolve to Beedrill, together we can win battles even against Pokémon with type advantage against you, we'll train, and become a team, what do you say?" and Weedle said, "I'm with you master, all the way to the top." John smiled, and Eevee hopped into John's shoulder opposite of Weedle. Ash chuckled before he said, "Reminds me of us when we caught Caterpie, am I right buddy?" Pikachu nodded his head and said, "Yeah, it does bring back memories." Ash then said, "Now that you've had your first Pokémon battle, how does it feel to have two Pokémon now?" John looked at Ash and said, "Honestly, it felt good, I think I can do it again." Ash smiled and said, "That's good, but I think we should keep going to Viridian City." Everyone nodded their heads and continued walking until they fell into a pit trap.
As the smoke cleared, Ash said, "This is really getting old." Just then, a man with Lavender Hair appeared, then a Catlike Pokémon, and then a woman with Purple hair appeared. The man with Lavender Hair said, "Hello Twerps." Ash looked up and said, "Oh for fuck's sake, why in the fuck are you three here Team Rocket?" Team Rocket was shocked to hear Ash use the language he did, along with everyone else. The Girl with Purple hair said, "Damn, I didn't think a twerp like you would curse like that?" Ash then said, "How about a twerp who is sick and tired of you three Fuck ups attacking my friends who most of them betrayed me because I almost got them killed and me. It's not MY fault those events happened. If they didn't want to almost be killed, they could have left me the moment after the whole situation ended. Instead, they stuck with me until now. So how about you stay out of our fucking way, and you won't get sent blasting off again, OKAY?!" and again, everyone was surprised to hear Ash say that. The Catlike Pokémon called Meowth then said, "Look, twerp, I saw your former friends leave your house, and when I found out about that, that made me angry. Which is why I wanna join your team." Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket were once again shocked, this time at Meowth saying that. Jessie then said, "Meowth, are you sure that's what you want?"
"You bet Jessie, if I can help him get revenge on those traitors, then he should let me join." Meowth replied. Ash smiled and pulled out a Pokéball and said, "Well, if you help us out of here so I can catch you, that would be gratefully be appreciated." Meowth, Jessie, and James help Ash and his friends out of the pit Trap, and Meowth said, "Go ahead Twerp, catch me." Ash nodded his head and said, "Pokéball, GO!" and threw the Pokéball at Meowth. When it hit him, and he went inside it, after three shakes and a ding, Meowth was caught. Ash then let Meowth out, and Ash said to Meowth, "You ready to get revenge on my former friends." Meowth nodded his head and said, "You bet." Meowth then looked at Jessie and James and said, "Sorry guys, but this is where we part ways next time we meet, can it not be to catch Pikachu?" Jessie and James nodded their heads and James said, "Farewell Meowth, we will never forget you as our friend." Jessie and James then got into the Meowth shaped Hot air balloon and took off. Brock then said, "This was one of the weirdest confrontations with those guys yet." Ash looked at Brock and said, "Yeah, and it's getting dark, we should set up camp for the night." Everyone agreed, and they stopped for the night.
As night drew closer, Brock got dinner started with the help of Gary, Clemont, Sawyer, and Meowth while the others got the tents set up. Ash looked at Meowth and said, "Meowth, what moves do you know exactly?" and Meowth said, "Simple moves, like Fury Swipes, Scratch, and Bite." Ash then said, "Well, looks like we have some training to do." Meowth nodded his head, and Brock said, "Hey Meowth, can you chop up those vegetables for us?" Meowth nodded his head and threw the vegetables into the air and used Fury Swipes to cut the Vegetables into sizes that Brock needed to continue making the Stew he was making. Then Clemont said, "I'm surprised Meowth, I didn't think you had a good side." Meowth chuckled before he said, "Well, I was getting tired of blasting off all the time, and besides, you guys rubbed goodness off onto me, that is one of the many reasons why I joined Ash's team, but the real reason was May." Ash and everyone, except John, looked at Meowth and Ash asked, "What do you mean Meowth?"
