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 and Mega Evolutions don't exist.
Chapter 65
Granite Cave, Fishing and
The Mudkip Marsh
Thanks to Mr Briney, the gang had arrived to Dewford Island and they had a good night's sleep at the pokemon center. Now it was daytime and the gang started to think on what to do now. Ash was looking up Dewford Gym on the computer and saw that the gym leader used fighting type pokemon. "Are you going to use Taillow and Ralts?" asked Tomo, who knew that flying and psychic beat fighting type. "Yes I will," said Ash "but Ralts need's more training and practicing first. "Okay" said Tomo. Just then Brock told the others where he wanted to go; he wanted to go to a cave called Granite Cave that was located on Dewford Island. "The guide says that Nosepass can be found there," explained Brock "and I want one for myself". The gang understood that, especially since Nosepass is a rock type pokemon. "Why don't we all go there?" said Ash "we all might find a pokemon we want to capture there". "Yeah let's do that" said Max, excitedly. "And Mr Briney told us that his son Steven will probably be there, so I give this the good opportunity to meet him" said May. "You know," said Ash "I just found out on the computer that Steven is also a pokemon champion of Hoenn". "Really? Then we have to go and meet Steven"." asked Max "So the gang agreed to go to Granite Cave.
Granite Cave was located far away from the town of Dewford Island and it was one big cave. "Since this cave is so huge, how we will find our way through it and back?" asked May "I mean we will get lost in there". "Don't worry," said Brock "I have a solution to that". Brock took out a packet of big stickers from his back pack. "These stickers are markers," he said "and they glow in the dark so if we get lost we just follow the markers". "That's smart" said Max. The gang also got out their flash lights to see because it was dark in the Granite Cave. "Let's go" said Ash, and the gang went into the cave.
What the gang didn't know was that trouble was lurking about in the Granite Cave. Jessie, James and Meowth were in the cave, searching for pokemon. "I wonder what pokemon are lurking about in this cave" said Meowth. "Just as long as they're strong pokemon, it doesn't matter" said Jessie. "We better be careful though," said James "remember when we went into the rock tunnel back in Kanto? The pokemon in there kept on stampeding at us". "Yeah but you don't need to worry about that now, my Granbull will handle the stampede's with her roar attack" said Jessie. "That's right;" said Meowth "roar has the ability to frighten pokemon away, I've seen it before". "Good to know" replied James.
The gang had now walked a long, long way from the entrance of the cave. "I'm glad you're putting up markers Brock," said Ash "this cave is like a maze". "I agree with all the twists and turns," said Brock "and if Steven Stone is in here, well trying to find him won't be easy". Just then there was a whimpering noise echoing through one of the tunnels of the cave. "That sounds a child whose lost and scared," said Brock "we better see what the noise is". The gang followed the sound into the tunnel, where it was coming from. Then they found three pink and yellow pokemon that nearly looked like rabbits. "Hey those are Whismur" said Max.
May checked out Whismur on her pokedex: Whismur, the whisper pokemon. Usually, its cries are like quiet murmurs. If frightened, it shrieks at the same volume as a jet plane.
The three Whismur were trembling in fear. "Hey what's wrong?" asked Max. The Whismur started to speak. "They're saying that they are being chased by a Loudred" said Ash.
Ash looked n Loudred on his pokedex: Loudred, the big voice pokemon. The evolved form of Whismur. The shock waves from its cries can tip over trucks. It stamps its feet to power up.
"This Loudred must be bullying the Whismur" said Brock. "By why would Loudred bully these three Whismur?" asked May "I mean Whismur evolve into Loudred". "Well the truth is May pokemon do bully each other, especially pokemon who are in their final evolved forms," said Ash "they like to pick on pokemon who are still in their youngest forms. Brock, Tomo and I have seen it before". May couldn't believe her ears when she heard that pokemon do bully each other. Max comforted the Whismur and stroked their ears. The Whismur liked the stroking and saw Max as a friend. "I suggest we keep on going now," said Ash "if there is a troublesome Loudred in here, then I suggest we try to find Steven now and ask him for help". The others liked that idea. The three Whismur wanted to come too and the gang agreed to let them come along.
