Author's Note: Whats up readers! There will be two major characters joining along Ash in this chapter. I'm also planning to write my first flashback. Thank you for all the support recently, I had more than 200 visitors come by when I released my 2nd chapter! It really means a lot to me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.


Chapter 3:

The Mouse-like Pokemon

-Route 1-

Ash yawned. During his time walking in the forest, he hadn't seen a single Pokemon.

"Man, are the Pokemon having vacation?" the bored trainer joked.

"No father, look behind you." the Lugia in the ball hinted.

Ash turned around and saw a flock of Spearow in the sky. They seem mighty angry. The curious trainer looked below the birds. There was a small, yellow figure running for its life: Pikachu!

*Flashback*

-Two years ago in the woods.-

Ash was training with Silver in the sky.

"Now Silver, turn 90 degrees and use Weather Ball at the tree in front of you!" Ash commanded. The Lugia sent a powerful blast that slammed on the tree. Ash looked at the results and nodded.

"You're a natural fighter!" Ash complimented and ruffled Lugia's white fur.

"It's all from the training with you dad." Silver proudly replied.

They kept on flying in the sky doing flips and sharp turns when a lightning bolt struck from the sky a couple of meters in front of them.

"Woah!" Ash said surprisingly, startling him for a quick second. This was odd, it was a clear day, when some random lightning bolt appeared. It wasn't thunder storming or even raining at all. Ash said, "Lets check whats happening there." and beckoned his child to swoop down.

Ash saw a couple of yellow figures move against one small figure. He looked closer, and saw a Raichu and a group of Pikachu gang up on a small, frightened Pikachu.

"Drop me down here and wait for me, I'll come back soon." Ash said and hopped off the big beast. He then sneaked around the clearing where the Pokemon were. He hid behind a tree and started listening.

"Please don't hurt me." the small Pikachu whimpered.

"Haha, fat chance kid, you don't belong in our proud clan. You're a weak little creature that can't even win against a Pichu." the big Raichu taunted.

"Yeah, get out." one of his cronies added.

Ash could no longer hold his anger. Right before Raichu gave a punch to the defenseless Pikachu, Ash took a step and stopped the punch with a force. Raichu stumbled back, surprised. The Raichu looked up and saw a very furious human that was staring right at him. Ash's right eye was burning a bright blue flame. His aura gave Raichu a little shudder. "Stop picking on this Pikachu, or else you'll be sorry." Ash growled

"Is it a challenge human? Raichu smirked, "Lets tell him who the boss is!"

Raichu's whole gang of Pikachu surged on Ash. Ash started firing aura balls out of instinct, colliding with the attacking Pikachu and blasting them off. He was oblivious to a pair of eyes closely watching him from the sky. The bullied Pikachu looked with awe. Here he was, saved by a random human who decided to risk his life for him! He just looked at disbelief as his new hero fired what seemed like blue balls.

Meanwhile, Raichu gritted his teeth. He knew by this rate his gang couldn't even touch the mysterious human, so he called them to retreat. "I will remember you human." Raichu glared at him before catching up with his gang.

Ash smiled. He didn't know what he just did and what happened, but he was relieved the poor Pokemon was safe. Then, he heard a godly voice speak to him.

"I was right about you my Chosen One."

The last Ash saw was the Pikachu and his worried Lugia before falling back and blacking out.

*End of Flashback*

Ash felt like he was responsible for saving Pokemon in trouble. "Come on out, Silver!" Ash threw his Pokeball and Lugia came out.

"We're going to go help out that Pikachu." Ash announced and hopped onto his son's back.

"I assume it's the Pikachu you saved two years ago." the legendary observed.

Ash nodded and they flew over to the Spearow. Ash commanded Silver to use Whirlwind on the Spearow. The Lugia obeyed and flapped his wings, creating a couple of mini tornadoes that blew towards the birds. It hit the flock, and their attention turned to where the attack formed. They clearly weren't happy.

"Now Silver, Dragon Rush!"

The Lugia quickly enclosed itself with a light blue covering as it sped towards the flock. It made contact with most of the angry birds. The rest of the stragglers flew off, leaving Pikachu, Ash, and Lugia alone.

During the battle, Pikachu looked up and saw him, he had finally found the trainer where he belonged to. The Pikachu collapsed in exhaustion and closed his eyes.

Meanwhile, Ash ran to the injured Pikachu worriedly.

"Return, Silver!" Ash said and sucked the Lugia up in a ball.

"I'm going to the Pokemon Center and I don't want to attract attention. I hope you know why." Ash explained.

"I understand dad."

"Well, let's get Pikachu to the Pokemon Center right away." Ash said and scooped up the tattered Pikachu and started running down the trail. Viridian City was just past the forest.


Ash sensed something coming towards him, so he jumped to the side and hid behind a tree next to the trail for safety reasons. Yesterday, he read the Daily Viridian News newspaper and one of the articles said that recently there was a suspicious and unidentified hot air-balloon floating above the city. Ash spotted an orange haired girl with a pony tail riding a bike. She parked her bike on the side of the trail and started to walk and look around. Thinking that she wasn't someone who would do any harm, stepped back on the trail.

"Hello there." Ash greeted to the unsuspecting girl.

She twirled around and looked surprised.

"Woah, didn't see you there. My name is Misty Waterflower." the girl said.

"Nice to meet you Ms. Waterflower, my name is Ash Ketchum and I come from Pallet Town as a new trainer. What brings you here?" Ash said. His mom taught him how to be a gentleman in front of girls when he was little.

"Oh silly Ash, just call me Misty," she waved off, "Anyways, while I was fishing, I heard some commotion in the nearby forest so I decided to check it out."

Misty noticed a battered Pikachu in Ash's grip. "Don't tell me you wounded that Pikachu so much just trying to catch it?!" Misty said with wide eyes, and Ash quickly did a mental note that this girl had a short temper.

Ash sensed that Silver was getting furious and wanted to get out of his ball and crush that feisty little girl, but Ash calmed him down. He clearly did not want more trouble than he already had.

"Actually Misty, it's the opposite. You see, all the "commotion" that was going on in the forest was that an angry Spearow flock was pursuing this Pikachu, so I decided to save it. When I was running towards the Pokemon Center, I saw you along the road."

Misty just nodded and slowly let her hot temper cool down. "Hop on my bike," she said, "it's quicker than running there. We wasted some precious time talking so let's get moving."

Ash realized that they still had to get Pikachu to the emergency room in the nearby city, so he wasted no time and got on the bike after Misty. Overhead was Viridian City.


And done. I think I made Ash way to weird when hid behind a tree when Misty came, but I just did that so I could include the "news part" that will be important in the next chapter (I think you know who it is but whatever). I will make chapters short, because I can't produce ideas fast enough to keep up with reader's demands. After all it is my second fanfic. Expect some slow and some quick chapter posts.

See you soon,

STr222

*Minor update 10/26/15