The Professors Daughter

by Ritana

Ash and Misty have four daughters, three are 'perfect' the other isn't, and she dreams of becoming a Pokemon Master like her father. When she does, she doesn't realize whats she's getting herself into.

3. Walking on

Chapter four

            Ricki, Pichu and Scyther had sat down for a rest.  Ricki took in the warm sun and looked at her PGN's map,

"It looks like it may be awhile still before we get to Pewter city?"  Ricki said confused.

Ricki looked over the map and realized they had taken the long form of viridian forest, which would leave them in viridian city now.  Viridian forest had expanded over the years and it had spread to Pallet town.  Trainers could take either the long forest way or cut through viridian then head to through the original Viridian city.  Ricki stuffed the last slice of pizza in her mouth.

"Hey you!"

Ricki turned around to see a man in hiker boats with a red bandanna; he looked to be about forty years old, standing above her,

"Yes?"

"Your Ash's daughter huh?  How about a battle?  Unless your afraid to lose!"

Ricki stood up,

"Let's make this a one-on-one battle, is that good with you?"

The man nodded,

"The names Ferdinand, and I choose Wartortle, go!"

Ricki focused her pokedex on Wartortle,

            WARTORTLE, THE TURTLE POKEMON.   ITS LONG, FURRY TAIL IS A SYMBOL OF LONGEVITY, MAKING IT QUITE POPULAUR AMONG OLDER PEOPLE.

"Me and Wartortle have been together for a long while, I won't lose!"

"We'll see, Pichu go!"

Pichu leaped in front of Wartortle,

"Pichu use a thundershock!"

"Wartortle go in your shell!"

Wartortle disappeared into its shell while Pichu aimed a thundershock, which was unable to penetrate the protected Wartortle.

"I have more battle experience, this battle will be over quickly, Wartortle aim a water gun at that Pichu!"

"Pichu look out and thundershock that water gun right back at Wartortle!"

Pichu dodged the water gun and aimed a powerful thundershock into Wartortle's water gun shocking it.

"Wartortle use a skull bash!"

"Pichu get out of the way and bite that Wartortle on the toes!"

Wartortle lowered its head and crashed directly into Pichu.

"Pichu, can you get up?"

Pichu struggled to get up but was able to stand up,

"Pichu don't push yourself too far!  Use a spark!"

Pichu shot a spark at Wartortle who was beginning to let its body sag in pain.

"Wartortle finish that Pichu with a surf attack!"

Wartortle flushed out water from its mouth and a tidal wave crashed into Pichu before Pichu was able to use a spark attack.  When the wave cleared Pichu was on the ground out cold,

"Pichu!"  Ricki screamed as she raced over to Pichu's side and gently picked her up and held her in her arms,

"Pichu, are you okay"

Pichu didn't respond and Ricki opened her pack and pulled out a potion drink and helped Pichu to drink it,

"Are you feeling better now?"

Pichu sat up a little and nodded,

"You're the toughest trainer I've faced so far!"

"I went easy on you, if your father was here…that was a battle to remember!"

Ricki looked up at Ferdinand,

"I'll still just starting, but…you battled my father?"

"Yes, he used his Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Squritle, they ko'ed all my Pokemon in one hit.  My attacks didn't even seem to hurt them"

"Thanks for the battle, can I have your number?"

"On my PGN?  It's 768-045"

"Thanks," Ricki said giving Ferdinand her number, "I hope that we can battle again soon"

"I hope the same, your getting stronger, this battle gave you and your Pokémon knowledge that you can't gain from winning, best of luck to you" Ferdinand waved good-bye and headed off towards a thick patch of trees.  Ricki threw out Scyther's pokeball,

"Scyther, its time for a little training okay?"

Scyther jumped up and sliced the air with its scythes and yelled its unique call.

"Alright Scyther, you see that tree over there? " Ricki said pointing to a fallen log, "cut it into nine logs for our camp fire and fly them over here"

Scyther nodded and ran up to the tree and sliced the log into nine pieces and quickly carried them over to Ricki,

"Great work!  You can practice on your own now, let Pichu practice with you, I'll going to start supper, I think we'll have a big meal tonight, does fish sound okay for you guys?"

"Scyther!  Pi!"  Scyther and Pichu chimed together.

Ricki laughed and pulled out five frozen fish from her pack,

"Scyther, could you cut a piece of wood as a frying pan for me?"