The gang was about to continue on but then they suddenly heard another noise; a rumbling nose. "What's that noise?" asked May, nervously. "It sounds like an earthquake to me" said Max. "It's not an earthquake," said Ash "that's a pokemon stampede". "Ash is right," said Brock "we've heard this sort of noise before". "What do we do?" asked May. "It sounds far away from here," said Brock, thoughtfully, "but we need to get out of here. It's dangerous to stay in an area when there's a pokemon stampede about". "I agree, we should get out of here" said May. But before the gang went anywhere, they suddenly fell through a hole and ended up falling done in different tunnels. The gang ended up separated; Ash, Pikachu, Tomo and Growlithe went down one tunnel together, May and Max, with the three Whismur, went down another tunnel together and Brock went down another tunnel alone.
Ash, Tomo, Pikachu and Growlithe ended up on a lower level of Granit Cave. "You lot okay?" asked Ash. "Yes, but what happened?" said Tomo. "Some pokemon must have been tunneling, which is why we ended up falling down a hole," said Ash "and my guess is that the pokemon stampede we heard earlier must have had some responsibility for it". "What do we do now Ash?" asked Tomo. Ash thought for a minute. "Tomo, Pikachu, Growlithe I need you three to be quiet for a moment while I think" he said. Tomo, Pikachu and Growlithe thought that Ash might use his psychic power for help, so they stayed very quiet. Ash closed his eyes. 'We are now lost in this cave,' he thought 'and we still haven't found Steven Stone. I need to calm down and think of what to do'.
Suddenly Ash, with his eyes still closed, saw a blueish light outlining of the cave. He opened his eyes and stopped seeing the blue light. 'What was that?' he wondered. He closed his eyes again to focus on the blue light again. The blue light appeared again and it showed him surroundings of the cave. It even showed him the presence of a human in the cave. He opened his eyes again. "Come on Tomo, Pikachu, Growlithe," said Ash "I think I now know where we need to go". Tomo, Pikachu and Growlithe didn't understand what Ash had been doing, but they followed him. Ash had his eyes closed and the blue light was helping him know where they had to go. 'I don't know what it is I'm seeing now,' thought Ash 'I mean this is not my psychic power doing this. But whatever it is, it's helping us at the moment'. He and the others kept on running.
At that time a light steel haired man was walking around in the cave with an Aron beside him; the man was Steven Stone. Aron was a rock and steel type pokemon, with blue eyes, a grey underbelly and its body was covered in a grey armor. They had heard the noise of the pokemon stampede and they also saw the hole that the gang had fell in earlier; Steven wanted to know what was going on. Just then Ash, Tomo and their pokemon ran towards him. "Excuse me but are you by any chance Steven Stone?" asked Ash. "Yes I am," said Steven "are you boys lost?" "Yes we are" said Ash. He told Steven about when he and the others fell down a hole after they heard the pokemon stampede. "I understand and I think I might know what's been happening," said Steven "you see Aron live in this cave and I have been hearing a pokemon making a loud ruckus in the cave, so the Aron must be upset with it". "Loud ruckus?" said Ash "I wonder if that Loudred might be the case". He told Steven about the meeting with three Whismur and that they were chased into the cave by a Loudred. "If that Loudred is the case then we better sort it out at once," said Steven "it's not good if the peace in this cave is disturbed. You lot follow me; I know all of inside and out of this cave because I've been exploring it for a while now". Ash and Tomo were delighted and they followed Steven at once.
Meanwhile Brock was trying to find the others. "This is going to be hard, especially since none of my markers are here," said Brock "I hope the others are okay". Suddenly he heard a noise; a moaning noise. "That sounds like someone are hurt, I better see at once". Brock followed the sound of the noise and he found five Nosepass and they looked like they had been in a fight. "Hold on Nosepass, I'll help all of you" he said. He grabbed some super potions from his ruck sack and sprayed them on the five Nosepass. "There we are now, but what happened to all of you?" One of the Nosepass did a demonstration of a pokemon thumping about like crazy. "Was the pokemon by any chance a Loudred?" asked Brock. Brock thought that the same Loudred that bullied the Whismur was behind it, and his hunch was right because the Nosepass nodded yes. "Okay Nosepass I got separated from my friends, so if you help me find them we can sort out the Loudred problem". The five Nosepass were happy to help Brock and one of them used their nose compass to help him find his way.
