M.R: Well… I'm starting to feel bad since we've done so much for this story in such a short time, when I haven't done squat for my stories that I'm re-writing.

S.R: Eh, you'll get over it. Besides this story is more fun. I mean I like "Campione!" and all but we grew up with Pokémon.

M.R: True enough I suppose. Though I'm not sure how I feel letting you talk me into having Cynthia appear this early in the story.

S.R: Considering I'm the one typing, you'll just have to wait and see how I do it.

Also thank you SilentSniper05 for your review and the short chat we had about some things. Since you mentioned you tend to read on mobile I shall make it easier on you and make the paragraphs shorter. Any who let's get on to the story then.

ASH'S POV

I could feel a few rays of sunlight hitting my face through the leaves in the trees, trying to wake me up. I went to roll over and found I couldn't. Then I realized that I was on my Pokémon journey. Moving slowly so Pikachu could still sleep I unzipped my sleeping bag and climbed out. Stretching I decided to meditate for a bit before getting breakfast ready for me and my Pokémon.

After around half an hour of meditating I heard Pikachu start waking up, so I stood up and started preparing breakfast for all of my Pokémon. A few moments later I had finished and was releasing Pigeotto and Gyarados. Once they were out and we all had finished eating I gave them a few minutes to socialize since once we began training they'd be busy. Checking my watch I saw that it was a quarter after 7 in the morning.

"Okay guys, line up and be ready to train hard." I called out getting their attention. Once they had done as I asked. I began telling them my plans. Since Viridian's gym only accepted challengers with 7 badges or more, the closest gym was Pewter city, and their gym specializes in Rock Type Pokémon. Even though I had the advantage with Gyarados I decided to be safe and teach Pikachu and Pigeotto a few moves they could use if Gyarados couldn't win the battle on her own.

"Now Gyarados, you will be at and advantage being a Water Type Pokémon. Right now the only Water Type move you have is Water Gun right? Well before we get to Pewter city I will be working with you on learning Bubble and Bubble-beam. For now though I want you to work on your accuracy and power using Water Gun Your target is that huge tree over there" I began and walked Gyarados over to a spot where it would be out of the way of Pikachu and Pigeotto's training.

"As for you two. You are both pretty fast, but you can be a lot faster. So for the moment I want you working on your speed. One of the first new moves I plan for you two to learn is Agility. Now I'm going to draw a line here that you are to start at. I want you moving as fast as you can from this line, to the trees and back repeatedly" I said to Pikachu and Pigeotto as I drew their starting line leaving a safe distance between them and Gyarados.

Once the two of them got started I moved into a space between their training area and Gyarados's. 'I can't just sit here while they train… I know why don't I do some training as well' I thought to myself, before getting down and starting a set of push ups. After about forty-five minutes I saw Pikachu and Pigeotto were starting to tire out.

"Okay everyone can stop there training for a five minute break then I'll set you all up on your next tasks" I announced. After the five minutes were up I decided to set Pigeotto's training up first. This time Pigeotto was to use the tree Gyarados was targeting as her target with gust. Pigeotto was to slowly start adding more and more power to Gust each time it was used.

I was hoping that Once Pigeotto got to the threshold for the maximum power in a Gust attack it would accidentally use Twister. While Twister wouldn't have a type advantage over Rock Type moves, it was a Dragon Type move so it would still be able to do quite a bit of damage.

"Now that Pigeotto is set up, I can explain what you two are doing," I started telling Pikachu and Gyarados before continuing "This time Gyarados we are going to work on your defense. If I gauged it right yesterday Pikachu would've needed to use 5 Thunder Shock attacks to knock you out. Normally taking that many electric attacks would be impressive but Thunder Shock is one of the weakest Electric Type moves.

Pikachu, I want you to use Thunder Shock on Gyarados. Hit her with 4 of them, then give her ten minutes to recover. In those ten minutes I want you to charge as much power as you can into your next attack. Hopefully we can get you used to using more power, and turn your Thunder Shock into a Thunderbolt attack."

Once I was done explaining the plan to the two of them I moved out of the way and signaled for Pikachu to start. Deciding to continue my training, I dropped to the ground. This time instead of doing push ups I started doing sit ups. Around half an hour later I heard a proud cawing sound from Pigeotto. Moving to see what Pigeotto was so proud about I saw that my idea for her to stumble upon Twister worked a lot faster than I had hoped.

"Great job Pigeotto!" I told her making sure she could tell how proud I was. After a few minutes of just praising Pigeotto and rubbing under her chin, I decided to let her rest, returning her to her Pokeball and checked in on Pikachu and Gyarados. I turned to look at them just in time to see Pikachu successfully use a Thunderbolt attack instead of Thunder Shock.

"Nice work Pikachu, that was a Thunderbolt attack. And Gyarados You've done some excellent work today. Go ahead and take a nice rest" I stated giving Gyarados a pat on the head before returning her. As I returned Gyarados, Pikachu through our aura bond told me 'that wasn't my first successful Thunderbolt. Since you said to charge the fifth Thunder Shock I had been and the I think it was the fourth charged one that was my first Thunderbolt. But I knew it wasn't perfect so I just kept trying'.

"Okay then. Do you think you've practiced it enough to use it properly Pikachu?" I asked getting a happy nod before Pikachu bounced up onto my shoulder. Thankfully I had packed up camp earlier when I let my Pokémon socialize. Now that I had nothing else to do and Pikachu was ready to go, I left the clearing I was in and got on the road leading to Viridian city.

After a few hours of walking along the road I had finally reached Viridian city. Before I could walk too far into town I was greeted by the police. Thinking that something was up I decided to be polite and possibly try to help out with whatever was going on.

