Looking to the sky, which had began to brighten through-out Ash's morbid but truthful monolog, "It's morning - i need to get going. But you need to remember what i told you, can you do that?" The small pokemon looked saddened at the fact that Ash was leaving, running up to the raven-haired boy and grasping at his leg desperately, "You don't want me to leave...But i have to...i do have one solution" Ash mused as he looked down at the sad face of the pokemon, "You may join me is you wish - i may not relate to what your going through, but you shouldn't be left alone when you are feeling so vulnerable" The small pokemon nodded quickly, jumping and tapping one of the empty poke'balls on Ash's belt, disappearing in a flash of light.

Ash let a small smile ghost over his lips as he stood up straight, gripping his newly caught pokemon in his left hand tightly as he stood, "Look's like i caught a new pokemon..." Ash whispered softly as he shrunk the poke'ball and slipped it into his trouser pockets - seeing as he had no more room on his custom made belt for any more poke'balls. Ash made a mental note to make a new belt with more gaps on it for more poke'balls. He didn't know if he was going to catch pokemon in this region, but he wanted to be prepared in case he did.

"Scept! Serv!" Ash's ears perked slightly at the familiar sounds of his pokemon, making him look up from his pocket and towards the forest, only to see his two pokemon walking back towards him, there arms positively brimming with goodies, "Wow...you found all those berries in such a short time?" Both grass types nodded as the stood in front of their trainer - Sceptile's arms were crossed, holding up dozens of berries, whilst Servine had her vines wrapped aroud several small leaf bundles. Seeing as she had small arms, Servine figure out that the best way for her search for berries was ot make little baskets out of leaves to carry them back.

"Alright, good job you two" Ash praised his two pokemon as they laid the fruits of their spoils at his feet, a half smile gracing Ash's face as he turned to look towards his pokemon - who were all beginning to wake up, "Everyone gather round!" Ash instructed as soon as his pokemon were all awake, watching as they made their way over to him, all of them rubbing the sleep from their eyes as they stopped in front of their trainer.

"Before we eat," Ash started, indicating to the berry pile, chuckling softly when the sleep disappeared from his pokemon's faces and was replaced by excitement and hunger, "I have someone i want you all to meet" The mention of meeting someone or something new made Ash's pokemon tense up, but they soon relaxed from Ash's calm demeanor, "I caught this little one a few seconds ago - right now this pokemon is going through a rough time, so i want you all to be nice to it, okay? As far as i know it is a pokemon native to this region, but that is all i know - but be nice," All the pokemon nodded slowly, bracing themselves as Ash released his newly caught pokemon.

"Mrow..." The cat like pokemon cried softly, shaking its fur as\ it emerged from its poke'ball. Ash's pokemon all relaxed at the sight of the small, nonthreatening pokemon, "Urm...now that i think of it...i don't know anything about this pokemon..." Ash mused as he watched his older pokemon slowly approach the cat pokemon, a confused look on his face, "Hmm..." Ash mused as he watched his pokemon all interacting together.

After his pokemon had all been introduced and they had all enjoyed a glorious breakfast of juicy berries, Ash returned all his pokemon except for Pikachu and his newly caught pokemon. Pikachu rode on Ash's shoulder as per normal whilst his new cat pokemon walked besides him as he headed back towards the clearing where the other's were stationed.

"Hm...so you three are awake" Ash stated cooley as he leaned againest a tree, looking ahead to see Zack, Darwin and Nicole nearing the end of packing up their bits and pieces, "I must say - i am impressed you headed my warning, but i shan't be waiting, you have 2 minutes to finish or i am leaving" Ash spoke up, watching as the three hurriedly packed before rushing over ot Ash as he pushed himself of the tree, "Before we go, I have a question" Ash spoke as Zack went to take the lead, stopping to look back at Ash in confusion - hadn't Ash been the one rushing them? Now he wanted them to wait so HE could ask them something? What nerve!

"I caught a new pokemon," Ash stated blandly, watching as Nicole's eyes lit up, "I believe it to be a pokemon native to the alola region, being that way, i know nothing about it. Its name, its gender, nothing. I want you to tell me everything you can about this pokemon" Zack's eyes twitched at the demanding tone in Ash's voice and went to object, but was beaten by Nicole squealing in excitement, 2A new pokemon?! Can we see it?! Please?!" Ash rolled his eyes and stepped to the side, revealing the black cat pokemon, who had taken to hiding behind its new trainers leg once the other's appeared.

"OH MY GOD! IT'S A LITTEN!" Nicole squealed, moving to pick the now named pokemon up, but was met by a hiss and a swipe of the black cat's claws, "Oof...not a friendly one it seems" Darwin pipped in as Nicole quickly stepped back.

"So this pokemon is called Litten? What else do you know about this pokemon?" Ash butted in, looking at the trio expectantly. Zack growled slightly at the still demanding tone in Ash's voice, but brushed it off, instead choosing to look at Ash's new pokemon, who was busy licking it's paw and rubbing behind it's ears, "Well your right that Litten is from the Alola region" Zack started, earning an eye roll and a sarcastic nod from Ash, making Zack's blood boil as he tried his best to keep his calm, "Litten is one of the three starters offered to trainers here in Alola - actually, why don't you just use your pokedex to look it up?" Zack suddenly said, looking at Ash with a raised brow.

Ash seemed to freeze all of sudden, his face going blank as he swallowed a lump in his throat, "I don't have one" Ash stated, watching as confusion spread throughout the three, "You don't have a pokedex? I thought all trainers had a pokedex?" Nicole said questionably, watching as Ash's blank look turned cold, "I just don't have one - now tell me more about this pokemon" Nicole shrunk back at the biting tone in Ash's voice, indicating he didn't want to talk about it - Zack and Darwin on the other hand picked up the fact Ash didn't want to talk about it quickly, so they looked at each other and nodded, making a mental note of this fact to look up once they got to the pokemon center.

"That doesn't matter, lets just use my pokedex" Zack quickly pipped in, whipping out his pokedex and typing in Litten's name in an attempt to calm the situation down - he didn't want a repeat of what happened yesterday, so it was best just to skim over the problem for now.

Litten: The Fire Cat Pokemon.

Litten show few emotions and prefer being alone. Its coat regrows twice a year. When the time comes, Litten sets its own body on fire and burns away the old fur.

Gender: Male

Ability: Blaze

Attacks Known: Ember, Scratch, Fire Fang.

Nodding once the robotic voice of Zack's pokedex stopped, Ash looked down at Litten, who looked back at him for a second before walking around his leg, nuzzling it gently, "Thats all good to know - now that that's done. Lets get a move on" Ashs tated, kneeling down and picking up Liten, who allowed Ash to pick him up, settling into his arms as Ash began walking.

The trio of siblings staired after Ash in shock - they had never seen such an anti-social pokemon like Litten allow their trainer to pick them up with such ease, "There really is more to Ash than meets the eye..." Zack and the other's all thought, "Hey! Are you thre coming or am i traveling alone?" Ash snapped out as he stopped to look back at the three, snapping them out of their gaze as they hurrid to catch up to Ash: Zack once again taking the lead with the others trailing behind him.