May and Max and the three Whismur were running down the tunnels like crazy. They had run into a swarm of Aron and they were angry. "What on earth did we do to make the Aron angry?" asked May. "We didn't do anything," answered Max "Aron can be the aggressive type". Right now they had come to an underground waterfall and the Aron were all around them. "Now what do we do?" asked May, panicky. Just then Brock turned up and saw the commotion. He was about to think of something, but then Steven, Ash and Tomo turned up. Steven ordered his Aron to use roar and the all the wild Aron calmed down. "It's all right now," said Steven "the Loudred isn't here and these people are good people. Go back to your tunnels now". The Aron did as they were told.
May, Max and Brock were grateful and thanked Steven, as well as introducing themselves to him. "I'm happy to have helped all of you," said Steven "but I need to find that Loudred. It has caused a lot of trouble in this cave and not to mention it had disturbed the pokemon who live here. You wait here while I search for it". Then he took off. "Will Steven be all right?" asked Mean "I mean won't he get lost?" "Don't worry," said Ash "he told Tomo and I that he has been exploring this cave for a while now so he knows his way round". "That's good to hear" said Max.
Just then an Aron pooped out from the ground, but this Aron had a green underbelly, red eyes and its armor was a greenish color. "That Aron is shiny," said Ash "which is great because I'm going to catch it". He ordered Pikachu to use focus punch on Aron, and Pikachu punched a direct hit on Aron; as fighting beats steel types. Ash captured Aron at once in a pokeball. Suddenly the pokeball disappeared. "What happened?" asked May. Ash explained that when a pokemon trainer has six pokemon on him or her, the next pokemon it captures go straight to pokemon professor's lab, where the trainer obtained the trainer's license from. "So my Aron has gone to Prof Oak's lab," said Ash "and in your case May, your seventh captured pokemon will go to Prof Birch's lab because you got your license there. "Oh I see" said May. Max turned to the three Whismur and said that he wanted to catch them. "I want us to be together as friends forever, so can I catch you?" he said. The three Whismur accepted; they wanted to stay with Max too, so Max captured them. Brock saw captured the five Nosepass; he wanted one for himself and the other four would be for Pewter Gym. May started to feel left out because everyone, including Max, had more pokemon than her. "Don't worry May," said Ash "we still have many more places in Hoenn to visit, so you will catch some more pokemon".
At that moment Steven came back. "Did you find the Loudred?" asked Brock. "No," said Steven "it seems that the Loudred is no longer roaming around in Granite Cave". "If it has left then good riddance," said Brock "especially after all the trouble it caused". Steven agreed. With Steven's help, the gang got out of Granite Cave and Steven also took them to a far side of the island where the gang could train their pokemon. "We thank you for helping us out Steven" said Ash. "I'm glad I was able to help," said Steven "I must ask have you seen my father, the president of the Devon Corporation?" "Yes we have and he sends you his regards" answered Ash. "That's great to hear that my dad is okay" said Steven. Steven said goodbye to the gang and left to find another place to explore, and the gang both though what a day they had today. "I wonder what had happened to that Loudred in Granite Cave" said May. "Don't know," said Brock "maybe it got captured by someone". "Well if someone has, at least Loudred isn't causing any more trouble" said Ash.
What had happened to Loudred was that Jessie had captured it for herself. Team Rocket encountered Loudred scaring off a swarm of Zubat in the cave, and Jessie was impressed with it so she captured it. Now Team Rocket was out of Granite cave. "It's a pity we never caught any of the pokemon inside the cave" said James. "Never mind I'm glad I captured my Loudred," said Jessie "but at least we can go somewhere else". "Yes let's do that" said Meowth. So Team Rocket started to plan their next destination.
