Pikachu Evolves and Crystal gets a Friend

Crystal is a Pichu with awesome power. Pikachu and Claire are in the back garden teaching Crystal how to use her electrical power. Pikachu stood at the back of the garden and was shouting over to Crystal "Pika pika. Pika pi" (Thunder me. Crystal). Pikachu wants to know how strong Crystal's electrical power is so he wants her to shock him with it. "Pi pichu" (I won't do it) shouts Crystal becoming upset. Crystal was beginning to get tears in her eyes from the commands Pikachu was shouting, she doesn't want to shock her own father. "Rai raichu rai rai, chu raichu" (We can't keep asking her to do this, she's too young) Claire shouts over to Pikachu. Pikachu runs back up to Claire and Crystal who is now crying. "Pika pi, pikachu pika pika" (Crystal, please don't cry) said Pikachu. Crystal stopped and looked up at her father who was looking upset as well. Pikachu began to play with his daughter who soon became happy again. Crystal began to giggle and Claire remembered what happened when Ash tickled her. "Raichu chu rai raichu" (Don't make her laugh) Claire shouted. Crystal let out a high pitched laughter and sparks began to spring up from all over her body and then a huge shockwave of electricity flew out hitting Pikachu and Claire zapping them and hurting them. Claire managed to get back up from the blast but she was unsteady on her feet. Claire heard crying coming from a plant pot next to the door. Pikachu slowly rose and he was unsteady on his feet to. "Pika pikachu" (Very powerful) Pikachu commented weakly. "Rai" (Very) Replies Claire. "Rai raichu raichu rai" (She does get it all from you). Claire picked up the crying Pichu and cradled her in her arms as she and Pikachu walked back into the house to give Crystal time to rest.

Ash has been out all day helping Prof Oak with some research and Misty stayed home keeping an eye on Crystal. Misty picked up Crystal and began to sing to her, singing a lullaby. Crystal soon fell asleep in her arms while Misty sang and when Misty saw that she had fell asleep she took her up stairs and put her in a cot that was made for her. Claire and Pikachu followed Misty upstairs as she put Crystal in her cot. When Claire and Pikachu reached the top of the stairs Misty had put Crystal to bed. "She's fine" Misty said "She was very sleepy, come on lets go down and wait for Ash to come back".

Ash was helping Prof Oak with his Muk, it was too attached to Prof Oak and whenever Muk saw Prof Oak he always jumped on him. Ash needed to teach Muk not to do it but it was harder than expected. Ash decided the only way for Muk not to cause problems in the lab was to take Muk with him on his journeys.

"Honey I'm Home" Ash shouted as he opened the door to his house and began to laugh. "I've always wanted to say that, Hahahahahahah". "Pppiiiiiiiiii……" came a loud cry from upstairs. Ash woke Crystal up when he shouted. "Oh, no" he sighed. 'Flash'. A yellow light flashed upstairs from Ash's bedroom. Pikachu came running out from the living room and stopped at Ash's feet with an angry expression on his face and Claire took off up the stairs to her crying daughter. "Sorry Pikachu I didn't know" Ash said looking at Pikachu. "Pika pika" (You better be) Pikachu says angrily and he turns and runs up the stairs. "Ash! Is that you" comes a voice from the living room. Ash walks in and sees Misty sat on the couch. "How has Crystal been today?" Asked Ash. "Fine, but she certainly has her fathers power" replies Misty.

