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.
Note: I am not doing the Kalos Region. So fairy pokemon don't exist.
Chapter 40
Todd and Articuno
After Ash got the Fog Badge, he and the others visited the kimono sisters, who held the old japenese tea ceremonies. Misty became friends with the kimono sister's youngest sister Sakura, because she and Misty had the same thing in common; being the youngest sister in a family of sisters. The interesting thing was that Sakura had an Eevee and her eldest sisters had a Jolteon, Flareon, Vaporeon and Umbreon. When Ash told them that he had the same pokemon and an Espeon the girls were impressed, and Sakura decided to have her Eevee become an Espeon.
After visiting the Kimono sisters and leaving Ecruteak City, the gang were now on the way to Olivine City, where Ash could get his next badge. They were now walking through a meadow, but Misty was looking up at the sky. "The sky is getting dark," she said "I think it's going to rain". "I think you're right Misty," said Brock "we should hurry and find shelter before the rain starts". "You know it actually feels a bit cold here," said Ash "if we do find shelter here, I hope it will come with a nice warm fire".
Suddenly they heard a sound of a camera going click coming from the other side of some bushes. "What was that?" asked Ash. When they looked over the bushes to find out where the noise was from, they found out it was from their old friend Todd, who they met back in Kanto some time ago. "Hey Todd!" called Ash. Todd stopped taking pictures with his camera and saw Ash and the others. "Hey Ash, Tomo, Misty, Brock, it's good to see you guys again" he said. "It's good to see you too Todd" said Misty. "Yeah we haven't seen you in a while" said Brock. "So I take it you're here in Johto to take pictures of the Johto pokemon?" asked Ash. "Yes I am," replied Todd "but what I really want is to take a picture of an Articuno". "Really, an Articuno?" asked Tomo.
Ash looked at Articuno on the pokedex: Articuno, the freeze pokemon. One of the legendary bird Pokémon, it chills moisture in the atmosphere to create snow while flying.
Articuno, huh?" said Ash "I remember seeing one and Moltres and Zapdos in the Orange Islands". "I remember seeing them too" said Misty. "So do I" said Tomo. "What!?" gasped Todd "you mean you guys had seen all three of the legendary birds?" "Yes, Tomo, Misty and I met them in the Orange Islands," said Ash "Brock didn't see them because he wasn't with us when we saw them". "Wow, what was it like seeing all three legendary bird pokemon?" asked Todd. "Well it was cool seeing them, but it was also pretty dangerous too" said Ash. "Ash is right," said Misty "the three birds were fighting each other like crazy, and they nearly killed each other too". "Wow," said Todd "it seems you guys have ended up in some pretty dangerous adventures". "Believe me we have" said Ash.
Todd explained that Articuno was rumoured to be sighted high up in the snowy mountains, and that he was going there to take a picture of Articuno. "Do you mind if we tag along?" Ash asked Todd. "Yeah I'd love to see you take a picture of Articuno" said Misty. "And I want a chance to see Articuno since I didn't see it in the Orange Islands" said Brock. "Please say yes" said Tomo. Todd agreed; he thought it would be nice to travel with the gang again. Just then it began to snow. "I know I said that it was cold up here, but I didn't expect this" said Ash. "I suggest we find shelter," said Brock "it doesn't look like the correct weather to keep on going". The others agreed with him.
Luckily there was a house nearby. The house belonged to an old man and old woman named Marcello and Sophia, who were husband and wife, and the gang asked them if they could take shelter from the snow. The old couple agreed and gave them a hot drink. "I thank you for letting us stay here," said Brock "we can't really go anywhere while it's snowing". "It's no problem at all," said Sophia "but it is strange for it to be snowing though". "My wife is right," said Marcello "the weather around here never gets cold enough for snow even in winter. Besides it's not even winter yet". "It does seem strange to have cold weather at this time of year" said Brock. "Hmm," thought Ash "maybe there's a chance that this cold weather is caused by something". "What do you mean Ash?" asked Misty. "Well one time Prof Oak told me and my mum about this strange weather events on one of his research trips," said Ash "what happened was that the weather was fine, but then rain clouds came very quickly and it began to rain. The strange thing was that it was raining where he was but not anywhere else. But what the weird rainy weather really was a pokemon using the move rain dance on the professor. So my guess is a pokemon might be the cause of this strange weather". "You may have a point Ash," said Todd "I mean I've seen pokemon make strange weather all the time myself. So this weather must be the work of an ice pokemon". "Yeah, question is which one though?" said Ash.
