S.R: I suppose I should say this now… Since we've started writing this story together I have decided that at least till the honeymoon this is the only story on that I will be uploading. Why? Well because I'm having a lot of fun with it.

M.R: I suppose that's nice to know. But with your wording that means after our honeymoon you'll go back to working on your other stories as well.

S.R: Of course. Otherwise I'd have changed their descriptions to say that those stories were on Hiatus.

M.R: Why do I get the feeling your focusing on this story not so much because we're having fun with it, as it is you have no idea what you're doing next in your other stories?

S.R: SSSHHHHH! I don't want the readers to know that.

M.R: Too late.

S.R: This calls for a distraction…. STORY TIME!

ASH'S POV

I had already been up for around half an hour getting a shower and then meditating before I noticed Pikachu beginning to wake up. Checking the clock on the wall I saw that it was a quarter to 8. Realizing it was almost time for the local Poke-mart to open, I figured I'd feed my Pokémon breakfast before restocking our supplies so that we'd be able to get through Viridian Forest without rushing.

"Come on Pikachu let's go get some food" I stated as I stood up, getting an excited squeak in reply. Chuckling to myself I grabbed my bag as Pikachu hopped up onto my shoulder. Together we made our way out of the Pokémon Center and outside to the spot we had eaten dinner the night before. Not feeling hungry myself I just went about getting the Pokémon food divvied out for Pikachu, Pigeotto, and Gyarados.

Once I was done pouring their food into their bowls, I let Pigeotto and Gyarados out to eat before pulling a bottle of water out of my bag for me. I couldn't help but laugh at how quickly Pigeotto and Gyarados finished off their food. Considering we had gotten up a little earlier than I had planned I let Pigeotto and Gyarados stretch for a few minutes before returning them.

Half an hour later

"alright, now that we've gotten everything we'll need let's go Pikachu!" I said to my faithful partner, making my way through Viridian cities northern exit. I hadn't gotten very far outside of Viridian before being called out to. It was another trainer, and they wanted a Pokémon battle. Figuring it would be good experience in how to conduct a proper battle I agreed. Before sending out his Pokémon he introduced himself as Jimmy, saying that as he only had one Pokémon it was a one on one battle.

His Pokémon was a small Rattata. Deciding to end the battle quickly I asked Pikachu to hop off my shoulder so it could battle. Jimmy acting fast tried to get the first hit in ordering his Rattata to tackle Pikachu.

"Pikachu dodge it and use Quick Attack" I called out watching Pikachu hit the Rattata hard enough to lift it off the ground. It wasn't hard enough to knock the Rattata out though. Pressing my new advantage I had Pikachu hit the Rattata once more this time using Thunderbolt. I smiled at how in sync Pikachu and I are, since he was charging the attack the moment I began to speak. This time Pikachu's attack was enough to render the Rattata unconscious.

"Good job Pikachu! We won our first trainer battle." I said as Pikachu hopped back onto my shoulder. I even gave him a quick head rub. Jimmy, while disappointed at how easily he was beat was a good sport about it thanking us for the battle and giving us our winnings. Once we seperated from Jimmy Pikachu and I continued heading north towards Pewter city. Not long after we battle Jimmy we came across Viridian forest.

Hours later

Pikachu and I had bee wondering through the forest occasionally finding and battling other trainers. Though because I didn't want Pigeotto and Gyarados to feel left out I used them in a few battles as well. We had stopped for lunch a while ago but I decided to stop and take a break again since we had been walking a lot, and were moving faster than I had actually planned for if my estimations on how far we traveled through the forest were correct.

I had just sat down when a rather large Beedrill started approaching me. Considering I had used Pikachu in the last battle we fought I decided to give him a break and let Pigeotto out of her Pokeball. Pigeotto cawed in warning to the Beedrill as it kept moving closer.

"Pigeotto, use Wing Attack" I ordered watching in amazement as Pigeotto gathered twice the amount of power needed for a proper Wing Attack. Instead Pigeotto somehow managed to use an extremely powerful Steel Wing. Thinking an attack of that power would instantly knock out the Beedrill I pulled out a Pokeball and prepared to throw it. As I reared back however Beedrill moved so fast I wouldn't have known what happen if I didn't see the telltale glow signifying that Pigeotto was poisoned.

"Man this is one tough Beedrill we've found… Alright Pigeotto, can you still battle?" I asked prepared to let Pigeotto rest. She nodded while making eye contact with me letting me know she felt we could finish this with one move.

