Ash's Pokemon Journey
Summary: This story is about how I think that ash's journey should have gone through, Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova. Smart, a psychic and an Aura user (He'll find out about being a psyphic and Aura user later). I do not own pokemon.
Chapter 17
Princess Day, Todd and the test
Today Ash and his friends were at a city, but Ash was not having a good time. Today was Misty's favourite day of the year; Princess Day. Princess Day was a day for girls, with shopping sales and discounts. Ash, Brock and Tomo were feeling depressed; they had to carry all of Misty's shopping bags. Misty went on a real shopping spree; she brought clothes and shoes, hair clips, necklaces and bracelets, soft toys of water pokemon and new swim suits.
Right now they were at a café. Misty enjoyed eating anything sweet like cream cakes and ice cream. Ash, Brock and Tomo had something to eat as well; they needed more energy for the day. "Big brother I don't like this" complained Tomo. "I know Tomo," said Ash, rubbing Tomo's hair, "I don't like it either. But it's only for today so try to be patient".
Jessie was having a good time on Princess Day too. She had brought a ton of beautiful clothes and make up. She even brought a lot of food and jewelry. Poor James and Meowth had a hard time carrying the bags. As they were taking a breather in the park, Jessie spotted a pink pokemon. "Hey what's that?" she asked. "That's a Lickitung," said James, looking at it in a pokemon book, "it says here that its long tounge can leave its opponents paralyzed". Hearing that gave Jessie a good idea. "I'm going to catch it," she said "it may become useful to us". She chucked one of her pokeballs at the Lickitung and caught it with no trouble at all.
Back with the gang, Misty was checking out another clothes store. Then suddenly an announcement was heard. The announcement was about the Queen of the princess festival contest. And the grand prize was a pokemon princess doll set. Of course Misty and Jessie entered the contest. Soon there was a long line of beautiful girls, wearing Kimonos, on stage. Misty and Jessie were on stage too, wearing beautiful kimonos. The announcer showed off the prize. The pokemon princess doll set was beautiful. It held ten pokemon wearing kimonos. 'I'm going to win that doll set' thought Misty and Jessie together. The announcer then said that the contest wasn't just a beauty contest, but a pokemon battle contest. "You will need four pokemon to battle".
Misty went to Brock and Ash and begged them to borrow some of their pokemon. Ash was a bit reluctant at first, but after seeing Misty's pleading look, he agreed to. Brock agreed as well. So Misty's team was Pikachu, Ivysaur, Vulpix and Starmie. "So I take it that you want the pokemon princess doll set, right?" said Ash. "Yes I do," said Misty "the truth is while I was growing up my sisters got their own doll sets and all I ever got was their hand-me-downs. By the time I got them they were all broken and shabby. So now I will be getting a pokemon princess doll set of my very own". Ash, Tomo and Brock felt sorry for Misty and wished her luck. Misty placed Brock in charge of looking after Togepi.
Thanks to the pokemon she borrowed from Ash and Brock, Misty defeated her opponents one by one, until at last she was now in the finals. Her last opponent was Jessie. Jessie had never received her own princess dolls either as a child. So this was also her chance to obtain her own pokemon princess doll set. Jessie's team was Arbok, Weezing and Meowth. Pikachu defeated those three one by one. Jessie felt like giving up, but Meowth reminded her of Lickitung. "Oh yeah," Jessie said "I nearly forgot. Go Lickitung". Misty was amazed that Jessie had a new pokemon.
Ash looked at Lickitung on his pokedex: Lickitung, the licking pokemon. Its tongue, twice its body's length, moves around freely to catch prey. Its licks cause a tingling sensation.
"This maybe trouble for Misty" said Ash. And it was too. Lickitung's lick attack defeated Pikachu, Ivysaur and Vulpix. Misty grew frustrated and released her Starmie. Before Lickitung could hit Starmie with its lick attack, Misty had her Starmie use protect, which blocked Lickitung's toungue. Misty had trained her Starmie with Ash's Espeon, so Starmie had learned some psychic attacks as well as protect. "Hit it with hydro pump Starmie" commanded Misty. The hydro pump blasted Lickitung into Team Rocket and sent them blasting off again.
Misty was squealing for joy that she had won the contest and the pokemon princess dolls. She thanked Ash and Brock for their pokemon and collected her prize. Then she sent her new clothes, toys, accessories and her new doll set to Cerulean Gym. "I can't wait to see my sister's faces when they see my new pokemon princess doll set," Misty smirked "this will make them jealous". So everyone was happy in the end. Misty had won her own pokemon princess doll set and Ash, Brock and Tomo were relieved that Princess Day was finally finished.