Before anyone had time to think about Ash's question, there was a knock at the door. "I wonder who that is" said Misty. "Probably someone else wanting shelter from the snow" said Brock. When Sophia went to see who it was, it wasn't a human needing shelter from the snow, but five little pokemon. The five pokemon were both yellow, with brown stripes and a little green sprout growing out of their heads. "These pokemon are Sunkern" said Brock.
Ash looked at Sunkern on his pokedex: Sunkern, the seed pokemon. It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
Sofia placed the five Sunkern in front of the fire place to keep warm. "It's good to see the wild Sunkern again" she said. "You know these Sunkern?" asked Brock. "Oh yes wild Sunkern and Sunflora live around here," explained Sophia "Marcello and I have known the Sunkern and Sunflora ever since we married 50 years ago. And every year on our anniversary we have our picture taken with them". She showed the gang a photo album that had pictures of her and Marcello on their wedding anniversaries with the wild Sunkern and Sunflora.
Ash looked at Sunflora on the pokedex: Sunflora, the sun pokemon. The evolved form of Sunkern. Sunflora gets its energy from sunlight and its movements follow the rays of the sun.
"But because of this cold weather the Sunkern and Sunflora have all left," said Marcello "and it seems that this year my wife and I will just have to take a picture with these five Sunkern".
After the Sunkern warmed up by the fire, they began to talk. "Is something wrong?" Sophia asked them. Ash used his psychic powers to understand what the Sunkern were saying. "They're saying that they and the other Sunkern and Sunflora were attacked by the cold weather," he said "and that they came here for help because the Sunflora and Sunkern disappeared after the snow happened". Brock decided that they should check out the area to see what's going on. He felt that the cold weather didn't seem right, and the others agreed with him. "If we sort out this weather, maybe the Sunkern and Sunflora will come back again" said Todd. Sophia, Marcello and the gang all left the house to find out what was going on. The five Sunkern went with them in case they would be of help. Tomo was holding one of them because he had made a friendship bond with it back at the house. Sophia and Marcello led the gang to the slope, where the Sunkern and Sunflora usually were. The snow was starting to get heavier. "This weather is terrible," said Misty, who was trying to keep Togepi warm, "where is it coming from?"
Misty's question was soon answered. A herd of little brown pig pokemon were in the area and they were using different ice type attacks everywhere. Some used hail, some used powder snow, some used icy wind and the rest used blizzard. "Ah so that's the problem," said Todd "it's those Swinub causing the strange weather and it does make sense since they are ice type pokemon".
Ash looked at Swinub on the pokedex: Swinub, the pig pokemon. It has a very sensitive nose. It can locate mushrooms, berries, and even hot springs buried under ice.
"That's strange," said Marcello "these Swinub aren't supposed to be here. Their home is up in the snowy mountains". "What are they doing here?" asked Sophia "and where are the Sunkern and Sunflora?" "I see them, look!" said Tomo. Tomo pointed to the Sunkern and Sunflora, all covered in ice and snow. "We need to do something," said Brock "otherwise something bad will happen to the Sunkern and Sunflora". "I know what we can do" said Ash. He sent out his Houndour and told him and Tomo's Growlithe to use sunny day. Houndour and Growlithe both glowed red and then they both fired white orbs, from their mouths, into the sky. Then the sun shone brighter and the weather got warmer. The snow and ice began to melt and the Sunkern and Sunflora began to recover. "Your idea of using sunny day worked Ash," said Todd "you are such a genius". "And look," said Brock "since the weather is now warmer the Swinub have stopped using their ice moves attacks". "But we need to do something about them," said Misty "otherwise they may use their attacks again". The Sunkern, in Tomo's arms, jumped out of Tomo's arms, moved its seedling towards its mouth and blew into it. A soothing melody was played and then the Swinub fell asleep. "I know that move," said Ash "that was grass whistle; it puts the opponent to sleep". "That was great Sunkern!" cheered Tomo. Sunkern was happy with that comment. "Okay, now that the Swinub have calm down," said Misty "what should we do with them?"
