"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded as he swung his right arm toward his Dragonite. The trainer from Pallet Town was busy training his Pokémon for future Pokémon World Championships battles. He always wore an open blue vest with yellow outlines over his white shirt, and his shorts were a dark shade of blue. His hair was raven-shaped, and he had two distinctive thunderbolt markings on his face. The red hat on his head had the symbol of a Pokéball in the middle, and the symbol had a black outline and a green center.
"Chuuu!" Pikachu exclaimed as the electricity from his cheek shot out toward the Dragon Pokémon.
"Good!" Ash praised as he watched bolts of electricity flash toward Dragonite. "Dragonite, dodge it and use Dragon Claw! Pikachu, counter it with your Iron Tail!"
Dragonite swiftly dodged the Thunderbolt by turning its body. Then, his right fist became enveloped in a green claw-shaped light as he charged toward Pikachu. "Dra!" he cried as he thrusted his fist out toward the Mouse Pokémon.
Pikachu began to run toward the oncoming Dragonite and nimbly leapt into the air. His tail started to glow white, and he twisted his body so that it would hit Dragonite's claw. The impact caused the wind to pick up, and both Pokémon were blasted apart from each other.
"Dragon!" Dragonite panted as it was hovering in the air.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu shouted after landing on the ground.
"Nice job!" Ash beamed while looking at the two Pokémon. "Now, why don't we practice your other moves? Dragonite, use—"
"Hey, Ash!" a voice shouted. "Cerise wanted to see us!"
Ash stopped talking and turned around to see his friend Goh standing inside a nearby building. He wore a grey shirt with a rectangular symbol of a Pokéball in the middle. The edges of his shirt were outlined in red, and his red socks clashed with the black pants and gray shoes he wore. Unlike Ash, Goh had a very different goal in mind. His dream was to catch every Pokémon, but he wanted the Mythical Pokémon Mew most of all since he was a small child.
"Alright! I'm coming!" Ash responded to Goh. His Pikachu quickly hopped onto his left shoulder, and both of them joined Goh in the Cerise Laboratory.
The Cerise Laboratory was a laboratory maintained by Professor Cerise in Vermilion City. It was relatively new, and Ash and Goh were Cerise's research assistants. The professor had other assistants whose names were Chrysa and Ren. While Ash and Goh collected data from the outside world, the other assistants would help Cerise analyze it.
As they walk into the lab, they spotted a man wearing a lab coat and brown glasses with a young girl standing beside him. The man was the talented Professor Cerise, and the girl whose name is Chloe was his daughter.
Chloe was wearing a dark pink shirt with light pink flowers on it, and she had a yellow jacket around her waist. She was currently holding her Eevee, and a Yamper was lying near her feet. Unlike the boys, Chloe doesn't have a specific dream in mind, but she was still searching for one.
(At the Junkyard)
Ash, Pikachu, Goh, Cinderace, Inteleon, Chloe, Yamper and Eevee were at the Vermillion city junkyard and Ash spotted a yellow Volkswagen Beetle.
"Whoa, this is one awesome car" Ash said as he walked towards the Volkswagen.
"But the paint's faded" Chloe said
"Well, It's custom" Goh said
"So, its custom faded" Chloe said
Goh noticed the keys in the ignition.
"Hey, Ash. They left the keys here" Goh said
Ash looked at the ignition and the keys were there. He also sees a weird-looking symbol on the steering wheel.