The gang was planning out what to do while they were camping out near a beach on Dewford Island. Ash was training his Ralts to help her get ready for Dewford Gym; right now she was practicing her two new moves; psychic and magical leaf. "You are doing very well Ralts," said Ash "in fact you grow stronger every day". Ralts was happy with that comment from Ash. May and Max were watching. "You should get some practicing with battling too May," said Max "remember you battle your opponents in the pokemon contest, and you still don't understand about pokemon battling". "You're right I don't" sighed May. "Not to mention you haven't practiced for the appeal rounds yet" said Max. "Okay, you don't need to rub it in" said May. It was true though; May hadn't really been practicing and training recently, she had just been watching Ash and Tomo train their pokemon.
Just then Brock called everyone over. "Is something wrong Brock?" asked May. "No nothing's wrong," said Brock "I just read in the guide that many different pokemon roam in the sea around here". That gave Ash an idea. "If there are lots of water pokemon around here, then let's do some fishing" he said. "I agree," said Tomo "we can all catch a new water pokemon then". So everyone agreed to do some pokemon fishing. May and Max didn't have any fishing rods, but Ash and Tomo said they could borrow theirs after they were done.
The gang found a fishing spot and Ash, Tomo and Brock cast their fishing lines into the ocean. May and Max could only watch and wait for their turn. "What you have to know about pokemon fishing are two things;" said Ash "one it takes patience to get a bite, which means you must always wait, and two you must be quiet when fishing otherwise you'll scare the pokemon away with noise". May and Max understood and stayed quiet. A few moments later, Brock's line started to pull. "Did you get something?" asked May. "Yes, and now I reel in the pokemon" said Brock. He reeled in his fishing line and then a brown sort of fish, with a red spot on each side of its body, came out. "Whoa what's that pokemon?" asked Tomo.
May had a look of the pokemon on her pokedex: Relicanth, the longevity pokemon. A rare Pokémon discovered during a deep-sea exploration. It has not changed in over 100 million years.
"Wow what a catch" said Max. Brock called out his Lotad and ordered it to use razor leaf on the Relicanth. As Relicanth was a rock and water type, Lotad's Razor leaf attack was super effective and Relicanth was hurt by the attack. Brock captured Relicanth at once with a pokeball. "So do you understand now how water pokemon fishing works?" asked Brock. "You're right we do" said May and Max together. Just then Ash's line started to pull and Ash lured in the pokemon. A purple fish, with grey-blue fins, tail and dorsal fin came out. "Hey that's a Feebas, but it's different colored" said Max.
May looked at Feebas on her pokedex: Feebas, the fish pokemon. It is the shabbiest Pokémon of all. It forms in schools and live at the bottom of rivers.
"Shabby pokemon is right" said May. Ash ordered Pikachu to use thunderbolt on the Feebas, but Feebas used mirror coat and the thunderbolt attack bounced back. "That mirror coat will be handy," said Ash "okay Pikachu use iron tail". Pikachu whacked Feebas hard with his iron tail attack, and then Ash captured Feebas with a pokeball. "Another new pokemon for me" smiled Ash, and the pokeball went to Prof Oak's lab. Then Tomo's line started to pull and he caught a pokemon that looked like a seal, but chubbier.
May looked at the pokemon on her pokedex; Spheal, the clap pokemon. It rolls across ice floes to reach shore because its body is poorly shaped for swimming.
Tomo didn't need to weaken Spheal to catch it; because of its chubby body it had trouble moving about on the land and it was easily caught in the pokeball. The pokeball also went to Prof Oak's lab because Tomo also had six pokemon on him.
Now it was May and Max's turn to fish. Ash and Tomo gave their rods to May and Max to use. "Remember nice and easy, and when you get a pokemon don't panic" said Brock. Just then May's line started to pull. "Okay just relax now May and reel it in" said Ash. May reeled it in as Ash instructed her and then a Staryu came out. "Oh I love Staryu because of their jewel in the middle" said May. "Quick May use Bellossom to catch the Staryu; grass beats water" said Ash. May released Bellossom and ordered her to use petal dance. Staryu got really hurt by the petal dance and fainted, and then May captured Staryu in a pokeball. "This Staryu will be great in a pokemon contest" suggested May. Just then Max's line started to pull. "I wonder what pokemon I've got" said Max, excitedly. He caught a Seel and thanks to his Shroomish' help with stun spore, he caught it in a pokeball.