Suddenly a man ran up to them. "Oh thank goodness," said the man "thank you for catching them". "Oh my," said Sophia "are all these Swinub yours?" "Oh no," said the man "these Swinub are wild pokemon, but they were chased out of their home in the mountains and I came here to search for them". He checked over the Swinub, to see if they were okay. The Swinub woke up and they were happy to see the man. "Please excuse me sir, but who are you?" asked Misty. "My name is Ranger Mike and I work in the snowy mountains" said the man. Ranger Mike explained that some trouble was happening in the mountains; it seemed a fire pokemon was disturbing all the pokemon in the snowy mountains. "What fire pokemon is it?" asked Ash. "I'm afraid I don't know," replied Ranger Mike "every time I do try to find out what it is, it quickly runs away before I have the chance to see it". "No wonder the Swinub are here," said Brock "having a fire pokemon about would make any ice pokemon leave their homes". "Yeah but it can't stay like this," said Ash "we need to investigate the snowy mountains to sort this thing out". Tomo, Misty, Brock and Todd agreed with Ash, and they asked Ranger Mike to lead them to the snowy mountains. Ranger Mike agreed to let the gang follow him back to the snowy mountains.
Before the gang left, Todd took a picture for Marcello and Sophia, with the Sunkern and Sunflora, for their 50th anniversary picture. Then Tomo asked the Sunkern, he had befriended, if it would like to come with him. The Sunkern agreed and Tom caught it. Now the gang and Ranger Mike went to walk up to the snowy mountain, with the Swinub.
Ranger Mike led the gang and the Swinub up to the snowy mountain. "Where are we going first?" asked Todd. "Well first off we are going to the pokemon center," said Ranger Mike "the Swinub can stay there, until we figure our fire pokemon problem". "I still wonder what the fire pokemon is" said Misty. "I'm surprised that a fire pokemon is roaming here on the snowy mountain," said Ash "I mean fire pokemon usually stay in warm places, because they don't like the cold much". "It's true that they don't, and I'm surprised there is one here too," said Ranger Mike "something is going on around here, and I'd like to know what it is". Ash and the others wanted to know too.
The pokemon center was located near the top of the snowy mountains. The Nurse Joy of that pokemon center was happy to see Ranger Mike and was relieved to see the Swinub herd. "I'm glad you found them Mike" she said. "So am I," replied Mike these Swinub ended up away from the snowy mountain". Nurse Joy led the Swinub to a cave that was next to the pokemon center. Ranger Mike explained that the cave had a lot of space, so they built the pokemon center near there so that Nurse Joy could use the cave for extra space. The gang all thought that was a clever idea, but they were surprised of what they saw in the cave. A lot of other pokemon had taken shelter in the cave as well as the Swinub herd. There were Stantler, Spearow, Geodude, Graveler and Zubat and Golbat. "Have all of these pokemon been driven out of their homes?" asked Todd, taking photos of them. "Yes," said Nurse Joy "and that mysterious fire pokemon is still causing more trouble over the snowy mountain". Ash started to look angry. "We should do something about this," he said "I mean we can't just let that fire pokemon get away with what it's doing". "Ash is right," said Todd "that pokemon needs to be stopped, or otherwise the pokemon in the cave won't have a home anymore". Misty, Tomo and Brock agreed with them, and so did Ranger Mike and Nurse Joy.
