Ash woke up groggily not remembering when he went to sleep. He opened his eyes tentatively; the room was just a Pokémon centre room, nothing special about it.

Why was he here again? He remembered beating team rocket, then…well it couldn't be that important. He got out of bed noticing his head was aching a little, that was weird, it didn't seem serious though so he ignored it and started getting ready to leave.

When he was done showering and changing his underwear, something his mum had been quiet insistent of him doing every day, he returned find his room still empty. He then left to go get a meal. He got down stairs and saw Misty had already done so; she had even gotten extra for him.

With that thought in mind he took the vacant seat next to her and grabbed a sandwich. "What do you think you're doing?" it was as if she was trying to kill him with her stare as he held the sandwich.

"Hi Misty, do you know what happened last night I forgot?" he took a bit out of the sandwich ignoring her furious expression.

"Why are you eating my sandwich?" she spat taking an angry bite of her own. Ash took another bite.

"Thanks for buying breakfast" he said taking another bite while looking around the table for what to eat next. She glared at him taking half back and eating it, mentally she added the cost of the sandwich onto the cost of her bike.

"I'm going to bill you for this you know, you owe me one bike and now one sandwich" she huffed before looking at the boy "By the way, you shouldn't have left your cuts alone, they could have been infected"

Ash looked at her blankly for a second before remembering the injuries inflicted by Fearow "Oh right…sorry for worrying you" Ash said rubbing the worst one on his chest reflexively.

"I wasn't worried, Nurse Joy was" Misty muttered still eating her sandwich "That reminds me, she said she wants to put something on those cuts to make it heal faster. Don't worry she assured me it would be painless"

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One incredibly painful hour later Ash left the Pokémon centre, now knowing about the events of the night before including Team Rockets arrest and his being knocked unconscious thanks to Nurse Joy. He was still hungry, half a sandwich was not enough and unfortunately Misty refused to give him any more, saying something about him being a freeloader. He would have brought his own but then Nurse Joy turned up with the 'medicine' to 'help' him.

Now he was entering Viridian forest, Misty following him. "You know if you walk beside me instead of behind people won't think your stalking me" he yelled back as he continued marching through the forest.

"Like I would ever associate myself with the likes of you!" she screeched in a high-pitched annoying voice before letting out an even high pitched screech and running in front of him "B-bug!"

Ash turned to see a small green worm Pokémon with a pink crest "Hey it's a Caterpie!" Ash yelled looking at the small green Pokémon as it slowly moved towards them. "I'm goanna catch it" he reached to the side finding the poke ball "Go Fearow" he yelled as the large powerful bird appeared. "Use peck" the bird complied hitting Caterpie and knocking it over so swirls were in its eyes in one hit.

"Well that was easy" Ash thought aloud "Go poke ball" the ball connecting and engulfing the small bug type in red light before sucking it into itself.

It shook once, then again and finally a third time before stopping with a small ding. "Yay, I caught me a Caterpie" he yelled as he picked it up and let it outs its ball. He was pleased to see that it wasn't injured; apparently it had just given up quickly.

"Ah!" Misty cried running away and hiding behind a tree. Caterpie still saw her though and without hesitating a second ignored Ash and sprinted over to Misty. It got there with surprising speed, nuzzling into the scared girls leg lovingly "Get this disgusting bug away from me" she cried making Caterpie slum down sadly, was he really disgusting?

"Misty that's not very nice" Ash yelled furious at her behaving like that, Caterpie wasn't disgusting and being mean to Pokémon was inexcusable in his book.

"Ash, this isn't funny, get that thing back in its ball. Bugs are one of the three most disgusting things in the world" she yelled hysterically flailing her arms about as she tried to get away from the horrifying creature.

"What are the three most disgusting things in the world?" he had a feeling he would be on the list.

"Carrots, peppers and bugs" she cried cowering away from the approaching Caterpie, Ash was actually happy he wasn't on the list, not that he cared what she thought. "So either put that thing away or go on without me" she threatened knowing he would cave instantly.

"Great" he said picking Caterpie up and placing him on his shoulder "I've now got a Misty repellent" he yelled gleefully before turning and calmly walking away.