"Okay then Pigeotto. Let's do this! Use your newly learned move to end this. Steel Wing!" I cried watching Pigeotto do as I asked, and smiling when the Beedrill hit the ground. I launched the Pokeball from my hand, watching it rock back and forth a few times before dinging to signify that Beedrill had be caught. Pigeotto slowly grabbed the Pokeball, and brought it back to my while I dug out an antidote and a few potions for Pigeotto and Beedrill. I let Beedrill out of the Pokeball and explained my dream to it, while I healed it up. I then created an aura bond so that it could know I was being sincere. Before returning it to the Pokeball I scanned it with my Pokedex.

"Beedrill, the poison bee Pokémon. Beedrill has three poisonous stingers on it's forelegs and tail. It uses them to jab enemies repeatedly. This Beedrill is male. It's ability is Sniper. It knows the moves Poison Sting, Fury Attack, Bug Bite, Pursuit, Agility, and Toxic. This Pokémon does not have an egg move." The Pokedex rattled off.

My eyes widened when I heard that it already knew Bug Bite, Agility, and Toxic. As I returned him to his Pokeball I decided to wait until we had a stronger bond to ask if he had been released because it was so strong.

Realizing I had been standing completely still while I thought about Beedrill I shook my head to clear it before setting off hoping I could find a good place to camp for the night. I had only been walking for fifteen minutes when I had to jump back as a steel blade was swung my way. Responding angrily I had Pikachu hope down off my shoulder to shock the person who had swung the sword at me.

"Whoa now, I didn't mean to scare you. I was just testing you to see if you'd be a good opponent. I am Samurai, and I wish to challenge you to a two versus two Pokémon battle" The boy holding the sword introduced.

Nodding my head to show I acquiesce to the battle I waited for him to unleash his first Pokémon. His first Pokémon just so happened to have been a Pinsir. Knowing it was a bug type I quickly grabbed Pigeotto's Pokeball and let her out.

"Pigeotto let's start this off with a Gust!" I ordered and watched as she flapped her wings a couple times to release her attack.

"Pinsir dod-" was as far as Samurai got into his command before Pigeotto's attack hit. It was a fairly strong attack apparently as Pinsir struggled to stand back up. Using the aura bond I have with her, I asked Pigeotto to finish Pinsir off with another Gust.

Smilling I gave Pigeotto a nod saying she was staying in for his second Pokémon, while Samurai started at his unconscious Pinsir in shock. Samurai quickly recovered throwing his second Pokeball forward to let out a Metapod.

I had to suppress a snort at how unimpressed I was. Deciding to finish the fight I had Pigeotto attack with Steel Wing and watched Samurai freak out as his Metapod was knocked out by one hit. After a few minutes of complete silence Samurai recalled his Metapod and congratulated me on the win, giving me my earnings. Before I left the clearing we were in I asked how much farther to Pewter city, only to be told it was about an hours walk from our current spot to the Pokémon Center of Pewter city.

I thanked Samurai for the information and began my walk. I left the forest behind me and made my way towards Pewter city stopping when I heard a man mention that Pewter city was the color of stone.

"You are standing on my merchandise young man" I heard, before noticing the man had moved close enough for me to properly see him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, though before you ask I'm not interested in buying a souvenir, though I'll be passing you a few times in the next few days as I take a bit of time to train before challenging the gym here in Pewter city." I spoke moving off of the rock I had stood on upon stopping. Shortly after that I had made my way to the Pokémon Center.

While Nurse Joy was checking my Pokémon I made a call to mom, and talked to her for a bit explaining my plan to stay in Pewter city for a few days before continuing my journey. Once I was done talking to her I called up professor Oak as well and told him about Beedrill.

Four days later

True to my word I passed by the man selling rocks for a couple days using the clearing I had battled Samurai in to train my Pokémon. After two days of training I was extremely happy with their progress. Pikachu had learned both Agility and Iron Tail, even making a little bit of progress into learning Dig as well. Pigeotto had learned Aerial Ace, and made decent headway on learning Agility as well. Gyarados learned both Bubble and Bubble-beam, along with surprisingly enough Ice-beam. Meanwhile Beedrill didn't learn any new moves, but he did become a lot stronger and faster.

After all their hard work I gave my Pokémon a break from training for a day, using that day to relax and prepare a few battle strategies. But that day ended, and now I stand in front of the Pewter city gym ready to battle and claim my first badge. Realizing I had been standing in front of the door for a few minutes, I gave a sigh before opening it and making my way in to announce my challenge.

