Welcome back you beautiful people who apparently liked my story enough to read a second chapter. Hope you will enjoy chapter 2.

Btw I forgot to say this last time but I do not own Pokemon.

Cerulean cave. Unknown time.

Ash had after the gyarados attack fainted from the adrenaline from the two in a row near death experiences and the pain from loosing an eye. Pikachu who was now a raichu had during that time taken the unconscious boy to a corner where he would be a little bit hidden. Raichu had removed the rock from the boys eye and had fed him as many healthy looking berries as possible. It looked like the bleeding stopped and Ash would live but he would never get to use his left eye ever again.

After some time Ash woke up groaning. He looked around seeing the same cave where he woke up last time. As his vision cleared he noticed that something was off. Ash touched his face and felt his left eye, or lack there of. Memories of how it happened rushed back to him and the boy looked around the cave.

Ash first felt panic when he saw a raichu sleeping next to him but it only took a few seconds for him to notice some familiarities. The way the raichu hugged his own tail, the goofy sleeping face indicating a good dream, the adorable way it said chu-chu-chu while breathing out. Those were all common sleeping traits that Pikachu had and Ash might not be the sharpest tool in the shed but even he could understand what happened.

Ash scratched Raichu behind his ear and the pokemons leg kicked the air like he had done before evolution. Raichus peaceful smile became even brighter.

Ash looked at the pokemon and felt extreme guilt, Pikachu wished to never evolve. It wasn't that Pikachu held resentment towards raichus or something, it was simply to prove a point. Pikachu wanted to become a living example that evolution wasn't everything, that any pokemon could become strong without having to become something they might not want to become. And now Pikachu was forced to evolve in order to save Ash's life, all because Ash was loud and reckless thus drawing the gyarados attention.

Ash was brought out of his thoughts by Raichu waking up. The larger mouse pokemon yawned and looked around. Raichu then saw Ash looking down at him and felt relieved seeing his friend safe.

"All right Pikachu..." Ash didn't get any further with that sentence as he got a weak slap against his face from Raichu. "Sorry, Raichu. Let's not let something like a gyarados ruin our mood. Let's escape this cave," Ash said with his usual excitement. Raichu quickly responded with a happy "chu".

As the two came close to the only (above water) tunnel they could see something happened to Ash. What used to be Ash's left eye suddenly stung painfully and the 12 year old froze up.

'Should I really just be running into the unknown like this? Last time I tried it down here I lost my eye and Pikachu got forced to evolve, both of us could have easily died. This place is more dangerous than any place I have ever been before,' those were some of the thoughts going through Ash's head.

"Wait," Ash called out and Raichu instantly stopped. "Maybe we should make some preparations before going out there,"

Raichu who was confused by his trainers statement tilted his head slightly. Ash who saw that decided to share his earlier thoughts.

"I don't think we should approach this like we do our normal adventures. We tried that earlier and I don't think I need to remind you how that went," Ash said with one hand over his former eye.

Raichu now understanding what Ash meant solemnly nodded. To that Ash responded, "glad you agree, buddy."

Ash then took of his backpack to check what he had in it. He had the bad habit of putting random objects there and forgetting he did that, now he hope he could find something useful.

After checking through his bag Ash had sorted things he found necessary and discarded the unnecessary. Things like extra clothes, his now broken pokedex, his tent and a rubber ball were discarded as they took up space. Food, sleeping bag, a flashlight and a pocket knife were some of the things he kept.

One thing he had trouble deciding on was some empty notebooks his mother had given him on the beginning of his journey. She said he was supposed to be use them to, "write down all the new and exiting things he discovered." Of course Ash being Ash forgot about those nearly right after they were put in his backpack and they have been laying there since then. On one hand he hated books in general but he though that maybe writing down the things he sees and mapping down the cave might be an advantage in case it took longer to find the exit than expected. He in the end decided to keep them and a pen.

"Ok Pi... Raichu let's get as many berries as possible and then try and find a safe way home," Ash said to his starter who wholeheartedly agreed.

The two then proceeded to pick as many berries as possible to put in the backpack for future use. It was then Ash noticed another preparation they should make, it was when Raichu was carrying some berries he walked on a rock and lost his balance. That might not seem like to much of an issue but Ash knew that Raichu would never trip like that before his evolution, that made the raven haired boy understand that with the new power came a less flexible and balanced body. That made Ash decide on another thing to do before searching for an exit.

"We should probably take some time to train before going out there," Ash said after the backpack was filled with berries. Raichu now looked at Ash and waited for his explanation.

"You might be much stronger but you are not used to this bigger body yet," Ash explained to the large mouse. "We should do some exercises so that you can move like you used to," Ash continued to his first pokemon who nodded to Ash's words.

Ash's log:1

I will start this of which saying that I have no idea how to write these things. Now Pikach have just evolved and we are going to train not only for him to not trip anymore but to also stand a chance against these really powerful pokemon that live down here.

Ash's log:2

Raichu have just started his training and it is going well. He has become a bit clumsy but super mega powerful. Maybe it is because he evolved with such a big thunder stone. I wish professor Oak was here, he would probably know the answer to that. I think it might have been a week since we got here but I am not completely sure.

Ash's log:5

I have completely given up on guessing how long I have been down here. Raichu have been getting much stronger after this training. Through some spying we have discovered some zubats living near by. We are going to have to try out Raichu's fighting ability on them. We also need to start moving soon, the berries that are growing here are starting to run out. On a lighter note I now feel used to only having one eye. Raichu just told me that this was the first time in these notes I mentioned my lack of my left eye. After waking up here me and Raichu got into an epic battle against a gyarados where I unfortunately lost my eye and Raichu was forced to evolve. Anyway I hope I will live to write how this upcoming battle went.

Ash's log:6

That battle went great. We managed to find three zubats that were on their own and we made some noice that lured them over and we started to battle. It only took one thunderbolt on each one to take them down. On another note one managed to bite Raichu but that zubat strangely enough got paralyzed, that could be a useful weapon in the future.

Ash's log:9

The berries are all out and I only have a few left in my bag. Raichu have suggested to me to maybe kill and eat some of the pokemon down here. At first I dismissed the idea but the idea starts to sound more and more good. They all try to eat me, why can't I eat them back. I really hope I don't have to go so far though.

This is where this chapter ends. Maybe a bit short but I think it's important to establish where this story is heading. Now I have yet to fully decide on which pokemon Ash will get but I have set up some guidelines I will definitely follow when making my decision and taking in suggestions.

1: I won't have any of the same pokemon.

2: I would prefer the team to have type variety, one or two with the same type is ok but I'd prefer if they at least had different secondary typings.

3: I would prefer at least one water type, it would be very useful in the cave.

4: Ash's team will be fully evolved before exiting the cave.

Now I will make it easy and list every pokemon you can get in the cave from any game, these are the ones I will use. (I only write the final evolutions to make it easier for me, Ash can meet them in unevolved forms and then evolve them.)

Crobat

Golem

Lickilicky

Rhyperior

Golduck

Ditto

Snorlax

Gyarados

Poliwrath

Politoad

Blissey

Parasect

Persian

Primeape

Machamp

Magnezone

Electrode

Wobbuffet

Hariyama

Absol

Chimecho

Bronzong

Seaking

Alakazam

Slowbro

Slowking

Arbok

Sandslash

Venomoth

Dodrio

Hypno

Vileplume

Bellosom

Victreebel

Kingler

Kingdra

Marowak

Wigglytuff

Damn that was a long list.

Now if anyone has a suggestion, complaint, questing or just want to say anything please leave a review and I will pm you back.

-Octopie21