Everyone was happy with their new captures and May and Max enjoyed their first experience of fishing. "Thanks for letting us borrow your rods Ash and Tomo" said May. "Our pleasure" said Ash. May couldn't stop admiring her Staryu's red jewel and Max was hugging his Seel non-stop. Ash, Tomo and Brock could see that May and Max was happy with their new pokemon. Ash was about to go back to his pokemon training, but then he saw a red pokemon that looked a lobster on the shore. "What's that pokemon?" he said.
He looked at the pokedex: Corphish, the ruffian pokemon. Its hardy vitality enables it to adapt to any environment. Its pincers will never release prey.
"Sounds like a cool pokemon, I'm going to catch it" said Ash. He ordered Pikachu to use thunderbolt on the Corphish, but the Corphish used protect against the thunderbolt attack, and then it whacked Pikachu with metal claw attack. "This pokemon is tricky, but I like it" said Ash. He called back Pikachu and sent out his two Wurmples to help. "Okay Wurmples use string shot to trap that Corphish". The Wurmples fired string shot at the Corphish and trapped it in the silk. Corphish tried to break free from the string shot. Ash quickly threw a pokeball at Corphish and captured it. "Two new water pokemon in one day" said Ash. He thanked his two Wurmples for their help.
Suddenly the Wurmples started to glow and evolve. Both of the Wurmples evolved into cocoon type pokemon, with spikey limbs, but one of them was white and the other was pink. "That white one is a Silcoon and the pink one is a Cascoon" said Max.
Ash looked at them on the pokedex: Silcoon, the cocoon pokemon. The evolved form of Wurmple. It wraps silk around the branches of a tree. It drinks rainwater on its silk while awaiting evolution. Cascoon, the cocoon pokemon. The evolved form of Wurmple. It never forgets any attack it endured while in the cocoon. After evolution, it seeks payback.
"Wow so Wurmple can evolve into either Silcoon or Cascoon huh?" said May "so what does Cascoon and Silcoon evolve to?" "Silcoon will evolve into Beautifly and Cascoon will evolve into Dustox" answered Max. May hoped her Wurmple will evolve to Silcoon because she wanted a Beautifly, not a Dustox.
By that time, the sun was starting to set and Brock fixed up some dinner. "We we've been through quite a day actually;" said Brock "especially with all the pokemon capturing". "I'll say I feel exhausted now" said Ash. "Then we'll have an early night after we've finished our dinner" said Brock. And the others saw nothing wrong with that.
Today the gang was walking down a river bank. May was feeling happy at the moment; yesterday while she was training her pokemon with Ash and Tomo, her Wurmple evolved into a Silcoon. So May was happy that she was going to have a Beautifly. Right now the gang had arrived at a muddy marsh. "Where are we?" asked Tomo.
Before anyone could look at the maps or pokenavs, they suddenly saw some baby Mudkips by a lake. "They're so cute" said May. "I wonder who they belong to?" said Ash. Just then a slightly bigger Mudkip came out of the bushes. "That Mudkip must be the guardian of the baby Mudkips" said Brock. Mudkip looked angry at the gang. 'I bet that Mudkip thinks of us as trespassers and thinks we are going to take the entire baby Mudkips away' thought Ash. He released his Mudkip from the pokeball and with Mudkip's help Ash managed to convince the Mudkip that they were not here to take away the baby Mudkips and that they were passing through. Mudkip still stared at them to make sure that they were telling the truth.
