A/N: Sorry for the long wait... I don't know what I'm going to with the Starters due to the 5th generation, but I'll figure something out. Enjoy the new chapter...
Chapter 9: The Lonely Charmander
They were lost again… what else was new. What was the saddest thing though was the one with the best sense of direction was denied use the map… why? Because she wasn't from that world. It was extremely flimsy excuse sure… especially since a map is a map.
"We're lost." Said Nami.
"Oh come on… we just don't where we are." Said Ash.
Nami glared at him, "I'm tired of that line…"
"But we are." Said Luffy.
That was when Nami hit the both of them in the head.
"Why won't you just give me the map… I'm sure we can get out of here." Said Nami, "If you just hand me the map."
"No way… you're not from this world." Said Ash.
Nami hit him in the head.
"Your too violent…" whined Ash.
Nami glared at him, which caused him to slink away.
That was when both Pikachu noticed something in the distance. It was on a tall rock. It was a red lizard like Pokemon with a tail on fire.
"What's that?" asked Luffy.
"It's a Charmander." Said Ash.
Luffy took out his Pokedex.
"Charmander the Fire Lizard Pokemon. If it's Tail goes out, it will die." Said the Pokedex.
"It looks weak." Said Zoro.
That was when he was whacked in the head by Nami.
"I meant look it's tail!" shouted Zoro.
They looked at the flame, it was very small.
"Hey your right." Said Ash, "I'm going to catch it."
Ash tossed a Pokeball at the Charmander, it kicked the Pokeball away, hitting Ash in the head.
"You okay?" asked Luffy.
"Fine and dandy." Said Ash.
Both Pikachus went up to the Charmander. The Pokemon talked it out.
"What did it say?" asked Ash.
"Pikachu! Pikapika!" said Ash's Pikachu.
"Okay." Said Ash, "I got it."
"What did it say?" asked Nami.
"That it belongs to someone else and he's waiting for his trainer to come back." Said Ash.
"You got that from two words?" asked Nami with a sweat drop.
"Well if it has a trainer and it's waiting. We should leave it alone." Said Brock.
The others nodded in agreement.
After wandering around for a bit they found the Pokemon Center, that's when it started to rain.
"Okay! From this point on you have to give me the map." Said Nami.
"No." said Ash.
Nami began to seethe. She wasn't happy.
"Ask Nurse Joy for a map." Whispered Misty.
Nami nodded…
That was when they saw a guy many Poke balls.
"Oh wow! That's a lot of Pokemon you have Damien." Said one guy gushing over him.
"Are… are some of those empty?" asked another guy.
"What would make you accuse you of that?" asked Damien.
"It's just that you know… the rules." Said the person.
"I'm just going to ignore you." Said Damien.
"Hey! Didn't you used to have a Charmander?" asked another person.
"Yeah, but it was weak so I left him out a rock. I told him that I would come when he kept following me." Said Damien.
That one thing made with Ash's group upset.
"What did you say?" asked Ash.
"What you heard me." Said Damien.
"We saw that Charmander and he's still waiting for you!" yelled Luffy.
"Wow that's really pathetic." Said Damien.
"That's it! It's time for a Pokemon battle!" yelled Ash.
"No you're not!" said Nurse Joy getting between them, "You're not having a Pokemon battle."
"But!" said Ash.
"No… it's not right to drag Pokemon into a personal battle." Said Nurse Joy.
That was when Luffy got an idea… handle it the pirate way.
"Is it okay if I talk with him out back?" asked Luffy.
Nurse Joy nodded…
Luffy dragged Damien by the collar and dragged him out back.
"What are you doing?" they heard Damien yell.
That was when they heard the screams and the poundings that Damien rightfully deserved.
"I'll get him a towel since it's raining." Said Nurse Joy, she knew Damien. She didn't like him. She didn't know who Luffy was but she liked that he didn't his Pokemon involved.
Sometime later he returned and was wet from the rain.
"That felt good." Said Luffy.
Damien came in… broken and beaten. He didn't know what happened… but he didn't like it.
"I'm going to rest here." He said.
That was when he just collapsed on the floor.
"Wow… that's a good lesson for the kids. That violence is the answer." Said Nami sarcastically.
"What are you talking about?" asked Luffy.
"Never mind." Said Nami.
Later they were having dinner, Brock was still upset.
"Hey what's wrong?" asked Ash.
"It's just that Charmander… I mean that guy Damien." Said Brock.
"He got what he deserved." Said Misty.
"He's still knocked out;." Said Ash.
"I don't think he's going to wake up any time soon." Said Luffy.
With Damien, he was still barely conscious.
"Look at the pretty colors…" he said.
Back in the cafeteria…
"I know… but still." Said Brock, "That Charmander is going to leave that rock."
That was when Nami slammed her face into the table. She wasn't contributing to the conversation but was rather looking over maps.
"What's wrong?" asked Brock.
"We've been going in the opposite direction of Vermillion City the whole time." Said Nami her voice muffled, "we've been going north when we should have been going south."
Nami pointed to the map. She pointed the location of where they were, where Vermillion City was and where Cerulean City was.
They were north of Cerulean City… way, way, way north. It would take them about a week to get near Cerulean City let alone Vermillion City.
Nami got up. "I'm taking a nap…" she said.
