Hey Nuggies! Well I really shouldn't be doing this, but here I am writing another fanfiction since I have writers block on a few of my other ones, and because this won't leave me alone. Here is your warning this will be SLASH! Not to sure on if it'll be M!Preg or not, but at this current moment I have not thought about it.
Main Pairing: AshxPaul
Side pairing: AshxGary (One sided on Gary's part)
Rating: M (to be safe)
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon it belongs to Game Freak, Nintendo, Creatures, The Pokemon Company, etc, nor do I write this for profit. This is for entertainment use only.
Tigergirl1723, I didn't have Brock join Ash simply because I didn't want him to. I love Brock too, but I don't think I could do him justice in writing. He may or may not come up again in later chapters, but I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out. I do love Riolu and all, but I am unsure of giving one to Ash. Maybe I will, maybe I won't.
Roxel, thank you for your suggestions and I love them all! I am unsure if I will pick any pokémon from Alola for Ash in this fanfiction unless it is just a mention of other trainers having it. Your suggestion for Shinx is being taken into consideration since I love that line of evolution and as for Shiny Sylveon, as much as I like Sylveon I just do not think its the pokémon for Ash.
NarupokeeAurorafan, you gave me a looot of selections to choose from, but like Roxels' suggestions I may or may not add pokémon from the Galar region even though you did give me the good reason about the Psychic/Fairy dual type which the two types are the hardest to think of a pokémon to fill. I do have an idea for his Dragon type, well another Dragon type, but thanks for your suggestions! As for the water types you suggested I have already given Ash a Horsea he's just not out and about because Ash hasn't been near water for a while. Mewtwo and Darkrai are my favorite Legendaries as well, I also like the Mythical Marshadow.
A/N: Yes this chapter is a bit shorter than the last, bit I promise that the next chapter will be longer once again!
Enjoy! And please don't forget to leave a review! They're my muse to keep writing!
Ash looked at the purple haired teen in confusion after comprehending the words that came out of his mouth. Traveling companion? Him?
"Um I actually have something to do before I can continue on my journey," Ash said softly as he looked down at his pokémon, his Pikachu was wide awake, but Nidoran and Sandile were both still fast asleep, "Maybe after I'm finished doing what I need to do."
Paul looked at Ash with a raised brow in question, but when he didn't receive an answer as to what the dark haired teen needed to do he just nodded and went to leave the room. Ash just sat there and watched the larger teen reach for the door knob. "Wait!" Ash said before Paul could walk out of the room.
"What?" Paul asked turning back towards Ash.
Ash bit his number and cleared his throat before asking, "Can I at least have your number? You know for when I'm done?" The silence in the room that followed the question was thick enough that it could have been cut with a knife, but instead it was cut by one simple word.
"Okay."
Ash gave Paul a small smile before giving him his Xtransceiver so he could add the number. He thanked the larger teen before he left and held his device in clenched hands. Letting out a deep breath he placed it to the side on a table before slowly getting up. His side thankfully wasn't giving him much pain as he shuffled his way to the bathroom to empty himself.
After he was back on his bed he fell asleep under the comfortable weights of his pokémon.
The journey back to Pewter was uneventful, but it was something new since he couldn't remember the trip to Cerulean in the first place. He was told before he left the city by his doctor that there was a shortcut between Cerulean and Pewter if he didn't want to go through the mountain again, but he wasn't too fazed by what had happened. He still had nightmares, don't get him wrong, he was still terrified that a loaded gun had been pulled on him.
He had quickly gotten to the mountain and onto the route he needed to get on to get to Rota. He did double check his bag before he left the hospital and to his relief the package was still in his bag and not tampered with. He did call Oak and told him what had happened and the older man told him that he would let the League know and then asked him not to cross paths with the group again. They were dangerous.
He with Oak hadn't told him that. It only made his nightmares worse.
He was lost in thought as he walked with Nidoran and Sandile beside him and Pikachu asleep in his jackets hood so he didn't notice that someone was running his direction. Sandile let out a hiss as the figure got closer.
"Hey!"
Jumping Ash turned around and saw a girl about a few years older than his own age running up to him. He took the time she took to get to him to study her. She had dark brown curly hair and green eyes while she wore worn jeans and a long sleeve pink shirt. Beside her running with her was a tiny bear like pokémon called Teddiursa.
"Yeah?" Ash asked once she was a few feet away.
"Be-Been trying to get your attention for a few minutes," she said slightly panting from her run, "Wanna battle? You're the first person I've seen on the way to Cerulean."
Ash looked at her confused before pulling up his map. Nope. Still on the way to Rota. "I think you're confused," Ash said as he faced her fully, "This is the way to a kingdom called Rota," he pointed where they were on the map before moving it towards Cerulean, "Cerulean is that way. Completely opposite of this direction."
She looked at him shocked before grabbing at his wrist not seeing that it was his bag arm to get a better look at the watch. Ash grunted and hissed as he was jerked causing Sandile to get defensive and Pikachu to get flung about in the hood. The croc swung his tail around hard, but not hard enough to break her leg, just hard enough to leave a large red mark on her leg. "Ack!" she exclaimed before hobbling backwards. She reached down to rub her leg and saw the large red mark.
Her Teddiursa let out a small growl and was blocked from hitting the angry croc by Nidoran whose poison barbs were fully extended and dripping. "Knock it off!" Ash said before placing his arm back in its sling. Sandile moved back to he as pressed against his trainers' leg as Nidoran let his barbs fall back against his scales.