"I mean when May was traveling with you, she and I went back in time and saved Edna's husband, Jonathan. We're the reason that place has a Train station, Jonathan is alive, and the Volbeat and Illumise get together every year for their dance of Joy." Replied Meowth. Ash and the others were shocked to hear that. Meowth continued by saying, "After we got back to the present, May's goodness got through to me, and I started to doubt my place in Team Rocket." Ash then said, "Well Meowth, I'm glad you decided to help me get revenge on those fuckers who tried to get me to give up on my journey." Meowth nodded his head and said, "Don't worry Ash, I'll make sure those Fuckers regret giving up on you and your dream, especially May." Ash smiled while everyone else chuckled or in Bonnie's case, laugh so hard she fell onto her butt.
When Dinner was ready, everyone called out their Pokémon, and they all began to eat dinner. After eating the food in his mouth, John looked at Ash, and he said, "I forgot to ask you, Ash, what did you and Meowth mean when you guys were talking about how people betrayed you?" Ash looked at John with a serious look on his face, and he told him, "I had more friends before we met. But after my recent Journey, I came home only to find that most of my friends wanted me to give up on my dream of becoming a Pokémon Master because I almost got them killed, it's not my fault. They've been supportive of me for years, and now they want to give up on me, well, fuck them, they can all go to fucking hell and rot down there for all I care, which I don't." John placed his utensils on his plate and said, "Sounds like those assholes need to be taught a lesson." Ash nodded his head and said, "You bet they do, and I'm glad you agree with me." then John nodded his head and said, "Facing near-death situations comes with being a Pokémon Trainer, my mom and dad told me that before I left to start my journey."
Brock and Paul patted John on the back, and Brock said, "I'm glad to see that you support someone you literally just meant a few hours ago." John looked at brock and said, "Well… let's just say that my gut says to trust Ash, and my dad always says, "If your gut says something, then you trust your gut and go with it, no matter the outcome and accept the results, whether good or bad and to always tell the truth when asked for it." I always followed that advice. For example, when I was younger, seven to be exact, my former friend and I were walking down the street, and we passed by the local fruit stand. We saw that the owner had his back turned, so my former friend took an apple and ran off. I knew what he did was bad and when we were questioned, he lied and said that I dared him to take it, but I told the officer questioning us, with our parents' present, that wasn't true and that he took it of his own choices. After we were released from the station, my former friend punched me across the cheek, with our parents present to see it, his parents knew right away after that that he lied, so they apologized to mine for their son's behavior. They then moved, away and we never spoke again. But every now and then I get rocks thrown at my room's window. When I looked out, I saw a kid my age running away from my house. My parents notified the police, but they could never connect him to it." Ash and the others there were shocked to hear about John's past. Ash then stood up and said, "Well, you won't have to worry about that here, we wouldn't do that to each other, we stick together." John saw Ash was extending his hand towards him, and John knew what to do, so he stood up and shook Ash's extended hand, causing everyone to smile, they then all continued eating.
When it was time for bed, Brock, Ash, Gary, and John shared a tent. Paul, Sawyer, and Clemont shared a tent. Iris slept in a nearby tree, while Dawn, Bonnie, and Serena shared a tent. In the girls' tent, Bonnie was asleep in her Tyrantrum Pajamas, and Serena asked Dawn, "I have to know Dawn, do you care for Ash?" Dawn looked at Serena before blushing a little bit, and she said, "Well...um...you see… yes." Serena wasn't surprised at all. She then said, "Of course, I figured as much, you see, I have feelings for him too, but I hope with whoever he picks to be his girlfriend, we can still be friends." Dawn smiled and said, "I hope so too Serena, well, we better get some shut eye." Serena nodded her head, and the two went to sleep.
The next morning, everyone freshened up and had breakfast when all of a sudden, a wild Pidgey flew onto John's shoulder, surprising everyone. Ash then said, "I think that little guy is hungry, Brock where's your Flying-type Pokémon food?" Brock went into his bag and handed the Flying-type Pokémon food to John, and Ash said, "Not Pokémon are caught in a Pokémon battle, if you make Pokémon your friend when they're wild and if they want to join your team, then you can catch them." John then took a piece of the Pokémon food and gave it to the Pidgey, who ate it happily. John then looked at the Pidgey and said, "Want more?" and the Pidgey nodded its head and John spread more of the Pokémon food out in front of him, and the Pidgey ate away. After watching the Pidgey eat all of the spread-out Pokémon Food, John asked the Pidgey if it would join him on his journey and the Pidgey nodded its head again. John then took out a Pokéball and tapped the Pidgey on its head, and the Pidgey went inside the Pokéball.