Everyone sweat dropped…
"We've been going the wrong way?" asked Ash.
"But it hasn't been any colder." Said Luffy.
Misty glared at the two began to slink away.
That night the storm began to get bad. Lighting woke up the two Pikachus. The Pikachus woke up their trainers in return.
"What's going on?" asked Ash.
"Pika!" yelled Luffy's Pikachu.
The two saw the storm, and they were shocked.
"Hey! Wake up!" yelled Ash.
The others wake up.
"What?" asked Nami who was still very angry about well… about getting lost and she would have been able to prevent it.
"There's a storm out…side… and…" said Luffy.
"Trying to protect the Charmander…" said Ash weakly.
"Take it out on them later." Said Misty.
"Fine." Said Nami glaring at the four guys, "But you will pay later…"
Zoro groaned while the three nodded.
The group headed outside in the rain, they managed to find the Charmander who was very sick and it's tail was almost out. They got back to the Pokemon center.
"What's going on?" asked Nurse Joy when they got back inside.
"Do you know where Damien is?" asked Luffy.
"He left hours ago after he reigned full consciousness." Said Nurse Joy, "Why is that the Pokemon he was talking about."
The other nodded…
"You have to save it." Said Brock.
"Don't worry I will." Said Nurse Joy.
Nurse Joy took the Charmander into an operation room and began to treat it.
As the night went on the group waited… while Nami looked at the map, while discovering there was another gym on the way… but there appeared to be a route that was quick easy and would take them to Vermillion city with out going close to Cerulean or the other city on the way Saffron.
After Nurse Joy gave the word that the Charmander was okay. Nami gave the other the route she discovered.
"There's two ways we can go about this. But we have to make a choice. We can go to Saffron City or we can go to Vermillion City." Said Nami, "Either way will be just long as the other."
"So which way." Said Misty.
"Since we're heading to Vermillion to begin with, we'll go that way." Said Ash.
"Okay…" said Nami, "And now my half of the deal… none of you while I'm here can ever take the map away from me… ever..."
"I think we can agree to that." Said Misty.
"Oaky the next part…" said Nami.
"If the next part has anything to with money than forget it." Said Ash.
"Fine." sighed Nami.
That was when Nurse Joy came into the Lobby.
"The Charmander ran away." Said Nurse Joy.
Needless to say the group was shocked.
After discussing not to go after because of what Damien did. They decided restart their course for Vermillion city. The group was silent as they continued on the way. Well expect for one.
"I don't like that guy any more than the rest of you… but if the Charmander refuses." Said Zoro.
That was when he was whacked on the head by a mallet.
"We will not talk about it." Said Misty.
"Fine…" muttered Zoro.
That was when the ground gave way from below them.
"What the…" said Luffy.
"Prepare for Trouble!"
"And Make it Double!"
That was when Luffy jumped out and used his arm as ladder for the others.
"Hey!" yelled Team Rocket.
They noticed what they wearing…
"Did you just escaped from a Radioactive area?" asked Ash.
"No!" all three of them yelled.
"These suit are made of rubber… I don't think we need to explain to with that idiot being made of rubber for some reason." Said Jessie.
"A magic fruit gave me those powers." Said Luffy.
"Sure a magic fruit…" said James.
"Come on… let's do this!" yelled Meowth.
Meowth shot something at the two Pikachus trapping them in a balloon.
That is that thing?" asked Ash.
"Just a rubber balloon." Said Meowth.
That was when Meowth shot something at the ground the group was standing on sending them back into a pit then covering it.
"All right! We win!" cheered all three of them.
"Char!" growled a certain Pokemon.
That is when they saw Charmander. It had returned to them knowing that they were the ones that helped him when it needed it.
"Oh… look a Charmander! How cute!" said Jessie.
That was when the Charmander used Flamethrower on the three. Burning everything off them and freeing the two Pikachus.
At the same time the cover was cut multiple times over thanks to Scyther.
"Now!" said Ash.
"Use Thunderbolt!" yelled both Ash and Luffy.
That sent off the three blasting off again.
"Hey! Charmander! I've been looking all over for you!" said a very familial voice.
They turned to see Damien, bandaged and bruised.
"What are you doing here?" asked Ash.
"I've been looking for Charmander… and that's it." Lied Damien.
"Liar!" yelled Luffy.
Damien flinched, "Fine… I abandoned it. It was a weak Pokemon… and now it's stronger… so…"
That was when Charmander burnt Damien, causing to pass out once again.
"I don't' think Luffy's beating wasn't good for his health." Said Misty.
"You want to come with us?" asked Ash.
Charmander nodded. Ash looked at Luffy and Brock. Both of them deserved it more than he did. Brock was the most concerned and Luffy… yeah…
"You should be the one to take him." Said Brock.
"Yeah… I just wanted to beat up the guy." Said Luffy.
Ash smiled and took out a Poke ball, and caught it.
"I caught a Charmander!" yelled Ash.
And so Ash caught a Charmander… which meant he had two thirds of the three Pokemon that he could have gotten from Pro. Oak. Who knew… maybe he'd catch the third.
Next Time: They get to another town to find it's being tormented by a gang of Squirtles! That... sounds weird? Will Ash, Luffy and the rest be able to stop them? Find out next time!