A week after Princess Day the gang were now in a forest. Ash was training his Squirtle, Golduck and Gyarados. He knew that the Cinnabar Gym used fire type, and he had decided to use Squirtle, Golduck and Gyarados. "Your water pokemon look great Ash" said Misty. "Thanks Misty," said Ash "hey I know. Let's have a battle between our Squirtles". "Good idea" said Misty. So Misty and Ash had a mock battle with their Squirtles. In the process both Ash's and Misty's Squirtle learnt aqua tail and bubble beam. Just then Ash's Squirtle evolved into a Wartortle.
"Cool" said Ash and took out the pokedex: Wartortle, the turtle pokemon. The evolved form of Squirtle. Its furry tail is very popular as a symbol of long life.
After the mock battle the gang were tucking into Brock's rice ball. Just then Pikachu heard a rustling from the bushes. "Is something there?" said Ash "hey who's there?" There was no reply, but a lot of rustling from the bushes. Ash had his Wartortle soak the bush with water gun. When the water gun hit the bush, a teenager jumped out from the bush. "What are you trying to do?" shouted the boy "drown me?" "Well that was your fault for spying on us," said Ash "what were you doing anyway?" "Trying to take pictures of your pokemon," said the boy, revealing his camera, "I'm Todd a pokemon photographer". "That's impressive," said Ash "but it would be better if you ask us to take pictures, instead of spying on us". "Ahh but I like taking pictures while hiding," said Todd "it makes my photos exciting that way". Ash sweat dropped.
Todd and the gang had pancakes for a snack. Apart from bragging about of being a great photographer, Todd showed off all the pictures he ever took. "Wow these are very good pictures" said Ash. "Yeah," said Todd "but this one is my best shot yet". He showed them a photo of Aerodactyl. "Isn't that your Aerodactyl big brother?" asked Tomo. "Yes it is" said Ash. Todd was shocked by that and asked for an explanation. Ash explained about the incident at Grampa Canyon. "Wow you're lucky" said Todd.
After finishing lunch, the gang continued on their way. Todd was with them too; he wanted to take pictures of their pokemon. What they didn't know was that they were heading for trouble. Team Rocket was on their tail and had set up a pitful trap for them. Todd and the gang fell into the pitful trap. Team Rocket laughed. "What do you three want?" demanded Ash. "We want Todd's pokemon" said Jessie. Meowth explained that he had seen an article about Todd. "It even says that you have captured hundreds of pokemon, so we want all your pokemon". "That's right," said Jessie "so hand them over". "But I don't own any pokemon," said Todd "I do capture pokemon but only on my camera". "What?!" exclaimed Jessie. Meowth still had the article with him. James took a good look at it. "He's right," he said "it says that Todd is a photographer and captures pokemon on film". "I must have missed that bit" said Meowth sheepishly. Jessie whacked Meowth on the head because of his stupidity. "Oh matter," she said "we'll just grab the twerp's pokemon instead". Ash wasn't going to let that happen; he called out his Dragonair. "Dragonair blast Team Rocket away with twister" he said. Dragonair's twister sent them leaving in a hurry.
Todd was amazed by Ash's Dragonair and begged him to let him take a picture. Ash accepted that. Todd took a beautiful photograph of Dragonair. And last of all he took a photo of himself with the gang.
The gang were enjoying a relaxation in a park. Todd wanted to stay with them a bit more to see more of their pokemon. Ash was training his Pikachu, Cubone, Ninetails, Venonat, Doduo and Arbok. Todd and Tomo were watching. "Hey Ash," said Todd "I think you should take the Pokemon League Admissions Exam". "What's that?" asked Ash. "It's an exam you take," explained Todd "if you pass it you will be admitted into the pokemon league". Ash wasn't so sure about that; he liked travelling and collecting the gym badges. But he thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to check it out. "Okay I'll try".
They went to the building where the exam was taking place. Ash walked in and signed himself in. After filling out papers he was ready. The instructor said that he had to leave his pokeballs on the counter. So Ash did and left Pikachu in Tomo's care. He saw Nurse Joy in the building. Nurse Joy explained that she wanted to become a pokemon master. Team Rocket was in the building too; they decided that they could enter the pokemon league and become champions.
