Author's Note: Hey everyone! This chapter is dedicated on Ash getting two more Pokemon in Viridian Forest. Also, I have decided to put down the Pokemon the characters have has and what their move sets and level are. Since this is a fanfic not the Pokemon game, some Pokemon will surpass level 100. There will be more than four moves for each Pokemon too. Please not that all the Pokemon I list is before the chapter. I'm also announcing that I won't use the Pokedex for each time Ash finds a Pokemon that isn't in his Pokedex because it is kind of a hassle. Now lets get started!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Ash's Pokemon:
Silver (Lugia): Level: 39
Move set: Whirlwind, Weather Ball, Gust, Dragon Rush, Extrasensory, Rain Dance, Hydro Pump
Pikachu: Level: 15
Move set: Growl, Thundershock, Tail Whip, Thunder Wave, Quick Attack
Misty's Pokemon:
Goldeen: Level: 17
Move set: Water Sport, Supersonic, Horn Attack, Water Pulse
Staryu: Level: 25
Move set: Tackle, Harden, Water Gun, Rapid Spin, Recover, Swift
James' Pokemon:
Koffing: Level: 15
Move set: Poison Gas, Tackle, Smog, Smokescreen, Assurance, Clear Smog
Jessie's Pokemon:
Ekans: Level: 15
Move set: Wrap, Leer, Poison Sting, Bite
Chapter 4:
Trust and Friendship
-Viridian Forest-
"Lets set up camp here." Ash announced, clearly not tired at all.
On the other hand, Misty was about to collapse. Her bike was unfortunately destroyed during the Pokemon Center incident when the explosion occurred. It was nighttime now, and Misty didn't want to go any further.
"Wait, I sense a Pidgy near us. You can go snuggle in your sleeping bag, I'll try catching this Pokemon."Ash said and quietly followed the Pidgy.
When Ash was close enough he called out Pikachu and commanded a Thundershock. It hit the unsuspecting Pidgy, and couldn't get away.
"Now Pikachu, Quick Attack!" Ash said and Pikachu quickly took out the paralyzed Pidgy.
"Go Pokeball!" the trainer yelled and threw the Pokeball at the Pokemon.
It swayed for a couple times, before Ash heard the satisfying "ding". He immediately opened the ball, revealing the his newest Pokemon. The Pidgy looked at his trainer with curiosity and winced as it tried to move around. Ash rummaged through his bag and took out a potion, and sprayed it on the Pidgy.
"Thank you trainer." it said and flew around Ash.
"No problem Pidgy, lets name you Ace." Ash said and petted the Pokemon.
The Pidgy was surprised that his trainer could understand Pokemon, but took it for granted and acknowledged his new name.
"Welcome to the team Ace."
Ace crowed out in happiness and perched on Ash's head as his trainer laughed.
"You caught that Pidgy Ash?" Misty said, she was done making camp.
"Yeah Misty, I decided to name it Ace. Thanks for setting up camp by the way."
"No problem. I'll see you tomorrow." Misty yawned and drowsily snuggled in her sleeping bag under a tent.
Ash followed the example and went in his own camp, and said night to each of his Pokemon.
The next day Ash woke up early in the morning for his early exercises. Misty was still drowsing happily under her tent. After a quick meal, he woke up Pikachu and let out his Pidgy.
"Good morning everyone."
Pikachu yawned and asked "Why do you call us so early in the morning?"
Pidgy nodded, thinking the same thing.
"Well, my starter Pokemon and I do morning exercises. Be prepared, we'll do it everyday whenever we can." Ash said.
"Right, whats the Pokemon, is it the one around your neck?" Pikachu questioned.
Ash chuckled, "Indeed, prepare to be surprised, it isn't one of your typical Pokemon."
The two Pokemon just nodded and followed Ash to a small clearing in the forest away from the camp. He took the ball from his neck and tapped it. Out came a a large, majestic legendary. Pikachu and Pidgy just looked up in awe, here they were, looking at a legendary, owned by their very own trainer. Silver went next to his trainer, and Ash scratched his fur.
"Morning Silver." Ash greeted.
"Good morning dad, I'm ready to start training," Silver replied, and noticed two small figures looking at him, "new recruits?" Silver questioned.
"Yeah, Pikachu and our new fella Ace are going to join us with our training."
The two startled Pokemon shook out of their state of shock and decided that what they just experienced was reality. They accepted that they were going to have a journey with a legendary.
The Lugia glared at the Pikachu, "I observed you little mouse, don't think you could get away with being my dad's favorite. You keep your position and I keep mines. Don't try to push your luck too much." Silver growled.
Pikachu gulped and shuddered. He did not want to mess with a legendary. Ash noticed Pikachu shivering.
"Whats wrong buddy?"
"Nothing really..." Pikachu lied, he did not want to be raw Pikachu meat.
"Alright team, lets start our training. I will train with Ace and Silver, you pair up with Pikachu." Ash announced.
