AN: Hello again guys!
K: Good news all! We'll actually start the journey!
T: Finally! It's been five chapters worth of exposition!
P: But it'll be helpful for later on. I hope… otherwise the two of you just wasted your time.
SV: Oh well. We don't own Pokemon, now go read the start of the journey!
Chapter 11.
Ash was lying in his bed, staring at the ceiling. Despite knowing that he needed to sleep, he couldn't stop the thoughts racing through his head. He didn't know which starter he would pick the next morning. He knew he should stop worrying though. After all, the others had started before him, so it's not like he should care. Gary had started two days before his visit to the Hall, along with another kid. The Professor should have had another set of starters since, but if not he'd go with the Pokemon that was left. That settled, Ash turned over in bed once again. He checked the clock to make sure that the alarm was set for the next morning, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
The clock beeped a few times, startling the young Mew awake. He floated out of bed, and used Psychic to disable the alarm. Stretching as he transformed, Ash quickly remembered why today was a special day and changed into his traveling clothes. He wanted to be out as fast as possible, to try and make up the time he'd lost over the past week. Though, he couldn't really call the last week wasted time, as he'd spent it making tons of new friends that could end up helping on his journey. Ash carefully took the Psychic Amplifier off the outfit he had worn the day before, and attached it to the new one. Smiling, he ran out of the room, using Psychic to float this bag behind him. As he walked down the stairs, he pulled the bag over to him and glanced quickly into a small pocket in the front, checking if the box that his badge had been in was still there before swinging it over his shoulders. It was apparent that Mew had been awake before him, because there was a note and some food on the kitchen table. Ash quickly ate, wanting to leave as soon as he could, and read the note. Hey Ashy, I hope you have a good day getting your new Pokemon. Sorry I won't be here in the morning, I've just had to go out somewhere to help with a Pokemon. I'll try and get back before you leave, but if I can't then I'll find you on the way back. Good luck dear! Ash chuckled and put the note down again.
"I wonder what mom's had to go and deal with." He said thoughtfully. "She said it was to do with a Pokemon… I hope that isn't one of the other legends or the hybrids." He worried. "Well, I guess I'll have to ask her when I next see her. Whenever that is." He walked out of the room, over to the front door and unlocked it with Psychic. It wasn't very late, but it was still early enough that not many people were up and about, so it was safe to close the door psychically too. Ash then started dashing towards Professor Oak's lab, wanting to get started on his journey and try to catch up to Gary and the other trainers that had started in the past week or so. Gary and Ash had butted heads on several occasions, but were still quite good friends. They had always spent lots of time at the lab, playing with the Pokemon. Of course, none of the Pokemon at the lab knew about Ash's relations to Mew, as he hadn't been a hybrid at the time, and Mew could cloak any of her psychic powers while disguised as Delia. That was probably a good thing, as Ash hated to think how the lab Pokemon would have reacted if they knew the truth about him and Mew. Soon Ash reached the lab, stopping his train of thoughts as he knocked on the door, ready to get his first Pokemon. Professor Oak opened the door, and smiled at the sight of Ash.
"Ah! Ash! Good to see that you're here!"
"Hey Professor!" He said. "I'm all ready to start my journey now!" Oak moved out of the doorway, letting the rather excited half Mew into the lab. The two of them walked over to the main one of the labs rooms.
"Well Ash, I'm glad that you're here, but the journey may be a problem. You see, the three Pokemon that I had to give to the new trainers have all already been taken by other trainers that were just starting out." The kind smile that had been on Ash's face disappeared.
"What? I thought that only two people were supposed to be starting this week."
"Yes, well, a girl also came to start her journey. She said she came over from a set of islands where they didn't really do Pokemon battles. She had seen some of the league battles and wanted to start traveling, so she had come here."
"Really? What was her name?" Ash was curious about the strange girl from the islands who had started here.