Ranger Mike discussed with Todd and the gang the whereabouts of where the fire pokemon was. "Apparently the fire pokemon was first located and the bottom of the snowy mountain and then kept making its way up to the top" he said. "Hmm, it seems strange that a pokemon is doing that," said Brock "I mean I know it's natural for wild pokemon to roam about in areas, but roaming like this doesn't seem right, especially since it's kicking other pokemon out of their homes". "I agree with you on that Brock," said Ranger Mike "which is why something should be done about this situation". "You don't suppose that the fire pokemon belongs to someone do you?" said Misty "I mean if it does, what if someone's ordering it to chase all the pokemon around here out?" "But who would do that?" asked Ash "and why?" "I think I may know the answer" said a voice.
The voice belonged to Officer Jenny. "I'm glad you're here Officer Jenny" said Ranger Mike. "Me too," said Officer Jenny "I got your call Nurse Joy, and I'm here to help". "That's great to know," said Nurse Joy "but why is a pokemon is chasing all the wild pokemon around here out of their homes?" "That would be because of Articuno," said Officer Jenny "since Articuno is normally seen around here, I fear that someone may be here to capture it". "But they can't do that," said Ranger Mike "especially since Articuno is said to be the guardian of this mountain". "Excuse me, but are you saying that an Articuno really lives here?" asked Todd.
Ranger Mike and Officer Jenny told the gang a story about Articuno. Centuries ago a group of travellers got lost on the snowy mountain. It was very, very cold and the travellers feared that they would die from the cold. They were just about to lose hope of living, but Articuno found them and led them to safety. The travellers were grateful to Articuno and they built a statue of it. Nurse Joy showed them the statue, which was outside the pokemon center. "Oh wow," said Todd "now I really am eager to take a picture of Articuno". He explained to Ranger Mike, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny that his wish was to take a picture of Articuno. "If you do take a picture of Articuno, I would love to see it and have it here in my pokemon center" said Nurse Joy. "I'd like to see it too," said Ranger Mike "but first we need to sort out this mysterious fire pokemon problem".
What they didn't know was that they were spied on; Jessie, James and Meowth had been listening to their story. "So the stories about Articuno being here are true," said Jessie "good thing we decided to come here to inspect for rare pokemon". "I'll say," said James "and capturing that Articuno would be great for Team Rocket". "Yeah," said Meowth "but the funny thing here is that the people in there think that a fire pokemon is causing trouble here". Jessie laughed. "But it's not a fire pokemon causing trouble," she chuckled "it's only just my new cute Granbull using flamethrower and fire blast". A Granbull was by her side and Jessie petted it. "I must ask Jess, how you got that Granbull?" asked Meowth. "Well I caught her, the day before we decided to inspect these mountains for Articuno" said Jessie.
(Flash back start)
"I was rubbing my Cloyster's shell by a lake to keep it clean, but then I heard a sort of whimpering noise in a bush. I went to have a look to see what the noise was about and I saw Granbull there. She was badly hurt; covered in horrible bruises and needed to get to a pokemon center. I changed my Team Rocket uniform into something normal, so not to reveal my identity, picked up Granbull and took her to a pokemon center. After being cared for and recovered by Nurse Joy, I carried Granbull back into the wood to set her free, but Granbull didn't want to leave me so I decided to catch her for myself".
"Flash back end)
"I know I'm a member of Team Rocket, but even I can't stand seeing a badly hurt pokemon". "Yeah I don't either Jessie," said James "I've seen badly hurt pokemon myself in the past, and it always moves me to tears". "Same with me, since I am a pokemon myself" said Meowth. "Okay, that's enough now," said Jessie "it's time to search for Articuno". She, James and Meowth wrapped up warm in big warm coats and set off into the mountain to look for Articuno.
Meanwhile Ranger Mike, Todd and the gang left the pokemon center to search for Articuno. They were all dressed in warm clothing, which they borrowed from the pokemon center, and had their eyes open. Tomo had returned Growlithe to his pokeball to keep warm and Misty had Togepi tucked inside her coat. So far the weather was right to walk in, but then it changed quickly; a blizzard had perked up. "Oh man," said Brock "this blizzard certainly came from out of nowhere". "Well this is a snowy mountain Brock, so an unexpected blizzard would turn up fast like this" said Ash. "Be careful kids," said Ranger Mike "we could end up in trouble in something like this". Tomo held on to Ash, so that he wouldn't get separated from him.