Scyther quickly raced to a fallen log and carefully cut out a flat piece of wood with a jutted out end and carved a deep center into it and carried it over to Ricki,

"Thanks Scyther, if you get tired of training you can take a rest, the same goes for you Pichu," Scyther and Pichu took of to a moss bed and practiced a few battle moves while Ricki placed the log pieces in a circle and lit a match.  She placed the boneless fish into the frying pan and held it over the warm fire.  When her arm got tired she tied vines onto the fishes ends and hung the over the fire, letting the grease fall into the fire making a sizzling sound.  The aroma was carried by the wind over to Scyther and Pichu who came over near the fire and watched, as the fish got closer to done.  Ricki heard a rustle behind her and turned around to see a Chikorita. 

"Wow a Chikorita!  The poor thing looks half starved"

Ricki, Pichu and Scyther watched as the Chikorita edged closer to the fish and fire.  Ricki opened up her bag and pulled out a bag of carrots.  Ricki picked up the Chikorita and pulled it away from the fire,

"You shouldn't eat meat, it might make you sick, here, you can have come carrots if you want" Ricki said handing Chikorita a few carrots which it quickly wolfed down.  Ricki gave Chikorita a few more carrots and noticed the fish were done and gave two to Scyther, one to Pichu and ate two herself and gave Chikorita a few more carrots, which finished half the bag.  Ricki stood up and noticed dark clouds were brewing in,

"Scyther, Pichu, lets find a place to stay until the storm blows over.  Ricki, Pichu and Scyther cleaned up their campsite and packed away everything as the wind picked up.  Ricki recalled Scyther and picked up Chikorita and ran quickly through the forest looking for a cave as it started to rain.  The rain got harder and harder the further they went.  Ricki noticed a small cave buried under some vines and quickly tried to pull them aside.  Ricki released Scyther and together the four of them tore away the vines and entered the small cave.  It was dark and it smelled of mold, but they were dry.  Ricki, Scyther and Pichu leaned against the cave wall and watched, as the rain seemed to fall so hard it was impossible to see,

"Wow, its raining Meowth and Eevee out there!"

Ricki closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep, ignoring her Pokemon who chatted to themselves,

PICHU: Hi Chikorita!

SCYTHER: Where do you come from?

CHIKORITA: I come from the forests around here, I was chased away by my trainer who lives here, but, I lost a battle, and he said I was worthless then I saw you guys and noticed how much your trainer cares about you, so I wandered here.

SCYTHER: Sounds like your trainer was the worthless one.

CHIKORITA: I guess so…. I wonder if your trainer will let me stay here?

PICHU: Of course!  She's really nice and we eat a lot after we train hard.

CHIKORITA: Thanks, both of you.

Pichu and Scyther put out their hands to Chikorita,

"Welcome to the group!"

            Ricki awoke yawning and looked out the cave door as tiny water droplets dripped down the caves entrance,

"I'm glad it stopped, you ready to go Pichu and Scyther?"

Pichu and Scyther walked up behind Chikorita.  Chikorita walked up to Ricki and hopped on Ricki's head,

"Hey!  You want to come with us Chikorita?"

"Chiko!"

Ricki smiled,

"Chiko!  Rita!!"

Ricki recalled Scyther and Chikorita and clipped their pok`eballs to her belt.  Pichu climbed up onto Ricki's shoulder and Ricki pulled away a fallen branch from the entrance of the cave.  Ricki took in the fresh air and looked in front of her.  Trees had crashed all around the cave and she kicked a few out of the pathway to the trail and looked behind her. 

"Strange, the damage isn't as severe behind us…" Ricki said noticing fewer branches lying on the ground in heaps.  Ricki shrugged it off and continued down the trail for a few miles before pulling out her map,

"Let's see…we should reach Viridian city if we cut west from here and travel that way until evening, we could probably reach it tonight!" 

Ricki sighed and turned west,

"My dad knows some people there, and I think I need to buy some more food"

Ricki walked on heading west and continued counting down the miles to Viridian city.  The Sky became darker and darker the further Ricki went on, until a bright red light lit up the sky in front of her and the trees lining the path grew lesser and lesser.  Ricki ran quickly to the end of the woods and looked out in front of her,

"Alright!  It's Viridian city, we've made it Pichu!"

Ricki ran quickly to the town square and looked around.  Most buildings were closed except the Pokémon center, which Ricki entered.  No one stirred inside and Ricki rang the bell on the counter and a tired Nurse Joy stepped out from the back with a yawn she asked,

"Do you have any idea what time it is?"

Ricki looked at a nearby clock and blushed,

"12:03 in the morning"

"Oh well, we have some beds in back, just go into the last one on the left" With another yawn Nurse Joy went back into the room she had come out of.  Ricki headed back into the rooms and found the last room on the left and put on her nightclothes and went to sleep.