"I believe her name was Mia." Oak said. "Now, back to the matter at hand." Ash frowned. "Whenever you and Gary have been round with the Pokemon, you always seemed to have a special ability with breaking up fights. In fact, I recall a time when you helped to not only stop a fight between two Pokemon, but also calm down the Gyarados that had started it!" Ash nodded, remembering that day two years beforehand. A Gyarados had managed to get into a fight with an ill tempered Feraligatr. It had gotten the attention of Ash and Gary when a Hydro Pump from the Feraligatr had missed, almost hitting them. It would have if not for the fact that Mew, who had pretended to drop Ash off to play while she did some errands to be able to watch her child while invisible, had sensed the attack and warned Ash to get them to move. The two, pursued by Mew to make sure they didn't get hurt, had ran over to the commotion to see the two fighting. Ash and Mew had a small telepathic conversation quickly, before Ash told Gary to go and get Professor Oak. As soon as he was out of sight, Ash had told them to stop. The Gyarados hadn't listened, and fired a Flamethrower, causing Mew to appear and protect him. The two Water types had almost fainted at the sudden appearance of the god legendary, before getting an earful from the pink cat in Pokespeech, which Ash hadn't understood at the time. Later, Mew had explained that she had told them that they shouldn't be fighting and endangering the Pokemon that were in the ranch, as well as trying to kill the boy behind her simply because he had tried to stop them and protect the Pokemon. The Feraligatr had calmed down quite quickly, but the Gyarados was still quite angry. Mew had 'left', turning invisible and cloaking her psychic powers from any detection, and Ash had walked over to the Gyarados. He had talked to it for a while, with Mew translating for him, and helped to calm it down and figure out what was wrong. Gary had come running back with Professor Oak at that point, and saw that the Feraligatr was looking at Ash quite protectively, and with a slight bit of awe, and Gyarados looking quite embarrassed. Both Ash and Mew knew this was because they were amazed that Mew, a god among Pokemon, had protected this human in front of them. Ash had explained to Oak what was wrong, and helped to stop them fighting. Ash didn't want to take the praise, when he hadn't done much, but he couldn't just say that a Mew had appeared, protected him and stopped them arguing. He snapped his attention back to Oak. "Well, quite recently, I caught a Pokemon that was in the lab. It had been wreaking the power lines and causing a lot of trouble. Since then, I've let it out a few times to socialise with the other Pokemon, but it was quite angry at being caught, and tried to attack me. I wouldn't normally give this kind of Pokemon to a new trainer, but I think you can handle it after calming a Gyarados."
"Sure thing Professor." Ash was curious now, and wanted to know what Pokemon Oak was going to give him. "What is it?"
"I'll let you see for yourself." Oak went over to the desk and pulled a Pokeball out of a box. "Stand back a little." He warned, and Ash complied. Oak released the Pokemon from its Pokeball, and the white energy took the form of a Pikachu. It looked around, growling, and its eyes settled on Oak, then Ash.
'What does this stupid human want now!' He demanded. 'Am I here to be a stupid bit of entertainment to this dumb kid?' Ash sweatdropped; when Oak had said it was an angry Pokemon, he hadn't expected this. Still, he had to be careful about making sure that Oak didn't realise he could understand Pokemon now, thanks to his transformation into a hybrid.
"I see what you mean when you said he was angry." Ash told Oak.
"Do you think you can handle him?" Oak asked, worried.
"Of course. I'm sure we'll get along just fine." Ash said, taking the Pokeball from Oak.
'Don't bet on it kid.' He said angrily. Oak walked over to the computer, and with a nervous glance to the new trainer and his Pokemon, he typed in a few things on the computer and put a Pokedex into the machine. A few moments later, the computer dinged and he pulled the Pokedex out.
"Here you go Ash. You're now registered as an official Pokemon trainer. I assume that you'll be going for the Pokemon League, correct?" Ash nodded. "Well, good luck in your endeavors. You can register for the league at Pewter City, which also has the first gym." Ash waved goodbye to the Professor and walked out. Pikachu followed, though it was just because Ash had his Pokeball. Speaking of which, Ash now turned to Pikachu once he got outside. He attempted to return Pikachu to his Pokeball, but the small electric mouse jumped out of the way of the beam, showing that he hated the Pokeball just as much, if not more, than he hated Ash. He grinned a little, getting the weird feeling that Pikachu would be finding out about him soon, and be even more embarrassed than the Gyarados was. Ash went walking towards Route 1, and Pikachu unwillingly followed behind, muttering about stupid kids all the time.
"Hey Pikachu, are you going to be rude the entire way?" Ash asked, without turning around. "Because I really hope we can get along."
'Why would I try and get along with the likes of you, anyway?'
"Because, despite what you might think, we have more in common than you might know."
'What on earth is that kid going on about?' Pikachu mused, not bothering to stay quiet as he didn't realise that Ash could understand him. He thought the first reply had been a coincidence.