Soon the exams had begun. The first test was about a person's knowledge of pokemon. They had to answer true or false. Ash found this easy because he had studied about pokemon and travelling with pokemon had helped him so much as well. The next test was tricky. It was about a person's ability to recognize pokemon. That wasn't easy because there were some pokemon that you couldn't recognize that well. Jessie got in a rampage and called the test a joke. The head instructor expelled her immediately. James felt sorry for Jessie and declared that he would try hard for her too.
After the test was finished the scoreboards came up. Ash managed to get to the high score board. "I thought that the visual portion of the test was impossible" he said. James got the lowest score and hung his head in shame.
The last part of the test was pokemon battles. They had to battle the head instructor with three pokemon. There were belts, that held three pokemon and you weren't allowed to see what pokemon you received until the battle. Ash and James picked up their belts and got ready.
James went up against the head instructor before Ash. The first pokemon James sent out was a Pikachu and the the head instructor sent out Graveler. James had Pikachu use thunderbolt on Graveler. Of course that didn't work because electric types don't work on rock and ground types. James became frustrated and sent out his last two pokemon; an Ivysaur and a Charizard. The head instructor got angry at James's cheating and expelled him.
Ash was up next. His first pokemon was Weezing and the head instructor's was Flareon. The instructor had Flareon use flamethrower, but Ash told Weezing to dodge the attack. Ash came up with an idea. "Smog attack" he said to Weezing. The smog exploded after being hit by the flamethrower and threw Flareon backwards. "Now use your smokescreen" commanded Ash. Weezing covered the field and itself in smokescreen. Flareon couldn't see Weezing at all. "Now use tackle". Weezing tackled Flareon, knocking it out. 'One down, two to go' Ash thought.
The gang were impressed with Ash's tactics. "Ash is amazing when he battles with pokemon" said Todd. "I agree with that," said Misty "even though we have been together for a while, he still surprises me". Tomo was cheering for his elder brother. Brock comments that Ash battled with Weezing a lot better than James ever did. Team Rocket was watching from a background and was taking notes of Ash's battle style.
Ash's next pokemon was Arbok and the head instructor's was Jolteon. Ash remembered his own Arbok and Jolteon and knew exactly what to do. The instructor told Jolteon to use agility. "Quick," said Ash to Arbok "stop it with glare". Jolteon became paralyzed and couldn't move. "Now use poison sting" said Ash. As Jolteon couldn't move, it got hit by Arbok's poison sting. "Now use headbutt". Arbok headbutted Jolteon and knocked it out.
The head instructor was impressed with Ash's battling techniques and sen out his last pokemon; a Vaporeon. Ash last pokemon was Meowth. Ash was surprised; he had ended up having the same three pokemon that Team Rocket had. "Okay use screech" Ash commanded Meowth. Meowth screeched really loud; so loud that it made Vaporeon hold its ears in pain. "Now use pay day" Meowth's charm glowed and a flurry of gold coins hit Vaporeon. While Vaporeon was distracted by the coins, Ash commanded Meowth to use scratch. Meowth scratched Vaporeons face really hard and maked it faint. Ash had won and passed the test.
Jessie and James were impressed by the Meowth. "Hey I'm better than that Meowth" said Meowth, feeling insulted. "But you don't know screech or pay day" argued Jessie. Meowth hung his head in defeat and shame. "It's true," he said, miserably, "I only know scratch, fury swipes and bite". "Come now," said Jessie "it's time for payback".
The head instructor returned Vaporeon and congratulated Ash for his winning. He was just about to give an announcement to those who had passed the test, when a thunderbolt flew at him. The thunderbolt was from the Pikachu that James had borrowed for the exam. "Since we failed the test," said Jessie "we'll take revenge by swiping all the pokemon here". They ordered Pikachu, Ivysaur and Charizard to attack, but the head instructor ordered them to attack Team Rocket, and they did. "I take it it's because even though they are used for the exams," said Ash "you are their real trainer, correct?" "That is correct" said the instructor. Ash ordered Arbok, Weezing and Meowth to attack Team Rocket and then the head instructor ordered Ivysaur to send Team Rocket off with solar beam.
After Team Rocket left, the head instructor handed out badges to those who past the test. "With this badge," he said "you can now participate into the pokemon league". When Ash got his he spoke to the head instructor. "I really prefer traveling and collecting gym badges from gyms," he said "but is it okayif I kept mine as a memento". The head instructor agreed.
After saying goodbye to the head instructor, everyone left the building. And As and thegang were on their way to Cinnabar Island again.
I liked Todd. And before you ask, no Jessie will not keep Lickitung.