"Rai rai" (There there) says Claire in a soothing voice. Crystal soon stopped crying and went back to sleep in Claire's arms. Pikachu puts his paws on his cheeks as he feels that he may have too much electricity stored in them. "Pika pikachu" (I'm going out side) Pikachu says still holding his cheeks. "Rai? Raichu?" (Why? What for?) Asks Claire. "Pikachu" (To discharge) answers Pikachu. "Rai" (ok). Pikachu walks out of the bedroom and starts down the stairs thinking of something bad. "I hope I'm going to have that power struggle again" Pikachu says in his mind. "But I don't know if I want to remain a Pikachu or evolve into a Raichu, but the main problem is will I change on the inside?". Ash sees Pikachu go past the living room door. Ash gets up and follows Pikachu into the back garden to apologize to him for waking Crystal up. "I'll evolve, there's no point in staying a Pikachu because one of these days I will evolve" thinks Pikachu as he moves into the garden. Ash peeked out from behind to open back door to see what Pikachu was up to when he saw a thunder cloud appear above him. A huge lightening bolt comes crashing down on Pikachu which starts his evolution. "Pikachu no!" Ash says to himself unable to move. Pikachu's ears grew bigger and wider, he grew taller, he legs and feet became bigger and more powerful and his lightening shape tail became a lot longer, flexible and stronger. As soon as the glow of light faded Ash could no longer see his once beloved Pikachu and now he saw a Raichu standing in his place. When the evolution was over the newly evolved Raichu collapsed onto the grass unconscious.

Several hours past while Raichu was out cold. Raichu woke up in a bed, Ash's bed. "What happened to me?" Raichu said in his mind. He sat up to see his love on the end on the beg asleep and his daughter next to him. Raichu looked around the room to see if Ash was there waiting for him to wake up like he did before on they're journeys but he wasn't. "Rai…." he stopped and put his paws over his mouth. "I'm a Raichu!" Raichu says in his mind. Crystal's ears perked up and she woke up . Raichu looked down at his daughter wondering if she will recognize him now that he as evolved. "Pppiiiiii" Crystal yawned. "Pichu pi pichu" (Mom he's awake) Crystal shouted. Claire opened her eyes and slowly got up, still sleepy she walked over to Raichu. Claire sat in front of him and kissed him on the cheek. "Rai raichu rai rai chu raichu rai" (Thank God your alright I was so worried about) said Claire. "Raichu rai chu rai raichu chu rai rai raichu" (Your still the same pokemon that I know on the inside). "Pi pichu" (You look different) says Crystal looking at her father. "Rai raichu rai raichu rai" (Yes Crystal I evolved last night). Crystal hugged her father lovingly and Raichu hugged her to. "Rai rai raichu?" (Aren't you mad at me?) asks Raichu to his love. "Chu" (No) Replies Claire. "Rai raichu rai" (I still love you). Raichu sat in thought and a grim thought entered his mind. "Will Ash still like me?". The bedroom door opened and Ash and Misty walked in with a dinner tray in their hands. They set the trays down on the bed, the trays had blows of food for them. Raichu looked at Ash who was smiling at him. Raichu got up and walked over to Ash. "Rai rai raichu rai?" (Aren't you mad at me either?) Raichu asked sadly. Ash picked up his new pokemon understanding what he said. "Nothing on this Earth can make me mad at you, Raichu" Ash replied answering Raichu's question. Raichu hugged his trainer very happily and then he thought of something. "I act and think like I'm still Pikachu". Knowing that his personality hasn't changed he became very happy. Ash put Raichu down back on the bed and he was joined by Claire and their daughter Crystal.

Crystal was in the back garden playing with a small ball that she found when she was looking around in the bedroom. Crystal stopped when she heard a rustle in the bush closest to her. She crept close trying to see what was there. When she came right up to the bush she poked her head in and she saw a very young Eevee, about as old as she was. "Pi" (Hi) she said happily. The Eevee was afraid of this pokemon that was talking to it. "Pi pichu?" (Want to play?) Crystal asked. The Eevee just looked at her. "Pi pichu pi?" (What's your name?). "Eev" (Eve) replied the Eevee still scared of her.