After three shakes and a ding, John caught his own Pidgey. John then called Pidgey out and pulled out his Pokédex and scanned the Pidgey. After it was done scanning, the Pokédex said, "Pidgey, the tiny bird Pokémon, a Normal and Flying-type. It usually hides in tall grass. Because it dislikes fighting, it protects itself by kicking up sand. This Pidgey is a male and knows Tackle and Sand-attack." John was happy that his new Pidgey could defend itself. Ash then said, "Well gang, we better start back on our journey through Kanto, then onto the rest of the Regions." everyone nodded their heads and packed up.
A few minutes after they all got packed up, Ash and his remaining friends arrived in Viridian City. Ash took a big breath of air and let it out before he said, "It sure feels good to be back in Viridian City, don't you agree buddy?" Pikachu nodded his head and said, "Yeah, it sure does." John then ran in front of Ash and said, "Wow, so this is Viridian City, I've never been here before." Brock chuckled and said, "I take it your mother wouldn't let you travel without a Pokemon, am I right?" John looked at Brock and nodded his head and said, "She can be a little overprotective sometimes. But now that I have three Pokémon on me, I'm finally free to roam the region, maybe even all seven regions." Ash chuckled and placed a Hand on John's shoulder and said, "One region at a time rookie." Ash then said, "Well, we should get to the store to get supplies, but John, you head to the Pokémon center to get your Pokémon checked up, I'm going to have…" but Ash was interrupted by Brock when he said, "I'll go with him, I can't wait to see Nurse Joy of Viridian City." John then elbowed Brock in the stomach and said, "Watch it, pal, that's my mom you're drooling over." everyone was shocked to hear that, Brock most of all. John then said, "I take a lot of my looks from my Dad, but my mom is the Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Center. This might be my first time here, but this is where she works."
"Sorry Brock, looks like you missed your chance," said Ash as he comforted his depressed friend. John then said, "Well, I'm going to say hi to my mom and show her the Pokémon I caught, I'll see you guys at the Pokémart." John then ran off to the Pokémon Center to visit his mother. Ash then said, "Alright guys, Brock and I will head to the Pokémart, do what you guys want, but we meet on the other side of Viridian City an one hour, I want to get to Pewter City as soon as we can."
Everyone nodded their heads, and they split up, with Dawn and Serena joining Ash and Brock as they walked to the Pokémart. Meanwhile, Paul and Gary caught up to John and Gary said, "Damn John, I didn't think you had it in you to elbow someone in the stomach." John kept walking as he said, "Well when I saw he was probably going to try to get my mom to date him, I shot him down faster than a Pikachu can use quick attack." When the three companions arrived at the Pokémon Center, John was the first to walk in and looked around and saw his Mother and shouted, "MOM!"
When Nurse Joy looked up, she saw John with Gary and Paul right behind him, and after telling her Chansey what to do, she walked over to John and hugged him, and she said, "My son, it's so good to see you again, did you get your starter Pokémon?" John nodded his head and said, "Not only that, but I caught two more." John then expanded all three Pokéballs that he had Pokemon in and said, "Come on out and say hi to my mom guys." and after the Pokéballs opened, Eevee, Weedle, and Pidgey came out and said hi to John's mother. John's mother then said, "Amazing, but John, where is your starter?" and John told his mother, "Professor Oak didn't have any of the usual Starter Pokémon, so I was presented with an Eevee, and Riolu and a Happiny to choose from. My new friend Ash Ketchum helped me choose by suggesting I ask who wanted to join me and Eevee hopped onto my shoulder." Nurse Joy smiled and knelt to look Eevee in the eyes, and she said, "Keep my John safe while you're traveling him, will you Eevee?" and Eevee nodded his head and said, "Don't you worry ma'am, I'll keep John safe."
