Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON!
Ash was sitting down at Route 4 with his Charmeleon, Beedrill, Pidgeotto and Clefairy as he bit down on his sandwich as he looked at them while being analytic of his team, strength and type advantages for his future challenge.
"Misty is a water type gym leader, Charmander would be at a disadvantage. I also heard that she had a Starmie so Beedrill is a no go, wouldn't know if she had any ice type attack either." He thought intently before scratching his chin.
He shook his head out from his thoughts before taking another bite out of his sandwich as Charmeleon walked up to him with a smile.
"Meleon, char." Ash nodded as he stood up.
"Alright, gang. Time to go to Cerulean City and win our second Gym Badge." Ash announced.
They let out a loud battle cry before going on their way.
Ash arrived hours later at Cerulean City as he breathed in the air of the place where his second Gym Battle will take place before walking into town, he looked around the place to see many stores before walking into the supply store.
"Let's see, I'll be needing food, drinks, medicines, and other daily needs. Especially a sleeping bag and a tent." Ash mumbled.
He wondered around the store to gather a few potions, cans of Pokemon food, a few bottles of water, a sleeping bag and a tent set as he moved over to the counter. Pay for his stuffs, Ash left the store towards the Gym's direction.
The young Pallet Town Trainer stopped at the doors of the Gym to see a sign on it, making him raise an eyebrow as he leaned in to read what the sign said.
Dear Challengers,
I'll be away for awhile and probably be back in three days, I apologize for this huge inconvenience. So please take the three days grace to train or leave your name inside the panel towards the right side of the door.
I'll battle whoever comes first in line, and I hope that you all give it your best during our battle once I return.
Sincerely,
Cerulean Gym Leader Misty
Ash back off from the door as he let out a disappointing sigh, he really wanted to battle Misty badly and win his second Gym Badge. But that wasn't going to happen anytime soon because she was away for unknown reasons.
"Man, just when I wanted to have my second gym battle. I guess I better leave my name until she gets back by three days." Ash grumbled.
He shifted himself to the panel to push a few buttons and to his surprise he saw Gary's name at the first block as he placed his name second. He was surprise that Gary was here because he was always faster in experiencing battle then both Leaf and himself.
After placing his name, Ash moved to the north of town where Route 24 was until he saw a familiar auburn haired boy sitting down on a rock feeding his Eevee and Squirtle though he had a few new additions.
"Hey, Gary!" Ash yelled, successfully catching his attention as Gary turn to him.
"Oh, hey there Ash. How glad am I that you're safe." Gary greeted with happiness.
"Wait, didn't Leaf tell you that I was fine?" Ash questioned.
Gary shook his head making Ash raise his eyebrow.
"Leaf said to me that I'd be able to see you in Cerulean City so I came here as fast as I can, and here we are. Here in Cerulean City having our reunion." Gary responded as Ash leaned against the tree.
"I'm surprise that you're still here, I was more expecting you to be at Vermillion City having your third Gym Battle by now." Ash chuckled.
"I wish I could and I wish I would be, but the Cerulean City Gym Leader's away. So I have to wait, are you the same?" Gary responded as Ash nodded his head.
"Yup." A thought struck Ash's head as he grinned at Gary who had a bad feeling about it.
"Since we're here, why not have a battle? I'd like to see how much your team has grown and what type of Pokémon you've caught." Ash challenged.
"Alright, let's do it. I'd like to see your team for myself." Gary smirked.
They each went to one side of an empty area of the city as Gary threw his Poke Ball to summon an Krabby as Ash threw his to summon a Beedrill as Gary widen his eyes.
"Is that?" Ash simply nodded his head.
"It's a variant Beedrill. Variant Pokémon tends to born with another colour aside from their normal and shiny version." Ash told his friend.
"Don't mind if we go first, Krabby, use Crab Hammer!" Gary retorted.
Krabby's right pincer started to glow in a blue light before leaping towards Beedrill who wasn't the bit scared of it's opponent.
"Beedrill, use Poison Jab!" Ash retaliated.
The Poison Bee Pokémon's left stinger started to glow in a purple light as it charged straight at Krabby causing both sides to clash as they got rebounded backwards by a recoil explosion.
"Not bad, Krabby, use Bubble Beam!" Gary ordered.
The River Crab opened up it's right pincer before launching a beam of water and bubbles at Beedrill who got by the attack as it shook itself clean off the water.
"Beedrill, use Brick Break. Finish it!" Ash yelled.
The bug and poison type rammed it's left stinger into Krabby's underbelly sending the River Crab Pokémon to the air and onto the ground out cold.
"Aw man, I would have been certain that Bubble Beam would have slowed you down at least a little." Gary whined as they each recalled their respective Pokémon.