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Later that night Ash was in his sleeping bag ready for bed. He sent out Fearow and Caterpie "Ok guys, do you want to stay out for tonight or stay in your poke balls" he asked before noticing the look of terror on Caterpie's face. "Hey Caterpie what's wrong?" he asked as the small bug ran behind him.

All he got for a response was a low moan and gesturing towards Fearow. "You don't have to be afraid, Fearow won't hurt you. Right Fearow" he said looking to his bird Pokémon.

"Fearow-fear-fear (You look delicious)"Fearow cried which Ash took to be him agreeing. He smiled at his kind Pokémon.

"See everything's fine" he turned to see Caterpie had already got back into its ball, shrugging he decided to ignore it for tonight. He wanted his Pokémon to get along but he also knew that forcing these things rarely worked "Do you want to stay out then Fearow" he asked readying the poke ball. The large bird nodded though so he put it away.

"Good you finally put that thing away" Misty yelled having appeared out of nowhere to now be sitting next to him.

"Ah, you followed me" this was really strange, who followed people. Maybe she really was a stalker.

"No…this is just the fastest way through the woods, besides you still owe me a bike" she yelled lying down in her sleeping bag and wriggling about to get comfortable.

"Whatever" and with that he promptly fell asleep, not knowing what was waiting for him tomorrow.

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The morning was beautiful, clear blue sky's lay above them as they slept. But that wasn't the only thing that was above them. "Greetings, am I addressing the Pokémon trainer who comes from Pallet" Ash heard someone say but he didn't want to open his eyes yet.

"I'm from Pallet…five more minutes" Ash muttered rolling away from the offensive sound.

"I have found you at last" he drew his samurai sword putting it right in the face of the sleeping boy. Ash didn't respond, he just continued gently snoring oblivious to the sword mere inches from his face.

A loud scream penetrated the air making Ash's eyes fly open to see the sword inches from his face. Ash let out a loud high pitch scream at being woken up like this, could you blame him though waking up with a sword in your face was a little unnerving. "What the hell's going on?" he cried frantically moving away from the sword, falling over several times whilst doing so due to the sleeping bag.

"I am the samurai; I am also fearless and completely invincible in combat" he introduced himself removing the sword from Ash's face.

"Good for you…why are you're here exactly?" Ash asked regaining his bearings and feeling more secure when Fearow came up beside him.

"For a battle of course" he yelled loudly making Ash wince at the sound.

"Couldn't you have waited till we woke up" Misty cried appearing from her hiding place.

"I waited for a long time watching the trainer from Pallet sleep but he didn't wake up" Samurai said creeping Ash out. Was he joking or was he serious? His tone didn't change at all but Ash was still optimistic.

"Ew, ok I'll battle you if it'll make you leave" Ash relented not wanting anything else to happen with this strange person.

"Excellent, Pinsir assume battle mode!" he screamed loudly throwing the ball with the stag beetle Pokémon out, it appeared bathed in white light. Ash quickly raised his Pokédex not recognising this Pokémon.

"Pinsir, this fearsome Pokémon uses its powerful claws to put the squeeze on its opponents." The Pokédex described using a pun in its dry monotone voice.

"Huh, bug type. Then I'll use my bug type then, go Caterpie" Ash yelled throwing the small bug out for the battle.

"Ash you idiot, Caterpie doesn't stand a chance, he'll be split in half by Pinsir. Even a bug doesn't deserve that" she cried insulting Ash for what felt like the millionth time.

"Don't worry I got this, Caterpie use string shot and aim for the legs" Ash commanded the small worm complying covering the opponents legs in a thin layer of string.

"Hah, child's play, Pinsir counters with tackle" Samurai commanded the large beetle jumping up breaking though the string and heading right for Caterpie. The collision was harsh, knocking the small bug-type back and into a tree leaving it unable to battle. "Ha-ha-ha your Pokémon is beaten"

"Caterpie return" Ash yelled shooting the beam of light at the bug "You did great Caterpie, now rest" Ash then looked though his options soon finding his next choice "Fearow I chose you!" the large bird flew down from where it had been watching looming over Pinsir.

"Good idea Ash, flying types should have the advantage in battle" Misty called out from the side-lines, Ash was shocked; he had never heard her compliment something he did before.

"Fearow use fury attack" the bird complied launching forward beak at the ready for the powerful attack.