After the gym leader Brock accepted, we found the gym referee and made our way to the battlefield.

"This will be a two versus two Pokémon battle. Only the challenger is allowed to make substitutions. The gym leader will unleash his Pokémon first, and the challenger has the first move" The referee explained the rules. Brock let out his first Pokémon, which was a Geodude. Going with my first strategies I had come up with I unleashed Gyarados to start the battle, chuckling when Brock paled a little bit.

"Gyarados, use Bubble-beam"

"Geodude dodge it and use Rock Polish"

"Gyarados, use Water Gun" This time Gyarados's attack hit.

"Again Gyarados use Bubble-beam"

"Geodude, use Endure, then use Rock Throw" Brock cried out in time. Unluckily for me his Geodude managed to endure the attack and hit Gyarados with a pretty strong Rock Throw. Gyarados roared out in anger over being hit. Smiling to myself I decided to let Gyarados finish Geodude off.

"Gyarados use Twister!" I cried. We heard the sound of Geodude hitting the wall but we couldn't see anything as Twister stirred up a lot of dust. Waiting for the dust cloud to settle I mentally praised Gyarados for doing so well.

"Geodude is unable to battle. Gyarados wins. Gym leader Brock please send out your next Pokémon" The referee said after clearing the dust. We all knew it was the case just from the sound of Geodude hitting the wall. But the referee couldn't declare Geodude unable to battle unless he had a clear line of sight so we had to wait until now.

"You've done well so far Ash, but my next Pokémon is my strongest. Go Onyx!" Brock cried letting out his giant rock snake of a Pokémon.

"Alright Gyarados let's get serious now. Use Dragon Dance to start things off and then use Twister"

"Onyx Dodge it and use Slam" Unfortunately for Brock Onyx wasn't fast enough, being hit by Twister and thrown across the battlefield hitting the ground hard. Onyx began moving, standing back up and roaring in challenge before darting forward trying to slam into Gyarados.

Gyarados took the attack head on, because I didn't give the order to dodge it fast enough. Brock seeing this must have thought he had Gyarados on the ropes because he had Onyx use Bind. Gyarados was bound by Onyx who started squeezing. Thankfully Gyarados was a large Pokémon so it could still wiggle around.

"Gyarados break free and use Water Gun."

"Onyx, dodge and use Slam again!"

"Counter it with Twister!" Onyx was caught in the Twister. This time while the attack hurt Onyx it was able to withstand the attack and not be blown away.

"Onyx, it's time use Magnitude!"

"Gyarados dodge it by jumping!" I cried but Gyarados was unable to. Moving rather Shakily Gyarados got back up.

"We've got that Gyarados now! Onyx finish it off with Bind!" Watching this unfold I knew I had the battle in the palm of my hand.

"Gyarados dodge it, and then point blank Bubble-beam" I ordered smiling at Brock. The Bubble-beam hit and sent Onyx through the wall Geodude had hit earlier. This time we didn't have to wait for the dust to settle as Onyx was so big it's head was not inside the dust cloud.

"Onyx is unable to battle. Gyarados wins the battle. The winner of this match is the challenger Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" The referee announced. Once he was done speaking I ran out to Gyarados latching onto her in a huge hug.

"You did amazing Gyarados! I'm so proud of you" I stated smiling as Brock, who at this point had already returned Onyx made his way over to us.

"That was an amazing battle. I'm honored to say you've earned this badge" Brock commented handing me the Boulder Badge. I held it up for Gyarados to see, praising her a few more times before finally returning her promising to get her to the Pokémon Center.

"Mind if I head over to the Pokémon Center with you?" Brock asked I nodded saying sure. On our way over to the Pokémon Center we began talking about our dreams of being a Pokémon Master, and Pokémon Breeder respectively, all while being followed by an older man. After handing our Pokémon over to Nurse Joy, the man introduced himself to me as Brock's father. He said he watched our battle and heard our conversation on the way over and decided to take over the Gym so Brock could travel around and learn everything he needed to become the best Pokémon Breeder in the world.

"If that's the case, why don't you travel with me Brock? After all it's more fun traveling with friends" I offered to Brock who was excited to be allowed to travel the world. Brock agreed thanking me for the offer before reclaiming his Pokémon from Nurse Joy before telling me he was going to go pack his stuff and he'd meet me at the start of route 3.

ON HAND:

1. Pikachu (m) 2. Pigeotto (f) 3. Gyarados (f) 4. Beedrill (m)

AT THE RANCH:

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