"Well, Beedrill is a fast Pokémon. But if your Krabby were to know Crabhammer, maybe I would have lost." Ash told him.
Ash soon tossed his Friend Ball to summon his Clefairy, meanwhile Gary tossed a Poke Ball to call in a Magikarp, making Ash look at him.
"You're planning to give Magikarp a few battling experience I see." Gary nodded at Ash's statement.
"That's right, but though I still have no idea how does a Magikarp becomes a Gyarados." He admitted sheepishly.
"Well two things might happen when raising such, one, if you raise the wrong way then the newly evolved Gyarados will disobey you. Second, if you raise it right then the newly evolved Gyarados will become powerful and obey you." Ash explained about Magikarp's growth system.
"Is that so? So, even if Magikarp doesn't battle it might still evolve?" Ash simply nodded his head.
"Much like Feebas, Magikarp are just unique in their evolutions." Ash commented.
"Pokemon's needless to evolve just by battling, some even evolve by friendship and some evolves by love." Ash added.
Ash stretched his hand as he tickled Gary's Eevee below it's chin making it coo at the treatment shocking Gary a little which somewhat bothers Ash.
"Eevee wouldn't even let me touch him, let alone feed him without getting any bites." Gary voiced out in surprise as Ash chuckled.
"Pokemon's all have different natures, Gary. One don't simply obey just because you caught it, they still need to earn our trust first." Ash explained calmly.
"How about we go to Route 24 to meet Bill and train along the way?" Ash suggested as Gary nodded in agreement.
They recalled all their Pokemon's back into their ball, excluding Gary's Eevee and Ash's Clefairy just before walking pass the bridge connecting Route 24 and Cerulean City. Along the way, they faced several Trainers along the way until they ended up on a side road.
"Didn't expect Trainers to be on that bridge, though I wish they'd be a little more challenging." Gary voice with arrogance as Ash looked at him.
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, Gary. Arrogance might be your downfall, at least that's what your father also says to us." Ash retorted making Gary hang his head in shame.
"I guess you're right about that, but besides that. Where exactly are we going to find Bill?" Gary responded as Ash thought for a moment.
"I heard that Bill lives at the lighthouse just across Route 25, researching about Pokémon." Ash answered.
They proceeded to carry on before stopping by a Pokémon Center, and the best part. It started to rain midway throughout their path soaking them in rain water, forcing them to take cover at the nearest shelter.
"Today is just not our day is it, Gary?" Ash grumbled while taking off his jacket while squeezing it dry.
"You don't say, today is not our day." Gary agreed while taking off a hooded jacket as Ash eyed at his direction.
"At least your head has protection." He retorted.
"My head has a protection, but my body doesn't have a protection." Gary shot back.
The two boys quickly changed into another set of dry clothes before sitting down on the sofa inside the Pokémon Center whist waiting for their clothes to dry. They then took the time to look around the place, and sure there were many Trainers around the area to hide from the rain.
"I'm surprise that there's even a battling facility in this Pokémon Center." Gary sang out as Ash raises an eye of interest.
"You're serious?! There is?" Ash yelled as Gary jumped and looked at him.
"Well, it's right over there. Two people are battling inside right now as a matter of fact." Gary told him while pointing at said direction.
Ash got up from his seat as he moved to the window of the battling facility, he watched two Trainers battle only to be joined by Gary minutes later.
"Looks like they're having a fun battle, don't you think?" Ash nodded.
"Let's try it for ourselves, the earlier battle was still 1 to 0 in my favour right? We still have two more round to go." Ash teased as Gary grinned at him.
"You're on, but don't expect me to go easy." He retorted.
The two Pallet Town Trainers walked into the facility to borrow a field for a two on two battle, as they both stood on each side of the field with Poke Balls raised.
"The battle between Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak of Pallet Town will now begin, each Trainer is allowed two Pokémon and the battle will be over when one side runs out of Pokémon!" The referee yelled.
"Let's do this, Clefairy, I choose you!" Ash yelled.
"Eevee, let's go!" Gary called.
Ash's Friend Ball burst open to reveal the fairy type Clefairy and from Gary's Poke Ball was his normal type Eevee.
"Clefairy vs Eevee, begin!" He yelled.
"Don't mind if we go first this time, Gary. Clefairy, use Moonblast!" Ash yelled
Clefairy formed a large pink ball between it's hands before lauching said attack at Eevee who dodged without Gary's command.
"Eevee, use Bite!" Gary ordered.
Eevee simply shook it's head away in a 'no way' manner, causing Gary to fall to the ground as Ash snickered. The Evolution Pokémon soon fired a Shadow Ball attack at Clefairy without command, as Ash put out his hand.
"Metronome!"
Clefairy's finger tip formed a white orb as it begin to wag it's fingers, just before launching a big kanji fire at Eevee which they know as Fire Blast.