Pikachu groaned, the worst luck he could have. On the other hand, Silver was going to give Pikachu a "great" time with his training. After telling everyone what to do and work on, Ash and Pidgy set off somewhere else to train, leaving Pikachu and Silver.
"Now lets start with improving your Quick Attack." the Lugia said, and beckoned Pikachu to use one on him.
Pikachu undoubtedly did a Quick Attack, only to find the other Pokemon using Whirlwind and blowing him away.
"Try it again until you can push past my defense."
This was going to be a long morning.
A couple hours later, Ash and Ace met up with Pikachu and Silver at the small clearing. Ash and Silver did not seem tired at all. Pikachu and Ace, well lets just say they had their toughest morning in their life. The worn out Pidgy laid next to a rock, he felt stronger, but it paid a heavy price. Pikachu was feeling the same way. Ash gave them some berries and Poke food to eat and replenish their energy.
"Good job training Pikachu Silver, you'll be tutoring all my new members during training." Ash asserted and patted Silver, "Since we're going to battle against actual trainers with experienced Pokemon, I'm going to have training become a lot harder."
Suddenly, Ash heard a small boom and saw a small figure running towards them rustling through the overgrown trees. His Pokemon sensed it too and Ash returned Ace and Silver in their balls respectively. He faced the figure that was emerging from the trees, Ash was ready for an assault. What actually emerged was a small, tattered Riolu. It fell weekly in front of Ash, and the trainer quickly grabbed a super potion and healed Riolu up. While Ash was spraying the medicine, he was wondering, what could of happened that led a Riolu to the Kanto region. Weren't they native to the Sinnoh region. He was interrupted by two people wearing the same clothes as the thieves at the Pokemon Center. They were part of Team Rocket, and Ash laid Riolu next to a boulder and he confronted the grunts.
"Hand over that Riolu and we'll let you go unharmed." one of the grunts spoke.
"No, you two leave and I'll let you go unharmed." Ash mocked, blocking the grunts from getting to Riolu.
"Grrr, this kid is mocking us! Lets fight him and have him cry for mercy, we can easily crush this newbie." the male grunt sneered, obviously overridden with self esteem, "Go, Raticate!"
"Go, Golbat!" the other grunt said at the same time, and threw his Pokeball.
Ash gritted his teeth, they looked strong. He decided to take the smart path and use Pidgy to see what moves and weak spots they have.
"Come on out, Ace!"
"Ha, a small, weak Pokemon like that can't even touch my Raticate! Raticate use Bite!"
"Assist Raticate, use Air Cutter Golbat!"
The Raticate ran up to Pidgy with unexpected speed and the Golbat followed behind and produced a large force of wind that formed a "X".
Ash thought fast and right before the Raticate closed in for the kill, he yelled, "Now Ace, jump on Raticate and land on its head, then use Tackle!"
The Pidgy obeyed and proceeded with the steps. All was going as planned, until a force of wind pushed Pidgy and it was launched onto a tree. Ash frowned, he forgot all about the Air Cutter. He noted that he would practice his skills in battle, after all, this is his second battle. Ash soothed Ace and returned it in his ball respectively.
"Your up Pikachu!" Ash said and Pikachu ran up to the battleground.
"Com'on, beat it kid, we already won, go run back to your momma." one of the grunts pointed out.
"Yeah, way too easy." the Raticate agreed.
"Don't underestimate me you little rat." Pikachu shot back.
"I have one more trick up my sleeve," Ash thought and grinned, "its showtime Silver!"
Ash threw his Pokeball and the Lugia came out.
"Its about time." Lugia said and roared.
The grunt's Pokemon looked with fear, but the grunts were just happy.
"Look at that, we can give this prize to the boss and we'll be rich!" one of them remarked, and focused back on the battle.
"Raticate, use Charge Beam!"
"Golbat, use Air Cutter once again!"
"Silver, intercept the attacks with Whirlwind!"
The attacks canceled out, and realizing that he had a chance, Ash quickly said, "Pikachu, hop onto Silver and Silver, fly up high!"
The two Pokemon looked confused at first, but trusted Ash had something smart going on and did what they were told.
"Now, Pikachu, use Thundershock and Silver, shoot out a Hydro Pump and combine with Pikachu's attack!"
Pikachu used a Thundershock and combined with the Hydro Pump, forming a Hydro Pump with electricity flowing around it. The two grunts unfortunate Pokemon just stared at the combo with wide eyes before being blasted and fainting next to the grunts, signifying defeat. They grunts were sucked out of all their self esteem, and returned their Pokemon. Without further ado, they retreated the way back they came from disappearing behind the trees.
"Nice one Silver, you too Pikachu. That was one tough battle if it weren't for you Silver." Ash congratulated to his Pokemon.
"That was one exciting battle, hopefully I can participate in more if you let me dad." Silver exclaimed, and Pikachu nodded in agreement.
Then the Lugia and Pikachu turned to face each other.
"Good job teammate, you have my gratitude." Silver thanked.
Pikachu chuckled, "Naw, don't thank me, you did most of the work out there."
"It was a great battle, scaring away the grunts with our combo move." the Lugia said.