"I am so sorry," the blond said once all the pokémon were calmed down, "I was just so shocked that I was heading in the wrong direction! I didn't notice your arm was in a sling!"
Ash sighed and rubbed his shoulder slightly since that was where the pain was most focused at. "Just pay attention to the person your jerking around next time," he said before looking down at his still agitated pokémon. Both of their eyes were focused on Teddiursa and he didn't like how angry the emotions were in their eyes. "I um don't think a battle would be wise right now," he said looking back up at her.
"Uh yeah," she said pulling Teddiursa into her arms, "I'm Cindy by the way. Thanks, for you know, not letting your pokémon maim us."
Ash nodded slowly still a little creeped out by her sudden appearance, "You're welcome. Anyway, keep going that way and you'll get to Mt. Moon. Take a left and you'll be heading to Cerulean," he explained and intentionally not gave his name to her as he took small steps back to get away from her.
"Thanks!" She piped up then turned and rushed away in the direction Ash pointed out. He waited there for a moment before turning and heading the direction he was before.
There was just something about her that he felt was wrong, and it kind of scared him.
Settling down for the night he was still unsettled by the appearance of Cindy. He made sure to go off the beaten path to settle and didn't use any kind of light. He instead chose to use a thick branch of a tree to sleep on for the night and had Pikachu on alert as he and the others got rest.
He was sure he was only asleep for a few minutes before he felt Pikachus' tiny paws poking his cheek. Only just remembering that he was on a branch he was still as he opened his eyes. Seeing Pikachu just enough to see that his electric mouse was looking down he turned his own gaze to the woodland floor.
Standing a few feet from the tree he had hidden in was Cindy with her back away from him.
She was still dressed in what she had on earlier, but instead of Teddiursa walking with her was the evolution on the bear, Ursaring. He knew just how vicious those bears could be when someone or something entered its territory. Staying silent he watched Cindy as her and her Ursaring walk through the trees and pulled out his arm slightly from its sling to video tape her.
"Where the hell is that boy!? I took a five minute break and lost a fucking child," she whispered/yelled at her Ursaring who only grunted, "The boss isn't going to be happy. Fuck!"
He kept recording as she moved to sit on a stump and pulled out a phone to, what Ash could only assume she would do, call her boss. The ringing was loud in the silence of the woods before a male voice rang out.
"What?"
"I lost him."
"You WHAT?!"
Ash saw Cindy cringe before saying once again, "I lost the kid."
"You fucking bitch! I need that package he has! You better have found him before he gets to Rota or all is lost and we're ruined!"
"Fuck," Cindy said as her boss hung up leaving the woods once against in silence. Ash watched her get up and motion to her Ursaring before leaving the area Ash was hiding in.
The teen stayed silent as he waited. He could hear Cindys' shuffling fading away with her cursing before he was just left with his own breathing and heartbeat pounding in his ears. Ash stayed quiet before turning the video off and saved the recording. Gathering Pikachu in his arms he let out a loud sigh and softly thanked Pikachu for waking him up and staying quiet.
Ash didn't feel comfortable leaving the safety of his tree now that he knew she was walking around and he was being searched for. For a few moments he thought about what he would do. There was no chance he was falling asleep again. With a small brief thought that fluttered through his head he quietly pulled his ear buds out of his pocket and plugged them into his watch. He turned the brightness down so he wouldn't be spotted in the tree and left one ear bud out of his ear so he could still hear around him.
He quickly dialed the Professors number and hoped that the old man was still awake. He kept his gaze away from the watch and kept them on the forest floor and saw only a few nocturnal hunters searching for prey.
"Ash?"
He jumped slightly from the sudden sound. Turning to look at his watch he saw the drowsy form of the Professor. "Professor," Ash whispered just loud enough for the Professor to hear him, "I need some help. I'm being followed," he said as watched as every ounce of sleepiness vanished from the Professor.
"What's going on?"
Casting another look down and not seeing anything he answered, "Several hours ago on the path to Rota a girl and her Teddiursa approached me. Called herself Cindy. She claimed to be heading to Cerulean which I thought was weird, but I pointed out the right direction she should have been going. After she left the feeling like I was being watched didn't disappear and so when I set up camp for the night I hid myself. It was a good thing too. Pikachu woke me up about forty-five minutes ago and Cindy was back, but she had an Ursaring with her. I started to record her when she claimed she 'lost the fucking child' before sitting on a stump and called someone. Whoever it was wasn't happy. He said he needed the 'package he has' and to 'get him before he gets to Rota or we're all ruined.' She's been gone for about fifteen minutes. I haven't moved."
Ash kept his eyes on either the forest floor under him or Oak who was processing what he told him. They sat in silence and Ash kept an ear out before Oak finally spoke. "I'm sorry Ash," Oak said as he looked at the young teen, "I didn't think that they would actually go after you. I thought I was secretive enough asking you to take it and that they wouldn't catch wind that you had the package. I'll call the Rangers around the area and see if they can't help you get to Rota. Just stay hidden and when you are in Rota I'll explain who is after that package. I'm going to hang up now, but I'll call back when I have someone to help you."
Ash nodded and licked his dry lips as they ended the call. He stuffed the ear buds down his shirt, but left them connected to the watch. It wouldn't do well if his watch rang and someone unfriendly was close. With a deep breath Ash settled down to wait for the phone call.