Suddenly Pikachu saw something blue in front of them. The humans saw it too. "It's Articuno" smiled Ash, and he was right. Articuno was flying in front of them and calming the blizzard down. The humans couldn't keep their eyes of Articuno. "I never thought I would ever see Articuno up close in person" said Ranger Mike. "It's beautiful" said Misty. Brock was happy that he finally got to see an Articuno since he had never seen one before.
Todd was just about to take a photo, with his camera, when suddenly a flamethrower came at Articuno. It was from Granbull; Team Rocket had followed the gang the whole time. "Thank you for leading us to Articuno" said Jessie. "Now we shall have the pleasure of taking it" said James. "It's Team Rocket!" shouted Tomo. "I take it you're responsible of driving the wild pokemon here out from their homes in the snowy mountain since your Granbull knows flamethrower?" said Ash. "Those wild pokemon got in the way," replied Jessie "so we just frightened them a little with Granbull's flamethrower". "If you think you are going to take Articuno, you are so wrong!" shouted Todd.
Jessie and James sent out Arbok and Weezing to battle, and Ash sent out his Pikachu and Houndour to battle. Jessie ordered her Arbok to use poison sting and James ordered his Weezing to use sludge bomb. Ash had Pikachu use thunderbolt against the poison sting attack, and had Houndour counter the sludge bomb attack with flamethrower. Arbok and Weezing's attacks were beaten. Jessie and James ordered their pokemon to attack again, with tackle and headbutt. Pikachu and Houndour dodged the attacks. Pikachu charged into Weezing with quick attack and Houndour bit onto Arbok's tail. "All right Granbull deal with that Houndour with your tackle" said Jessie. Granbull charged at Houndour to tackle him, but Houndour let go off Arbok's tail and jumped away to dodge Granbull. Granbull ended up tackling Arbok by mistake.
Ash was just about to give another command to Pikachu and Houndour, but Articuno interrupted him. "It seems that Articuno is going to join the fight now," said Ranger Mike "it notices that Team Rocket are bad people". Articuno fired an ice beam at Team Rocket and their pokemon, which froze them into blocks of ice. Then Articuno started to flap its wings. "It's using gust" said Ash. "This gust has more power than a Pidgey, Pidgeotto and Pidgeot all put together" said Brock. The gust attack blew Team Rocket away. "Thank goodness they're gone now," said Ranger Mike "Articuno is stronger than I thought it was". Todd quickly got out his camera and took Articuno's picture. "This is the best shot that I've ever taken" he said. Just then Articuno flew away into the sky. "It's a magnificent sight to see" smiled Ranger Mike, and the others agreed with him.
Back at the pokemon center, Ranger Mike told Officer Jenny about Team Rocket and Articuno. "I'm not surprised that those crooks would have something to do with it," she said "but at least they're out of here now". Nurse Joy was leading the wild pokemon out of the cave and told them that they could all go back to their homes now. "I'm glad it's over with" she said. Both Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy thanked Ranger Mike, Todd and the gang for sorting out the problem. "I'm glad we could help" smiled Brock. Todd's picture of Articuno was printed out big and placed on a wall inside the pokemon center, and it looked magnificent. Now the snowy mountain had two things in honour of Articuno; a photo and a statue.
The sun had begun to set, and the gang was ready to leave the snowy mountain to continue their journey. Todd decided that he was going to stay at the snowy mountain for a while, because he wanted to take more pictures of the pokemon in the area. So it was time for the gang to be separated from Todd again. Todd wished Ash luck in the Johto league and Ash wished Todd luck with his pictures. The gang bid farewell to Ranger Mike, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy and Todd and left the snowy mountain to continue their journey.
I decided to make the Articuno story into a sort of arc part. It seems a bit silly that the gang hardly ever mentioning the legendary pokemon they met in the movies during the episodes, which is why I intend to have the gang talk about them. Ranger Mike is my character. I thought Granbull suited Jessie because it's aggressive as she is.