"You'll see. I need to meet up with someone first." Ash replied. Pikachu looked at his back, surprise evident in his eyes. The kid had understood him! This was quite surprising for him, as no human understood Pokemon, if that Professor was anything to go by.
'You… can understand me?' He said quietly, as though he didn't believe it.
"Yes, I can. I'll explain why when we meet up with the other person I mentioned." Ash replied, walking onto the road to Viridian.
A trainer that understands me? Pikachu thought. Maybe this trip won't be too bad, if I can convince him to let me go. Pikachu ran to catch up to his trainer, wanting to try to talk more to him, but the two were knocked over by another trainer. Pikachu looked at him strangely. What the heck? This kid looks identical to this trainer! He even has a Pikachu! The copy of Ash stopped and helped Ash stand up.
"Hey, are you from Pallet Town?"
"Yeah, why?"
"The Phantom Pokemon was seen flying around a few days ago! I'm going to see if I can catch it, or at least see it!"
"Well, good luck then." Ash said awkwardly. He didn't want to say anything about said Phantom Pokemon, after all, it had raised him! He decided to lie. "I haven't seen anything of this Pokemon, but good luck to you hunting for it." Pikachu narrowed his eyes, easily picking up the lie.
"By the way, I'm Richie! I'm trying to get into the Pokemon League, so I want to try and see if the Phantom Pokemon will bring me good luck."
"I'm Ash. I'm a starting trainer too!"
"Cool! Hope to see you in the league!" Richie said, before sprinting off towards Pallet.
"Wow. Nice kid." Ash said, dusting himself off.
'You were lying.' Pikachu said accusingly.
"What?" The sudden question from the Pokemon who seemed to hate him threw him off.
'About the Phantom Pokemon. You were lying about not seeing it.'
"Well, I guess I should say a bit now, huh?" Ash said. But I'll keep the bombshell until I can call for Mew.
'Well? What is it?'
"Mew." Ash said simply, lowering his voice. Pikachu's eyes bulged. "She saved my life from a Flamethrower attack when I tried to stop a Gyarados fighting with a Feraligatr two years ago."
'What!' The small mouse exclaimed.
"I'll tell you the full story later, if you want." He offered. Pikachu nodded dumbly, and Ash looked at the sky. "Come on, we need to meet my friend." Pikachu was still in some shock from the fact that Ash had met and been saved by Mew, so Ash picked him up and walked to a clearing that he knew was nearby. As he reached it, Pikachu snapped out of his shock and realised that Ash was carrying him. He flinched a little, but relaxed when he realised how careful Ash was being.
He must be worried that I'll shock him. Pikachu thought, a little sad at the thought of that. Ash quickly put him down, and he looked around, trying to see who this person was.
'Where's this person you want to meet?'
"Hang on, I've got to call her." Ash said, closing his eyes. 'Hey mom, do you hear me?'
'Yeah, I hear you.' Mew replied. 'Is something wrong?'
'No, I just wanted you to meet my new Pokemon. I also need to tell you something, but I think that it can wait.'
'Ok. I'll fly over there in a moment. Just stay where you are, I can find you from your psychic power.' Ash sent her a mental nod and opened his eyes. Pikachu was looking at him like he was slightly crazy. "She's coming. I'll set up a camp here while we wait."
'Who is it?' Pikachu wasn't able to stop his curiosity at meeting this person, even if he didn't expect to stay around very long.
"You'll see." Ash said, turning his back on his Pokemon so he wouldn't see the grin spreading across his face. And boy, will you be shocked.
Chapter 12.
A half hour passed before Mew arrived. Ash had sent up a tent, and was looking at Pikachu's moveset when he sensed Mew was approaching. He put away the Pokedex and looked up, seeing the smallest blob of pink in the sky. Pikachu looked up too, confused as to what his trainer was doing.
'What're you looking at?'
"She's here." Ash said simply, getting ready for the incoming hug from Mew and billion questions from Pikachu. 'Oh, mom, I haven't told Pikachu about us yet. I was waiting for you.'
'No problem.' Mew giggled back. The next thing Ash saw was a pink ball flying into him as Mew gave him a huge hug. Ash managed to catch a glimpse of Pikachu's face, and chuckled slightly to see that his face was 100 percent pure shock.
'Why…' Pikachu stuttered.
