Chapter 2: A new Friend

"If that's a Pokémon it's mine!" Ash called as he readied a Pokéball in his hands.

"Hey, I still don't have a Pokémon yet you know!" Benjamin complained rolling his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. Next one's yours!" Ash waved it off.

"Croo!" A little Pidgey came hopping out of the grass.

"Go Pokéball!" Ash shouted as he turned his cap and threw the Pokéball.

The Pokéball hit Pidgey and Pidgey went into the Pokéball. The Pokéball shook once, twice… And the Pidgey broke out!

"What? It was mine!" Ash whinnied as the Pidgey hopped away.

"Kaa chi! Kaa kaa!" Pikachu started laughing and rolling on the floor.

"H-hey! Stop laughing Pikachu! Why didn't you try to help me?" Ash said defensively.

"C'mon Ash, everyone knows you've got to weaken the Pokémon before trying to catch it." Benjamin said with an offending smirk.

"Oh yeah? Why don't you try to catch a Pokémon too then!" Ash challenged hotly.

"Yeah sure! But I'll be borrowing Pikachu." Benjamin said and gestured to Pikachu.

Pikachu ran up beside Benjamin and started purring.

"No fair. You're my Pokémon, not his." Ash muttered under his breath.

"Did you say something dude?" Benjamin raised an eyebrow as Pikachu rubbed itself against Benjamin's leg.

"No. Nothing. I didn't say anything." Ash shook his head softly.

"Okay then. Let's catch me a Pokémon Pikachu!" Benjamin chuckled cheerily as they ventured into the grass field.

"Hmph. I could catch a Pokémon without Pikachu!" Ash sulked as he kick ed a stone around.

Then, an idea hit him. Bending over and searching around, Ash picked up a few stones.

"Let's see if I can't catch a Pokémon like this." Ash smiled to himself confidently.

~Further in the field~

Sshhh… The grass rustled as a gentle breeze blew past.

"What great weather!" Benjamin said almost to himself as he enjoyed the col breeze through his hair.

"Ahhh!" A scream came from somewhere.

Ash came running along in the distance with a big silhouette of something chasing him from the skies.

"What is…" Benjamin trailed off as he saw the flock of Spearow led by a Fearow, "Oh no."

"Run!" Ash called out as he saw Benjamin and Pikachu in the distance.

~A couple minutes ago~

"Hmph! I'll weaken a Pidgey with stones then catch it!" Ash said wearing a self confident grin.

Then a silhouette of a Pidgey appeared in the grass.

"You're mine." Ash whispered to himself as he aimed a stone at the silhouette.

Tossing as hard as he could, Ash tossed the stone straight into the silhouette's head.

"Spear!" The silhouette called out as it turned around.

"That's not a Pidgey." Ash murmured somewhat worriedly to himself.

"Spear!" Spearow called out once more and flapping noises resonated through the air.

"Uh oh…" The colour drained from Ash's face as he saw an approaching flock of Spearows.

"Spear!" The injured Spearow called out again and the entire flock bore down upon Ash.

"AHH!" Ash screamed as he turned tails and ran.

~Now~

"What did you do Ash?" Benjamin called out as they ran away from the approaching flock.

"I might have accidentally injured one of the Spearow belonging to that flock!" Ash shouted back, over the ominous chirps and flapping noise coming from the the flock.

"You…" Benjamin caught his tongue as he was about to insult Ash.

"Yeah! I know!" Ash groaned as the trio ran as fast as they could.

~River~

"Ash! There's a river up ahead!" Benjamin shouted, worried.

"What?" Ash shouted back as he saw it in the horizon, "Oh no!"

"Pii!" Pikachu cried out as they came to the edge the river.

"What now? We can't run along the river, there's a small waterfall up ahead!" Ash grumbled as the Spearows drew closer.

"Upstream?" Benjamin asked, not familiar with the surroundings of this area

"The forest is too dense!" Ash grumbled somewhere as the Spearows appeared on the horizon.

"Alright, we don't have a choice! Into the river!" Benjamin shouted as he dived into the river.

Pikachu dived in with him and Ash just stood there.

"What wait come back up!" Ash shouted as he saw Benjamin and Pikachu struggling against the current.

"Pikachu!" Ash called out and dived in after Pikachu.

As the trio struggled against the current, they drew closer to the waterfall.

"Brash! Bwe're boing bown!" Benjamin gasped, bobbing in and out of the water.

"I bow!" Ash shouted as loudly he could as his head got dragged under the current and he went down the waterfall.

"Brash!" Benjamin shouted and he went under as well.

A/N: And that's Chapter 2! So before I continue on, do you guys want Misty to be paired with either Ash or Benjamin now? Or do you guys want them to be paired with May and Dawn later on? Leave a review and let me know! And see you guys in the next chapter!