Author's Note: Sup readers! Another chapter is here, and thank you for the huge amount of follows and favorites! Thank you for supporting me! Ash will have many Pokemon, and don't worry, he'll have the amount of Pokemon he can have around him expanded. For example, instead of six Pokemon, it will be 10, and then 14, and so on. This chapter is supposedly episode four of the canon, but with a twist.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.

Ash's Pokemon:

Silver (Lugia): Level: 41

Move set: Whirlwind, Weather Ball, Gust, Dragon Rush, Extrasensory, Rain Dance, Hydro Pump

Pikachu: Level: 17

Move set: Growl, Thundershock, Tail Whip, Thunder Wave, Quick Attack

Ace (Pidgy): Level: 7

Move set: Tackle, Sand Attack

Riolu: Level: 15

Move set: Quick Attack, Foresight, Endure, Counter, Force Palm

(I will only post teams with changes after the previous chapter to prevent spoilers.)


Chapter 5:

The Samurai

-Viridian Forest-

Ash and Misty were walking on the trail leading them to Pewter City. Ash was on the look out for rare Pokemon lurking near, and unfortunately found nothing other than a couple Rattata and Spearow that fled at the sight of a human. Misty was trudging behind, complaining how she couldn't get a single water Pokemon with her fishing rod.

"I can't get a single water Pokemon! My fishing pole has gotten nothing special, and it always gets tangled up in sticks and other rubble. I was scammed! The other day a man offered me some bait and claimed that it could lure any Pokemon and I was so stupid to take the expensive offer, and-" Misty complained and abruptly stopped when Ash froze in front of her, "Whats wrong Ash?" she said, wondering why Ash stopped all of the sudden.

"Stay quiet Misty." Ash whispered and cautiously looked to his sides.

Suddenly, Ash sensed a metal katana aimed towards him.

"Hiya!" a boy's voice cried out and sliced at Ash with his katana.

Ash sidestepped and the blade missed. He acted quickly and disarmed the boy of his katana, dropping it on the ground and it rattled on the ground. Ash looked up and saw a young boy no older than himself, and was dressed up as a samurai. The boy couldn't possibly be a samurai, he was too young, and Ash noted that his skills were clumsy. Had it not been the training he had with one of the Pokemon he befriended in the woods near his hometown, Ash would of been left with a missing limb. Silver growled, the boy tried to harm his father. Ash calmed his son down and confronted the wanna be samurai.

"Watch it, that's dangerous." Ash warned, and picked up the blade and handed it back to the owner.

"I'm sorry, I was practicing my samurai entrance, and judging by my actions, I think I over did it." the boy apologized, and just then a red haired girl stepped in.

"Wh-h-ho are you?" Misty trembled, still shivering from her past thought, thinking all the possible ways Ash could of been chopped with the katana, and she looked at the Japanese sword warily.

"Oh, my name is Mark and I'm looking for a trainer to battle and test my skills." Mark told Misty.

"You found yourself a trainer, I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, lets battle Mark." Ash said, and Mark whirled around.

"Great," Mark smiled, "A trainer, and someone from Pallet Town. I was hoping to find someone from Pallet Town. Of course someone named Gary Oak also battled me a while ago and won, but this time I'm confident I could beat you in a two on two match."

"Alright, so Gary passed me and that alone probably just boosts his already huge ego. Most possibly because of his car. I wonder how he even gets to drive a car. I guess its one of the privileges of being part of the honored Oak family." Ash thought, and did an internal sigh.

"There will be no referees this match. Pinsir, resume battle mode!" Mark announced, and released his Pokemon.

"Your up Pikachu!" Ash called out and Pikachu hopped off his shoulder.

"Get ready to be fried you bug!" Pikachu taunted to Pinsir.

"Same to you little yellow rat." Pinsir replied back, and the two Pokemon took their battle stances.

"Pinsir, use Vice Grip!"

"Pikachu, dodge with Quick Attack and use Thundershock!"

The Pinsir came in close with his claw, but Pikachu evaded it and then sped right behind Pinsir. He used a nice, stable Thundershock that knocked it out.

"What, no! Fine then, Pokeball, go!" Mark said and threw his Pokeball.

Out came a green cacoon-like creature with a emotionless face. Ash did a mental face palm, really, a Metapod?

"Return Pikachu," Ash thought for a moment then decided, "I choose you, Ace!"

"Metapod, Harden!"

"Ace, keep using Tackle."

After a short, and bland battle, Ash emerged as an easy victor.

"Good job Mark, I'm impressed with that Pinsir of yours." Ash complimented with good sportsmanship and shook hands with Mark, clearly did not want the other trainer to feel bad.

"Thanks Ash, guess I'll have to train some more."

The two trainers parted, when they were suddenly covered by a large shadow. Ash looked up and spotted a large Meowth hot air balloon floating around and it had some sort of contraption attached to the bottom of it. He growled and knew exactly who the people up there were, and what they were planning to do. Before he had a chance to take action, the claw-like contraption took Mark's Pokeballs and dropped them in a small box. Then it came for Pikachu, but failed to do so when a Thunder Wave paralyzed the mechanism and disabled it.