"Eevee, if you want to win you have to listen to me. Use Dig!" Gary yelled.
Eevee looked a bit distrustful but still followed his order as it dug a hole to dodge the huge fire type attack, but moments later. Eevee came out from below Clefairy as the normal type slammed a fist underneath it's chin, knocking it backwards.
"Alright, Clefairy, use Double Slap!" This cause the Fairy Pokémon to charge at Eevee with hands raised as Gary smirked.
"Bad move, Ash. Eevee, use Quick Attack!"
Eevee gave a short leaped before charging towards Clefairy with remarkable and incredible speed as it rammed into the fairy type, knocking out the Fairy Pokémon.
"Clefairy is unable to battle, Eevee wins!" The referee declared.
"As expected of you, Gary. You're a tough opponents to fight against." Ash commented.
"I'm still far from being good, but thanks." Gary gave a cheeky smile.
Both Trainer recalled their Pokémon with a word of thanks as they each threw a Poke Ball, and surprisingly both Trainers from Pallet Town summoned a Pidgeotto causing them to snicker at each other.
"Ash's Pidgeotto vs Gary's Pidgeotto, begin!"
"Pidgeotto, use Steel Wing!" Both boys ordered.
Both Bird Pokemon flew a full circle before charging at each other with wings turning into steel, though Ash's Pidgeotto was initially faster as she slammed her right wing into Gary's Pidgeotto's side causing it to fly unbalance.
"Right, now use Gust!"
Ash's Pidgeotto flapped her wings to create a strong gust as Gary's Pidgeotto was barely hanging in the air, though the grandson of Professor Oak had another thing in mind.
"Use Roost!"
Gary's Pidgeotto summoned a flock of feathers as it glowed in a green light, regaining it's energy as Ash waved his hand in urgency.
"Quick, don't let it recover. Use Steel Wing!"
Ash's Pidgeotto quickly charged towards Gary's Pidgeotto with wings turned into steel as Gary grinned.
"I'm afraid you're too late, Ash. Twister!" Gary snapped his fingers
"Wait, your Pidgeotto knows Twister!" Ash yelled.
Gary's Pidgeotto flapped it's wings hard to create a huge cyclone of wind as it hurled Ash's Pidgeotto all around the place before ramming the Pokemon to the wall unconscious as the referee raised his hand.
"Ash's Pidgeotto is unable to battle, Gary's Pidgeotto wins. Since Ash Ketchum has lost all his Pokémon, the winner is Gary Oak!" He declared.
"Well, I expected no less from you." Ash shrugged as he recalled Pidgeotto.
"Maybe a bit more practice, and you'll beat me one day." Gary smirked.
Ash and Gary soon exited the Pokémon Center as Gary looked at his Xtransceiver to notice something as he looked at Ash with eyes of apology.
"Sorry Ash, I would like to go with you to see Bill. But something came up so I have to go." Gary told him as Ash shook his head.
"It's fine, good luck to whatever you have to do." Ash responded while raising the back of his fist as Gary smirked.
The two boys collided their fist together before parting ways with Ash walking deeper down Route 24 towards Route 25 and with Gary walking down back towards Cerulean City.
A few hours of walking, Ash arrived at a forest part of Route 25 as he was sweating all over as he sat down on the ground in exhaustion before taking off his bag to take out a bottle of water as he looked at the map given to him by Gary during the start of their journey.
"I've been here for almost 4 hours now, and I'm still not out. Unless there's a Gengar or I'm just stupid." Ash mumbled.
He continued to read the map until a scream was heard as he turn his head to the location, he hurriedly kept his map and bottle before running towards the noise.
"You know, little girl. It's stupid of you to try and save those Pokémon, especially when a weak Trainer like you tries to be a hero." Ash could see a man who had a Tyranitar beside him talking to a blonde girl who had two knocked out unknown Pokémon's.
"Comfey, Ribombee. Please tell me you're alright!" She yelled anxiously.
"You know, I have to thank you for bringing me such rare Pokémon. Now Tyranitar-" He was cut when Ash's voice came.
"Charmeleon, Shadow Claw! Clefairy, Moonblast!" Ash yelled.
The Flame Pokémon leaped out from the woods to slash Tyranitar's face dealing close to nothing until it was blast in the face by the fairy type move causing it to stumble backwards.
"You know, it's cowardly of you to pick on a girl." Ash retorted as he stepped out into the open before putting out his hand.
"Flamethrower and Metronome!" Ash ordered.
Charmeleon opened his mouth to fire a torrent of flames as Clefairy shot out two vines from it's Metronome attack as the man growled.
"Tyranitar, Hyper Beam!"