"Hello Officer Jenny what can I do for you?" I questioned, before being bombarded with a tirade of comments about the possibility of me being suspicious before she ended it by demanding to see some I.D. Knowing that my Pokedex doubled as my trainers I.D. I showed it to her hoping she may calm down. Finally after everything checked out she sighed and apologized for her attitude.

With Team Rocket in the area she was wound up and it was starting to get to her. After thanking her for the warning to be careful I made my way over to the Pokémon Center. I handed my Pokémon over to Nurse Joy with a smile and then moved to call mom at home. After a few seconds waiting for the video phone to connect I was rewarded with mom's smilling face answering the call.

Call

"Hi mom. I made it to Viridian city a few minutes ago and thought I'd call and check in"

"Hi Ash! It's wonderful to hear you made it to Viridian safely. How are things going with Pikachu?"

"Things are great! Pikachu and I even made some new friends with a Pigeotto and Gyarados that I had found and caught."

"Oh that's wonderful news honey… I wish I could talk more but I've got to leave now if I want to make it to the grocery store before they close. I love you"

"Okay mom. Well I'll call you again when I reach Pewter city. Love you to"

End Call

"Hmm… I should probably call ProfessorOak to let him know how things are going." I said to myself but before I could dial his number my name was called out over the intercom asking for me to come pick up my Pokémon. I made my way over to the counter and smiled at Nurse Joy as she returned my three friends.

"Hey, Nurse Joy can I get a room for the night to?" I asked as Pikachu moved to his spot on my shoulder. She nodded and quickly got it all sorted, handing me a key and telling me it was for room 5. I smiled and thanked her before turning and making my way outside to feed my Pokémon dinner. Before I got very far though I saw two Pokeballs drop through one of the vents in the room.

They quickly burst open and before I could be a good look at the two Pokémon a Smokescreen had blocked them from my view. It spread rapidly making it hard to see anything. But I did hear a few heavier things hit the ground, leading me to believe that the trainers of the two Pokémon had dropped out of the vent. Thinking quickly I decided to get rid of the Smokescreen by calling out Pigeotto and having her use Gust. The room cleared up enough for me to clearly see again.

A woman had dropped down next to what I now saw to be an Ekans, and the Pokémon that release the Smokescreen was obviously a Koffing now that I could look at it. There was a man standing next to the Koffing, and a Meowth had appeared as well. Before I could open my mouth to ask what they were doing the two began to speak alternating sentences with each other.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"And make it double!"

"To protect the world of devastation."

"To unit all people within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie!"

"And James!"

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!"

Inwardly I was surprised that the Meowth was able to talk adding in the final sentence of their sh-peal. But I couldn't let it show. Figuring that the were here to steal all the Pokémon, considering they claimed to be Team Rocket, I knew I had to stop them.

"Pikachu, Pigeotto! We can't let them do whatever it is they're planing. Let's go!" I ordered my two Pokémon.

"You think you can stand against us twerp? Don't make me laugh" The man who apparently was named James said, sounding extremely arrogant. I gave him a dirty glare, before deciding to have some fun with the battle. 'Pikachu, Pigeotto I'm going to use our aura bonds to command you for this battle. I want to make them fear us.' I explained to my two Pokémon mentally. Receiving nods that they understood in return.

'Pikachu use Quick Attack to get in close to the Ekans and then use Thunder Wave to stun it' I mentally commented, watching in amusement. 'Pigeotto, use Gust on the Koffing. Then use another one to push all of them together.' I couldn't help but smile when Pigeotto flawlessly did as I asked.

Deciding to end the charade I gave an evil grin at the self proclaimed Team Rocket members.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt on all of them," I started my command, grinning when I saw that they couldn't move before finishing "Alright Pigeotto let's get rid of the trash. Use Twister and blow them away!" Pigeotto cawed loudly before unleashing a pretty powerful Twister attack that sent them flying. Once I was satisfied they were gone, I crouched down and rubbed Pikachu on the head with one hand, and with the other I scratched under Pigeotto's chin.

"Good job you two. What do you say we go get some food to celebrate?" I asked getting a happy squeak from Pikachu, and a nod from Pigeotto. Making my way over to the exit I lead my Pokémon outside to a nice open area and released Gyarados. I quickly got their food ready and then watched in amusement at how quickly they swarmed the bowls I had put their food in.

Grinning to myself, I made a simple sandwich for me. After a while I returned Gyarados and Pigeotto, decided to go make my call to professor Oak, before going to the room Nurse Joy had given me.

Call

"Hey professor!"

"Oh, hello Ash. I assume you've reached Viridian city?"

"Yes sir I have. I also managed to find and catch both a Pigeotto and a Gyarados on route 1."

"Oho, really now. You found a Gyarados and actually caught it within your first week as a trainer. I'm impressed."

"She's an amazing Pokémon professor. Her egg move is Dragon Dance, and she's already learned it!"

"I must say Ash, it sounds like you've got one very talented Pokémon."

"All three of them are. Pikachu has already learned Thunderbolt, and Pigeotto learned Twister earlier professor. If they keep up the effort they were showing me earlier today during training I'll be ready to face Pewter cities gym in no time!"

"Well it was nice to hear from you Ash, but it's getting late don't you think?"

"You're right. Goodnight professor."

"Goodnight Ash"

End Call

"Well Pikachu what do you say we head to bed now?" I asked knowing Pikachu wouldn't complain.

Pikachu just gave me a tired nod, so I quickly make my way to the room Nurse Joy had given me for the night. Deciding to shower in the morning I dropped onto the bed, Pikachu curling up beside me. With my aura bond I told all of my Pokémon good night, and then drifted off to sleep.

ON HAND:

1. Pikachu (m) 2. Pigeotto (f) 3. Gyarados (f)

AT THE RANCH:

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