Ash headed through the forest as he figured that he could meet some new Pokemon on the way to Viridian city and maybe even catch some Pokemon for his first battle. Pikachu sat on his shoulders, breathing in the fresh air but he still wanted to ask so many questions. Loki flew by the side of them with a smile on his face.
"So Pikachu, I know you want to ask me something," Ash said with a smirk.
"Can you read my thoughts too?!" Pikachu asked in shock.
"He's a mind reader!" Loki teased. He couldn't understand Pikachu at all but he could guess what he wanted to ask by the facial expressions he was making as well as the noises.
"No, but I can tell," Ash answered back, ignoring Loki.
"Well…yes I do have questions. How are you a Dragon Slayer? Why does everything think you have no magic? How powerful are you? How did you learn it?" Pikachu asked and Ash's head nearly lost all thought at the amount of questions.
"Alright, alright, calm down. I learned dragon slayer magic when I was four years old when I met the Ghost Dragon Yakuri in the woods. He taught me all the skills to become a dragon slayer and I usually have to eat dark types of magic or even Pokemon attacks. Like a Shadow Ball," Ash told him and Pikachu was amazed at this.
"That's amazing," Pikachu admitted.
"When he first told me I was so shocked! It is hard to believe but I will always believe! I can't wait to meet Yakuri!" Loki added in.
"Yeah, but when I was nine, Yakuri left and I haven't seen him since. He was…like a father to me. I don't usually tell anyone this but I loved him more than my real father, who left us when I was little. That's why I was a bit tense back there," Ash said sadly and was touched when Pikachu nuzzled him.
"I am sorry and for being mean. I don't trust humans because the ones I've known have always been so abusive but now I see not all of them are," Pikachu said.
"I would never hurt you and for the record, I haven't told anyone about the magic because I don't know how to. People won't even believe me," Ash said.
"Never know!" Loki sang.
"He's right. We don't know that yet, let's see what happens!" Pikachu said cheerfully.
"I hope so," Ash said with a grin as they walked further along.
It was a little while before they came across any Pokemon at all but when they did, it was late in the evening. A small bird with brown feathers came down from a tree and landed on a rock and ruffled its feathers. Ash pulled out his new Pokedex and scanned the Pokemon.
'Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokemon. Pidgey is a mild-mannered Pokemon. It is a good way for new trainers to test their skills.'
"A bird! Let's catch him!" Loki declared, striking a pose in mid-air.
"Good choice," Pikachu said but looked at his new trainer and saw that his face had a frown on it and his eyes were slightly tinted with purple. He made no attempt to catch the Pidgey as he sensed something coming.
"What is that?" he muttered to himself.
In a split second, a large flock of Spearow flew out of a tree and started to attack. In his panic, Ash shielded himself and Pikachu with his arms rather than use his magic against a Pokemon. A Spearow was a very aggressive Pokemon as opposed to a Pidgey.
"Angry birds!" Loki yelled in a fright.
"Pikkkachhuu!" Pikachu yelled as he fired a powerful Thunder Bolt at the flock which caused them to be shocked and fell to the ground with swirls in their eyes. Ash breathed in relief as he hadn't been injured, nor had Pikachu or Loki but he knew more were on the way.
"Come on, let's go," Ash said as he started to sprint away from the fallen flock. Sure enough, a few minutes later, he saw that more were following them, shrieking in anger.
"Do something!" Pikachu said as he clung to his shoulder and Loki grabbed on too as he couldn't keep up that well with Ash's speed yet.
"I can't hurt a Pokemon!" Ash replied as he jumped over a log.
He was faster thanks to his abilities but he knew that it wouldn't help for long. Wait, maybe he could try something. Taking Pikachu and Loki off his shoulders and holding them to his chest, he concentrated and in a split second, he became nothing but a purple shadow and dropped to the ground and remained still. He looked like a shadow of a tree. It fooled the Spearow soon enough as they flew over him and soon vanished out of sight. Slowly, Ash raised his head out of the shadow on the ground to look around. Seeing that they were gone, he rose up out of the ground and turned back to his normal state. Pikachu looked pretty alarmed though but Loki didn't.
"What was that?" Pikachu asked as he got back on his shoulder.
"Oh, that was me becoming intangible like a ghost. I can walk through walls and avoid injury but since I didn't have anything to consume, it was harder to do," Ash explained and Pikachu was clearly impressed.
"It feels weird but it's awesome!" Loki said as he went back in the air.
"Cool!" he said.
"Thanks but for the record, Loki was sick when he first did it," Ash replied which made Loki pout and Pikachu laugh. He had now noticed that they had arrived at a large stream. This was good. If they followed this, then they would come to a town. Well, hopefully they would. Only one way to find out.
A little down the river, there was a young orange haired girl. She was currently in the middle of fishing but had no such luck as of yet. She was very bored as she let out a sign. There must be at least one Pokemon in here that she could catch. Suddenly, there was a tug on the line and she eagerly puled it back. However, to her dismay, the only thing she pulled in was a massive Gyarados and it did not look at all happy.