The Armor Pokémon opened it's mouth to launch a devastating purple beam which promptly tore through the two attacks with ease as Charmeleon and Clefairy leaped out of the way to avoid getting hit as Ash grinned.
"You know, Hyper Beam does have a setback for a strong attack. For example, being unable to move." Ash chimed as the man widen his eyes.
"Now, Charmeleon, let's practice your new move. Use Metal Claw!" Ash yelled.
With all his might, Charmeleon let loose a pair of glittering claws as he slashed Tyranitar multiple times forcing it backwards as Ash put his hand up in the air.
"Clefairy, end this with Moonblast!"
The Fairy Pokémon leaped into the air before throwing a large pink ball which knocked Tyranitar out cold as the man growled louder before recalling his Tyranitar.
"Don't think you've won brat, I won't forget about this!" He yelled before running off.
"Great work, Charmeleon and Clefairy." Ash praised as he turned around to face the blonde girl who was in state of shock and surprise.
"Are… you alright?" Ash questioned.
The girl snapped out of her shocked state as she nodded her head.
"I'm fine, thank you. And by the way, my name's Lillie." She replied as Ash smiled.
"The name's Ash Ketchum, I'm from Pallet Town." Ash introduced himself before pulling out his Pokedex to scan the unknown Pokémon.
"No Pokémon data found, might be a new species or undiscovered Pokémon." Dexter beeped out as Ash closed his red device.
"Okay…? That is very odd." He remarked as Lillie giggled a bit.
"Comfey and Ribombee are from the Alola Region where I came from, they've yet to be discovered by other regions." She explained as Ash nodded his head.
The blonde girl soon got down to Clefairy's level of height as she patted the Fairy Pokémon's head making it smile at the interaction.
"Aren't you a cutie, is this Clefairy yours?" Ash nodded.
"Yeah, I caught it in Mt. Moon just a few days ago." Ash responded as he looked at the blonde girl.
"Man, she's beautiful." He thought as Lillie looked at him with slight nervousness in her eyes.
"I know this is your Pokémon but… do you mind if I trade another for it?" She requested as both Ash and Clefairy looked at each other.
"If Clefairy doesn't mind, I don't mind. But who are you going to trade it for?" Ash told her.
Clefairy nodded in approval as Lillie took out a Net Ball before looked at Ash.
"In this Net Ball is a Pokémon named Golisopod, the Hard Scale Pokémon." She told him as Ash took out his Pokedex as did with Lillie.
He recalled Clefairy into it's Friend Ball as he initiated a trade as the balls glowed before changing location as the Net Ball was now in Ash's hand while his Friend Ball was now on Lillie's hand as it each burst open to reveal said Pokémon.
Ash looked upwards to see Golispod's face as the Hard Scale Pokémon nodded briefly as Clefairy was smiling at Lillie who bowed at Ash.
"Thank you for the trade, please take care of Golisopod for me." She thanked,
"No problem, please take care of Clefairy for me as well please." Ash responded.
"No, Nidorino!" A cry came as they turn around to see a caged Nidorino in the woods.
Golisopod's only action was to create a blue blade as it slashed the cage open to free the Drill Pokémon from his confinement as Ash checked it for injuries which impressed Lillie.
"Are you a doctor?" She asked as Ash shook his head.
"Far from it. I trained to, just in case my Pokémon's get hurt." Ash answered.
After bandaging Nidorino's injured look which Ash noticed when it was set free as he patted the poison type Pokémon on the head with a smile.
"You're free to go now, don't get hurt again." Ash told the Drill Pokemon who ran off.
"Well, I'm heading for Bill's house. Where are you headed Lillie?" Ash started as Lillie simply pointed at a direction.
"I was planning to get to Cerulean City to get myself a few items before my Gym Battle." She explained as Ash nodded his head before recalling Golisopod.
"Well, I guess I'll see you another time." He waved as they parted ways, which slightly saddens him.
Ash soon reached the edge of the forest, though he was blocked by a rather familiar figure and that was the same Nidorino from before as he bend down to Nidorino's level of height.
"What are you doing here little fella?" Ash questioned as Nidorino kept calling at him.
He soon knocked off a Poke Ball from Ash's belt before tapping it, the Drill Pokemon then got sucked into the small sphere device before clicking in a capture. Ash was stunned as he picked up the ball with a smile.
"Welcome to the team, Nidorino." Ash whispered as he got up, before continuing down the road.
Here's Chapter 4, Ash acquires new Pokémon and meets new friends. Next chapter will be his meeting with Bill. Any questions please don't hesitate to ask!
Ash's Current Team:
1. Charmeleon (Male)
2. Pidgeotto (Female)
3. Beedrill (Unknown)
4. Golisopod (Unknown)
5. Nidorino (Male)
Otherwise,
PEACE!