"Pi Pichu, Pi pichu?" (I'm Crystal, Want to play?) Crystal asks again. Eve could see now that Crystal won't hurt her and that Crystal was a child like her so Eve decide to play with Crystal. Claire and Raichu could hear another voice outside so they went to see who it was. Eve stopped and froze when she saw the two Raichu's in the door. "Pi, Pi" (Mom, Dad) shouts Crystal. Eve looked at Crystal. "Pi pichu pichu" (This is my friend Eve). A smile came onto Eve's face hearing the Pichu say that she was her friend. Eve could see that the Raichu's were also smiling and for some reason she didn't feel scared any more. The two Raichu's sat down on the grass and just watched Eve and Crystal play with the ball. "Eev eevee eevee?" (Am I really your friend?) asked Eve. "Pi" (Yeah) replies Crystal happily. Ash came out and sat down on a deck chair and he began to sort out his poke-balls by their type. Ash put and Ultraball to close to the edge of the chair and it fell off and rolled down to where the two playing pokemon are. Eve sees the ball and she goes for it not knowing that it was a poke-ball. "Pichu" (Eve no" Crystal shouts but it was too late as Eve's nose touched the button of the ball and it opened and before Crystal knew it Eve was gone. The ball didn't even shake which meant Eve was no Ash's pokemon. Ash looked up to see Claire and Raichu comforting Crystal and then he noticed to the Ultraball next to them. "What happened?" Ash asked as he went over to the ball and picked it up. "Raichu rai raichu" (Crystal's friend is in there) Raichu said as he pointed at the ball in Ash's hand. Ash pressed to small button that realised the captured pokemon. Ash had no idea that Crystal was playing with an Eevee when he saw Eve appear from inside to the ball. Eve just went over to Crystal and used her bushy tail to cheer her a bit until she began to laugh. "Ah take cover" Ash shouted as he dived to the floor and so did all the other pokemon. Crystal laughed and she realised a huge blast of electrical power that toasted Eve. Eve wasn't angry or afraid after being shocked by a laughter powered electro blast from Crystal. "Pi pichu pi" (I'm so sorry Eve) Crystal apologized. "Eevee eev ee ee eevee" (Now I know not to make you laugh) said Eve. "Pi pichu pi" (Yeah I can't help it). Ash got up and picked up the Eevee that came out of the ball. Ash could see how young this Eevee is and he felt sorry for her. "I'm sorry this happened to you, you like Crystal don't you? Ash asked as the Eevee looked down at Crystal. "Eev" (Yeah) replies Eve. Ash put her down so she could play with Crystal. Raichu and Claire watched as their daughter played with Eve from Ash's lap. "Rai raichu rai chu raichu rai" (This is the best thing that could ever happen to her) says Raichu putting a paw on Claire's left shoulder. "Chu" (Yeah) replies Claire as she puts a paw on Raichu's right shoulder and the two Raichu's moved their heads so they were touching cheek to cheek. Ash knew now that Crystal now has a good friend that will always be there for her and will never make her feel alone.

In the morning Ash got woken up by someone knocking on the front door. Ash got up out of bed and he went down stairs and opened the door, it was Brock. "Brock its good to see you" Ash says happily. "Same here" Brock replies. "I got Pikachu a present" Brock held up a bottle of ketchup. "Come in and I'll tell you what you've missed" said Ash letting Brock in. Ash and Misty talked to Brock in the living room for an hour about what he missed while he was gone. Brock was amazed that Pikachu evolved and that he and Claire were blessed by a Pichu. Raichu, Claire , Crystal and Eve walked into the living room and saw Brock, Crystal and Eve were only ones not to jump on him as they didn't know who he was. "This is Crystal, Claire's and Raichu's daughter and the Eevee next to her is Eve, Crystal's best friend" Ash said introducing the two pokemon. Brock picked up Crystal was just about to tickle her when Ash stopped him. "You don't want to make her laugh, trust me". Eve, Crystal and Raichu nodded as they all made her laugh and found out what happens. "When did you get an Eevee?" Brock asked. "It was a accident really, I was sorting out my pokeballs when an Ultraball fell of the chair and rolled to where Crystal and Eve were playing, Eve not know what it was went for it thinking that it was just a ball and when she hit she also hit the button and she became mine" Ash explained "But she like being with us because of Crystal". "I don't know if you still like it but I got you a bottle of ketchup" Brock said handing the bottle to Raichu, Raichu happily took it and began to lick the sauce as it came out. He stopped and offered some to Claire, Claire took one lick and she liked it so Raichu and Claire were sat having one lick after the other. Ash, Misty and Bock watched and laughed as they watched the two Raichu's. Crystal pushed Eve and ran, Eve knowing that her friend wants to play started to chase her around the room.