'Oh little Pikachu, this isn't even the end of it all!' Mew said, letting go of Ash and patting the mouse on the head. 'Ashy, you should transform too.' Ash grinned, and an arrangement of bubbles surrounded him as he transformed. The smaller blue Mew took his place, and flew over to his mother, grinning widely at Pikachu's face.
'What.' Pikachu just said blankly.
'This is what I meant when I said we had more in common than you thought.' Ash told him, sitting next to the little mouse, with Mew next to Ash.
But… you look human.' He whined.
'I'm not a legend. I'm a hybrid. Half and half, and the reason I'm a shiny.'
'Yup!' Mew said happily. 'I adopted him when he was two after an incident with the Creation trio. I only swapped him last week though.'
'Now that I think of it, Diarmad and Pearlina both were pretty nervous when we visited, though Glaucus wasn't as bad.' Ash mused.
'Well, I gave them a right yelling at when the three of them were all next at the Hall.' Mew said, slightly angry. Ash giggled.
'I don't know why, but I have a hard time thinking that you were able to tell those three off. Though, you are a god even higher than them, so I don't know why I'm surprised.'
'What is going on?' Pikachu sighed. 'I get a trainer, even though I hate them, and it turns out to be a Mew's child?'
'Yep.' Mew said, floating to his other side. 'Now, Ashy, what was it you wanted to talk about?'
'Just read my mind, it'll be faster.' Ash told her. Her eyes glowed a bright pink as she scanned the memories of the event from just outside of Pallet. She hummed.
'I don't think that'll be a problem. After all, I'm not going to be staying there.' Ash looked at Mew, confused, and she giggled. 'Oh, I forgot I hadn't told you about the plan! Then again, Arcy has been pushing against the idea for a while now.' Mew glowed a bright white colour, and a human girl of around ten took her place.
'What are you doing?' Ash asked her.
'I'll be traveling with you too!' She said. 'I'm Mia, a new Pokemon trainer from some far off islands!'
'Hey, Professor Oak said that a girl named Mia had taken the last Pokemon he had to give.' Ash told her. 'That why I've got Pikachu here!'
"Opps. I didn't realise that Oak wouldn't have had any new Pokemon for you to pick from. Sorry about that."
'It's fine. After all, I've got Pikachu.' Ash said, patting said Pokemon on the head.
"Hey, change back and I'll introduce you to my starter Pokemon!" Mew instructed. Ash nodded and floated over near the tents, and transformed. Pikachu was still in some shock from the fact that the trainer who had taken him from Oak was the child of Mew, so Ash just left him alone. "Ok Crimson, time to meet our teammates!" A Charmander popped out of the Pokeball and looked around.
'Miss Mew, are we battling?'
"No. I wanted you to meet Ash and Pikachu." Crimson's gaze focused on them both.
'Oh! Are you Miss Mew's child? It's an honour to meet you.' She said, bowing. 'And is this your partner?' Her gaze shifted to Pikachu.
"Yeah, this is my friend." Ash said, looking at Pikachu.
"Hey Ash, why do you have a tent set up?" Mew asked. "It's midday."
"Well, I was planning on staying here to do some training." Ash started.
"Well now I'm here, so there's no need for that!" Mew said happily. "Crimson, Pikachu, it's time to train!" Mew clicked her fingers, and the small group teleported with a pink flash.
AN: And we've finally started the journey!
P: I like the idea of Mew traveling with Ash under the disguise of Mia.
T: Yeah, it sounds fun. Will Mew Games be something that occurs in this story often?
K: Sometimes. They'll be used for almost all of the training that Ash and Mia do, but we won't really go into much detail on then aside from this first one, a couple of the group trainings that we have planned during special events and some very special needs for some Pokemon in solo training, which may or may not have something to do with their backstories.
SV: We don't plan to give Ash a Charmander, as Mia has one, unless we get a ton of support for Ash and Charmander before the event with Damian. Finally, Mew is going to be referred to as Mia, even in telepathy if they use it to talk privately.
P: And for everyone who's going to be angry about Pikachu, Shadow got a lot of reviews and some messages for him.
T: So, sorry? And for Xperior, Shadow said she won't use Larvesta because it's basically a pseudo legend. And it holds the record for the most levels to evolve one stage.
P: It doesn't sound like a good idea for a starter. Speaking of which, that was not the Renegade Pokemon. So no to those guesses. Good choice though.
K: Anyway, we'll be seeing all of you next time!