"Pinsir, tackle it" the bug complied launching itself at the bird. They collided powerfully, the attacks being exchanged at an amazing rate in the sky before Pinsir landed Fearow staying airborne.

"Now while its recovering dive in with peck" Ash ordered the large bird swooping down, Pinsir tried in vain to dodge but residual string on its legs slowed it. The attack hit perfectly. Pinsir was completely unable to dodge or block and, unable to take its full force fell to the ground defeated.

"Clever, very clever using string shot like that" Samurai observed as he readied his next Pokémon "Metapod I chose you" he threw the ball a green cocoon appearing. Ash took out his Pokédex for information.

"Metapod, Caterpie's next stage, it has encased its body in a hard shell." It spoke in its monotone as it scanned the opponents Pokémon.

"Metapod harden" Samurai commanded the cocoon Pokémon shining brightly as it did.

"Fearow that's enough return" he could see the bird was tired and didn't know what kind of power Metapod would have "Magikarp I choose you" he said having no other Pokémon to choose from. "Try tackle" the fish launched forward hitting the cocoon knocking it back in the process.

"A pathetic strategy, Metapod use harden" he cried the cocoon shiny even brighter as it got even harder.

"Uh, try tackle again" this went on for a while with Metapod barley being damaged and Magikarp not being damaged at all eventually Ash got sick of it.

"Aren't you ever going to attack?" he cried this was so boring it was painful. He knew that he wouldn't be able to do a lot of damage using Magikarp, but with the constant hardening of Metapod Magikarp was doing even less! This would go on forever.

"Well, you see, the thing is…" he drifted off blushing from embarrassment as he scratched his chin.

"Metapod can't do anything but harden" Misty who was sunbathing called out "And Magikarp is too weak to do any damage so hurry up and sent Fearow back out" Ash stopped staring at her bikini long enough to comply, when had she changed into that?

"Nice work Magikarp you can rest now" he called absorbing it in red light "Fearow, its weak take it out with peck" the bird did as soon as it was released the attack hitting the cocoon so hard a crack was made in it.

"Ah Metapod" Samurai charged onto the battle field picking up his Pokémon to look at the injury. As he was checking it he saw a flash, then another until eventually it was just a continuing ray of light coming though the crack followed by a wing. "Could it be?"

The wing was followed by the rest of the body until finally the proud Butterfree was free from its cocoon. "My Metapod has evolved into a Butterfree; you don't stand a chance now" he cried as the Butterfree floated in front of him. Ash got out his Pokédex to get information on it.

"Butterfree, one week after Caterpie evolves into Metapod, it again evolves into Butterfree." The machine explained scanning the Pokémon.

"Huh, so that's what Caterpie will be some day" Ash thought feeling worried for the first time in the battle.

"Now Butterfree, harden!" he cried the bug type complying by covering itself in a shiny coat.

"Fearow don't worry we can win this with peck" Ash cried the large bird swooping forward and hitting the Butterfree the centre.

"Butterfree, poison powder" Samurai commanded pointing dramatically. Butterfree flew up releasing a cloud of purple powder.

"Fearow blow it back with gust" Fearow flapped its powerful wings creating a large gust of wind that shot the poison back hitting Butterfree, the bug type instantly looked ill.

"Now use peck to end this" the powerful attack connected throwing the flying bug in the ground defeated.

"Amazing, simply amazing, you're just as good as the other trainers from Pallet who beat me. It was such an exciting battle." Samurai praised returning his defeated Butterfree "Clearly I will need to train allot if I am to ever become strong enough to defeat you"

"Well, maybe if you had some different type Pokémon that would help. All bug type meant that my flying type had a constant advantage" Ash advised smartly.

"Perhaps, but my dream is to be a bug type master. I will continued on my chosen path until I have achieved this, I'm sure you'll follow your chosen path as well. It will take some time before I am able to truly battle evenly with you, here take this. It's a map of the forest, it should help you find your way out" he explained before turning and walking away.

A/N

Review please; what did you think of the change to the fight with samurai, I thought I would change it up a bit by moving events around and adding the evolution. Oh and Team Rocket was in jail still which is why they weren't able to turn up as fast.

Next chapter things will happen.

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Ash's current Pokédex status

Pokémon captured: 2

Data obtained: 2