Nurse Joy smiled and stood up and said, "I believe you came here to get your new Pokémon checked out, am I right son?" and John rubbed the back of his head before he nodded his head. Nurse Joy then said, "Alright, if you could recall your Pokémon and give me their Pokéballs, I'll make sure they get a full checkup." John nodded and said, "I almost forgot, these two are two of my new friends. Mom; Paul Allen, and Gary Oak." Nurse Joy then bowed as she said, "Thank you for taking care of my son, and I hope he won't cause you much trouble." Paul smiled as Gary said, "Don't mention it, Ma'am, it was actually Ash's Idea to have your son come with us." Nurse Joy then said, "well, tell Ash that I thank him." Gary and Paul nodded their heads as Nurse Joy took John's Pokéballs to give his Pokémon a full checkup.
Meanwhile, Dawn, Serena, and Bonnie were all in the park while Ash, Brock, and Clemont got the supplies. They were enjoying smelling the flowers. Dawn then said, "So Serena, since you didn't become Kalos queen, what do you want to do next?" Serena looked at Dawn with shock before she looked at the ground and said, "To be honest, I've never really thought about it." Then Bonnie chimed in and said, "I know, since Dawn is a Pokémon Coordinator, maybe you should become one as well, I hear that the Pokémon contest is starting up soon." Dawn smiled and said, "Great Idea Bonnie, did you hear that Serena?" Serena nodded her head and said, "I heard, but what about Ash, he wants to get through the Region quickly so he can do the other regions."
"I'm sure he wouldn't mind taking detours for us," replied Dawn. Serena was nervous to actually sign up for Pokémon Contests. Inside the Pokémart, Ash was getting some Pokémon food when Brock walked up to him and said, "I just heard that Kanto is hosting the Grand Festival again, and I bet I know two girls who would want to participate in it." Ash looked at Brock and said, "I would hope they join, I know that they know I want to have rematches with the Gyms I battled at before, but I also want them to have fun and enjoy what they want to do, especially Dawn." Brock then said, "Well, why don't you just tell them that they can join, and tell Dawn how you really feel?" Ash looked at Brock and said, "I'll tell them that they can join, but I don't think I should tell Dawn how I feel just yet."
Brock rolled his eyes and told Ash that he needed to tell Dawn soon or else he would lose her forever, and Ash nodded his head and said, "I know, but Serena has feelings for me, and I don't want to hurt her, what am I going to do Brock?" Brock then said, "Do what your heart wants to do." Ash smiled and thanked Brock, and they continued getting supplies. A few minutes later, John, Gary, Dawn, Serena, Bonnie, and Paul walked into the Pokémart. Dawn tapped Ash on his shoulder and pulled him to the side and before Dawn or Serena could say anything, Ash said, "You two want to compete in the Grand Festival, but you two don't want to distract me from my journey of re-challenging all of the Gyms I've already defeated, am I right?" Dawn and Serena were speechless after Ash said that and Dawn said, "You were right on the Money, would you mind if…" but Ash interrupted her by saying, "I wouldn't mind taking detours so you two can compete in Pokémon Contests, so go to the Pokémon Center to sign up." Dawn and Serena both smiled and ran to the Pokémon Center to sign up for the Grand Festival.
When the hour was up, everyone was on the other side of Viridian City, Dawn and Serena were signed up for the Grand Festival, all they had to do was get 5 ribbons to be able to participate in the Grand Festival. Ash then asked John how it went at the Pokémon Center, and John said, "My Pokémon got a clean bill of health, and she wanted to thank you for letting me join you on your journey. I also told her about the trainers who betrayed you, and she would let my aunts know to give Misty, May, Max, Morrison, Cilan, Trip, Trevor, and Cameron a rude attitude whenever they go and get their Pokémon healed up." Ash smiled and said, "Alright, anyway, let's get going, next stop is Pewter City." everyone nodded their heads, and John looked at Brock and said, "I want to battle you, Brock. The day after Ash has his battle with you, I want to battle you." Brock smiled and said, "Of course, I kinda figured you wanted to battle me, and I gladly accept it." Ash smiled and said, "Alright gang, let's get going." everyone nodded their heads again, and they continued on their way, with John's Eevee on his shoulder and Meowth walking outside his Pokéball.