At that moment an old man came up to the gang. This old man had a haircut that made him look like a Mudkip. "And what are you kids doing here?" said the man "this is private property". "We do apologize to you sir," said Brock "the truth is we are lost and have no idea where we are". The old man introduced himself as Mr Swampy and led them ho is cabin. Inside the cabin, the gang saw blue and orange pokemon eggs. "Are these Mudkip eggs?" asked Ash. "That they are" smiled Mr Swampy. Just then one of the Mudkip eggs glowed and hatched into a baby Mudkip. "Wow, looking at pokemon hatch from eggs is totally awesome" said Max. "It certainly is" smiled Tomo. "I must ask you Mr Swampy," said Ash "is this by any chance a center where you breed baby Mudkips and then send them off to new starter trainers?" "Yes it is," said Mr Swampy "how did you guess that?" "Well Prof Oak once told me that he got the Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle starter pokemon from special pokemon breeding centers where they bred Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle," said Ash "and Prof Elm in Johto told me the same thing with Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile". "Wait, so is that where the starter pokemon come from before pokemon professors give them to starter trainers?" asked Max. "That is correct" said Mr Swampy. "Prof Oak also told me that the centers keep their locations a secret from everyone, except pokemon professors" said Ash. "That is true," said Mr Swampy "we fear that somebody might come to any of the centers and take away all the baby starter pokemon, which is why you five must keep this place a secret". "We promise" replied Ash. The others promised too.
Suddenly they heard some sort of cow bell noise from outside. "That's the alarm I put up incase intruders come here" said Mr Swampy. He feared that the Mudkips might be in trouble so he quickly went out the door and the gang followed him. Mr Swampy was right about the baby Mudkips being in trouble; two men were placing the baby Mudkips in sacks. "Hey leave those Mudkips alone!" shouted Mr Swampy. "Sorry old man," said one of the men "but these Mudkips belong to us now". Then he and the other man started to run away. "Oh no you don't!" shouted Brock. He released Lotad and Fortress from their pokeballs and ordered them to attack the men with water gun and swift. The men dropped the sacks that held the baby Mudkips after they were hit. The only Mudkip that wasn't in the sack was the bigger Mudkip and it knocked the men out with tackle. "Hey that Mudkip sure is strong" said Brock. "You're right about that" said Mr Swampy.
Mr Swampy tied the crooks up with strong rope and gave them over to the police. "I thank you kids for helping me save the baby Mudkips" Mr Swampy said to the gang. "I'm relieved that the entire baby Mudkips are okay" said Ash. Brock was petting the head of the bigger Mudkip. "You are a very good guardian of these baby Mudkips, Mudkip" he said. Mr Swampy saw the bonding between Brock and the Mudkip. "Brock would mind doing something for me?" he asked. "Sure what is it?" said Brock. "I want you to be that Mudkip's new trainer," said Mr Swampy "you see that Mudkip is really a wild Mudkip, not one of the Mudkip I bred here. And it's really time for it to leave because it is already grown up and strong. So Brock please take it with you and become its partner always". Brock accepted the offer at once and was happy to have his own Mudkip.
After that, the gang said good bye to Mr Swampy and the baby Mudkips, vowing never to tell anyone else about their location.
I don't understand why, in the anime, that Steven wasn't mentioned a champion nor why the Silcoon and Cascoon didn't have the spiky limbs, so I made sure to mention them. Don't worry about Wallace; he will be mentioned as champion of Hoenn when the gang meets him at the Wallace Cup. Brock should have had his own Nosepass in the anime, especially since he ended up with his own Sudowoodo in the anime. May should have had a Staryu or Starmie in the anime because she loves jewelry. One of Max's Whismur will evolve all the way to Exploud and another Whismur will just become a Loudred, and the last one will stay a Whismur. I like the shiny Milotic myself which is why Ash's Feebas is shiny. What the blue light in Ash's eyes was Ash was starting to use Aura, but he won't know about what Aura is until the Lucario Movie, but he will be developing more of his Aura power during the story before that. I thought Loudred suited Jessie because of her temper. Thank you every one of the votes deciding that Max will catch a Seel. Now I've put up two poll votes; I don't know whether May's Plusle and Minun should be shiny or not. And I don't know whether Ash's Bagon and Trapinch should be shiny or not. Please help me decide by voting.