"Ha, yeah, did you see the looks on their faces?" Pikachu added.
The two Pokemon both laughed (in a normal Pokemon way).
Ash smiled, he worried a little when he introduced each other, but now they were having a great time. Their friendship and trust was building.
Meanwhile, the Riolu observed everything. He was surprised that the person who saved him not only had a Lugia, but was Lugia's father. He guessed that it was only in its teen age. He focused back on Ash, who was petting his Pokemon. Was he the Chosen One his mother told him about? The thought of his mother struck him, she was probably dead after trying to heroically defend him and the village.
*flashback*
Riolu woke up to the sound of an explosion. He looked out and saw a huge colossal Pokemon that was destroying the village he lived in. The Lucarios were fighting back with all their might, but the colossal Pokemon just flicked them like they were bugs. Huts were aflame, and there laid dead bodies of his friends, relatives, everyone he had known. The colossal Pokemon noticed him and his life was just about to end with one of the giants' Flamethrower, when a powerful aura ball hit the flame and canceled it out. Riolu saw his mother, a Lucario, shoving him away from where he would of been crushed by the giants' foot.
"It's not safe here my little Riolu, please, escape this disaster while you can! Live your life to the fullest, that is my last wish for you. Farewell my child." his mother said, before going back to fighting.
The frightened Pokemon decided to follow his mother's wish, and ran as fast as he could, away from the village. He looked back and saw his mother crumple to the ground and die. He wept his tears and kept running and running, not even taking a break. After what seemed like days, he finally took a break, only to find two people coming at him. Riolu fled the area, hoping to lose them when he found the trainer that saved his life from the two evil people.
*End of Flashback*
Tears dropped down Riolu's cheeks as he recalls his sad past. He was comforted by a large and warm hug from Ash.
"Hey Riolu, what's making you feel so miserable?" Ash asked and crouched to meet Riolu face to face.
Riolu already knew that this trainer could understand Pokemon because the trainer had a great amount of potential aura, and so he told Ash his recent experience.
At the end, Ash looked down at the ground, "I'm sorry for your loss Riolu. Right now you don't know where you are or what to do. I'll give you home and raise you, I'll give you happiness, and strength so you can fight against that giant Pokemon. Whaddya say Riolu?"
Riolu was speechless, he hadn't met any trainer this kind enough. Of course he thought about it, he wanted to be free from being a trainer's Pokemon, but this trainer was special in a way he couldn't understand. This trainer might give Riolu a chance to live up to his mother's last wish: to live life to the fullest. He seemed promising, and looking at how happy his Pokemon were, made his final decision.
"I would love to!"
Ash grinned and tapped Riolu with his Luxary Ball, and right after he let Riolu out. Riolu was still getting used to the contraption, and did some stretches.
"Welcome to the team Riolu,"Ash said and gave Riolu a small handshake, "now lets get going, Misty's going to be wondering where I went."
He returned Lugia in his ball and walked back to camp with Riolu on his left shoulder and Pikachu on his right.
"Haha, you guys are amusing." Ash chuckled, and the two Pokemon on his shoulders looked at each other with sheepish smiles.
"Where the heck did you go Ash Ketchum, and what was that explosion that shook me out of my sleep!?" Misty fumed and demanded Ash to answer her questions.
"Well you don't really need to kno-" Ash was cut short when Misty spotted Riolu.
"It's so adorable!" Misty exclaimed and started cuddling Riolu, forgetting all her anger and worries.
"Help me Ash!" Riolu cried out, struggling to break out of Misty's grip.
Realizing that it was his chance to avoid answering Misty's questions, Ash telepathically told Riolu to withstand Misty and apologized to him before leaving. The red haired girl did not even notice Ash slip away, much less hear him tell her that he would be packing up camp. Her mind was just focusing on the poor Riolu, who was stuck with the wrath of Misty's playful hands.
-Unknown Area-
An evil man rubbed his Persian in his dark office. He wore an expensive orange tuxedo, and was looking at the door, anticipating results from some of his grunts to come in. Instead, the rotary dial telephone next to him rang. The man picked up the phone.
"What, you lost the Riolu!?" the man furiously said, and slammed his fist on the desk. The Persian stopped licking its paws and looked up curiously. The man calmed down after hearing more on the phone.
"Oh? You say a boy fought off you two with a legendary?" the man questioned, interested in the news.
"Tell them to follow the boy, I want to keep an eye and observe him." satisfied, he put the telephone back on its pedestal.
The man formed a devious smirk on his face. Govanni had a plan, a brilliantly evil plan.
Well, there you have it. I kinda made the grunts too OP, but they were still crushed. I decided that Misty overcame her fear of bugs, because it is annoying. I won't write a lot that will describe the training, because I personally think it is too boring. I couldn't think of a good name for Riolu, so I decided not to name him. Also, for those of you confused, the grunts and ordinary humans can't understand Pokemon, all they would hear is "Rata, Raticate!" or something like that when only Ash and other Pokemon can hear and understand what it is saying.
Thanks for reading,
STr222