"Ah! I am sorry!" the girl screeched as she backed away nervously but the wild creature was having none of it.
With a mighty roar, it launched a powerful Hydro Pump at the girl and she shielded herself in terror. The attack however, did not meet its mark as instead, a Thunder Bolt collided with it instead. The Gyarados blinked in surprise as did the girl and they turned their attention to where the attack had come from. Ash and Pikachu were standing there with determined looks on their faces.
"Back off, she didn't mean it," Ash ordered sternly.
Gyarados looked at the boy and was about to attack until he sensed the magic surrounding him. Even he knew what it was and did not want to mess with him. Growling to himself, he dove back down but not before splashing the girl as he went.
"Eep!" the girl said as she was drenched to the skin.
"Yeah, you'd better run!" Loki said as he waved a paw and Pikachu rolled his eyes at the cat's antics. He was getting used to the flying cat by now but he was funny.
"You okay?" Ash asked he came over.
"Yeah I'm okay, thanks for the save," the girl said as she looked at him. She nearly did a double take at the cat but said nothing.
"Not to be rude of anything though but why didn't you defend yourself? Have you no magic?" Ash asked.
"Oh I do but it wouldn't be helpful against a Gyarados," the girl answered.
"Why not?" Ash asked and the girl was about to answer until a familiar screech came from behind him. Both trainers whirled around to see an angry flock of Spearow coming at them.
"Are you kidding me?!" Pikachu yelled but of course, the girl heard nothing of actual speech coming from Pikachu. The next thing that came was a powerful Gust attack that they all managed to dodge but unfortunately, the girl's bike was caught in the Gust and as it hit against a tree, it broke in two.
"My bike!" the girl screeched.
"Sorry, gotta run!" Ash yelled as he then sprinted off with the Spearow in fast pursuit. The girl stared after them and then at her ruined bike. She had no idea what had just happened but looking up, she realised that a storm was coming in and it was a nasty one. She hoped the trainer and his Pikachu would be okay. The cat…was something she didn't expect to see.
Rain started to drop from the sky as Ash continued to run. It was coming down pretty heavy too and lightning flashed in the sky. The Spearow would not give up and it was getting hard for Ash to see with all the rain hitting him in the face. He looked back to see if he could do anything to slow them down without hurting them but because he looked back, he didn't see the ledge in front of him. Ash yelled out as he went right over the ledge and landed hard. The breath was knocked out of him and he felt a sharp pain in his ankle. He looked up, his body now covered in scratches and mud, to see Pikachu lying a little in front of him and he looked pretty hurt as well as Loki. His wings were covered in dirt and badly ruffled.
"Pikachu, Loki, I'm so sorry. I should have protected you better since I promised you'd never be hurt but I failed. I know you hate your Pokeball but if you get in, I can protect you. Loki, stay behind me or try and fly away," Ash said as he placed the Pokeball in front of him.
"No, I won't leave you!" Loki cried out as he tried to stand up.
Pikachu's eyes were brimming with tears at Ash's kindness at this point. He watched as Ash stood up, despite his injury and held out his arms to stop the Spearow in their tracks.
"Spearow! I am Ash of Pallet Town, a Dragon Slayer and soon to be the best Pokemon Master. I will not be defeated by the likes of you!" Ash declared.
"Ash!" Loki yelled, fearing for his friend.
The Spearow gave an angry cry as they charged at him with full speed but no one could have predicted what happened next. Pikachu found its strength and ran towards Ash and up his back. Ash cried out in surprise as Pikachu jumped in front of him and a lightning bolt came down from the sky which gave him a super boost.
"PIKKKACHUUU!" Pikachu cried as he let out the biggest Thunder Bolt he had done in his life. It hit the Spearow and knocked Ash and Loki back a few feet. Then everything went black.
A few hours later, the sunshine peaked through the clouds and done on the unconscious duo. Ash grunted as he opened his eyes and pushed himself up. He saw Pikachu and Loki lying next to him and they were smiling at him.
"Well, we beat them," Ash said tiredly, causing Pikachu to smile even more. As the pair sat up, Ash heard the flutter of wings above them. He looked up in fear as he thought it was the Spearow but what he saw amazed him.
There, flying within the beautiful colours of the window, was a majestic Pokemon with brilliant feathers then shone like the sun. Ash barely even managed to raise his Pokedex to capture an image of it before it vanished into the distance.
"Whoa…" Loki breathed with wide eyes.
"Wonder what that Pokemon was," Ash said as he saw that his Pokedex had no data on it.
"Maybe we can find out," Pikachu said as he weakly clambered onto Ash's shoulder.
"Maybe," Ash said cheerfully as the trio then made their way to Viridian city, a fair stretch but they knew that the journey ahead would be one to remember.