"What?!" the Team Rocket trio yelled, and Meowth desperately tried to function the controls, but it was futile. The balloon slowly came crashing down.

"Nice one Pikachu, now, Riolu, use Force Palm on the balloon!" Ash exclaimed.

Pikachu stepped back and Riolu ran up the the balloon. Before the Rockets had time to react, Riolu fired a beam of light from its palm that came in contact with the balloon. No later did the Rocket trio find themselves in the air blasting off.

"I told you we shouldn't of confronted that boy." James told Jessie.

"Grr, shut your mouth James, we still have many more opportunities to get him. After all, we were assigned by the boss to observe him." Jessie shot back.

Meanwhile, Ash and everyone else looked up to see Jessie, James and Meowth turn into a speck of light in the air.

"Heh heh, I guess that was a bit overkill." Ash sheepishly laughed, and Misty and Mark, who just collected his Pokemon from the ground, sweat dropped.

Misty and Mark ran up to Ash.

"Who were those guys?" Mark asked.

"Just a squad of goons I have encountered at Viridian City."

"Dad," Silver warned Ash, "we got angry Beedril coming towards us at 12 o'clock."

"Oh Arceus, more trouble! I got it covered, thanks Silver."

"Mark, Misty, get behind those rocks now!" Ash told quickly and beckoned Pikachu and Riolu to follow him as he hid behind a big boulder.

Mark and Misty also acted swiftly, trusting Ash that something bad was going to happen, and hid next to Ash.

Out of the trees in front of them appeared a swarm of Beedrill, looking around.

"I-I think t-the Beedrills are angry because of all of the racket a while ago." Misty stammered nervously.

"Alright, I've got this, you guys stay here, I'm going out." Ash declared, and before Misty and Mark protested against his actions, Ash stepped out of the hiding spot and ran to the middle of the clearing, where all the Beedrill noticed him and pointed their drills at him.

"Ah, that human is the one that are disturbing our hives! Attack him!" the Beedrill leader shouted, and the Beedrill behind him surged forward and attempted to use Fury Swipes on the trainer below.

"Stop Beedrill, I had no intention of disrupting you or your hives! Please, give me a chance to say what really happened." Ash convinced, but the Beedrills kept moving. They were stopped by a Thundershock and Force Palm that were produced next to Ash. Ash was equally confused, but then looked down and smiled.

"Listen to what our trainer has to say!" Pikachu demanded, and Riolu nodded his head in agreement.

The Beedrill were surprised. First, they found out that the human could understand them and Pokemon, and now, they were looking at two Pokemon who trusts their trainer and would protect him. The stopped attacking when the leader Beedrill called them to stop. The leader of the Breedrills came forwards, and told Ash, "You interest me, tell me what really happened." the Beedrill asked.

Ash explained what happened since he encountered Team Rocket. The trainer had a hard time thinking whether or not to reveal Mark and Misty to the Beedrill. He trusted the Beedrill, and called out Mark and the frightened Misty out of their hiding spot. The Beedrill were angry that not one human, but three have came, but held a respectable distance. The leader of the Beedrill, took a moment, and then decided on something.

"I'll make you a deal Ash Ketchum, you fight me on a one on one battle with one of your Pokemon. If you win, we leave and you and your friends get to leave safely. If you lose, then you have to protect our hives for a year." Beedrill said. He wanted to test his skills on this promising trainer, and wanted to improve on the flaws he would make when battling him. Lately, his leadership was poor and the Beedrills started to rebel against him. He wanted to show who was in charge, and create order.

Ash thought about the risky deal. He didn't want to stay and miss a year of adventure and worry his mom, but he also wanted to try to have the Beedrill understand humans and have peace with each other. He pushed away Silver's multiple demands to get out of the ball and attack the Beedrill that tried to harm his father out of his mind while thinking so. After thinking, he had made his decision.

"Alright. Lets go for it."


The Beedrill landed on the ground with a thud. It tried to get up, but Pikachu's Thundershock was powerful, and collapsed. Ash regretted on using Pikachu's full power Thundershock. He did not think this would happen. Ash quickly sprinted to the weak Pokemon, and the swarm of Beedrill armed themselves, ready to attack the human if it tried to harm their captain. Ash ignored their looks and took out a Super Potion he had stored in his bag for emergency uses. He took off the cap and sprayed the Beedrill. It instantly stood back up, as new as when it just started the battle. The swarm of Beedrill were utterly amazed. This trainer took the effort to heal their leader, despite him winning.

"Thank you Ash Ketchum." The leader of the Beedrill thanked. The Beedrills now all had respect for this trainer because of his kindness and fairness to Pokemon. Ash smiled. He was happy to see that the dispute was over, and concluded it peacefully. After saying their farewells, the Beedrill and their leader all gave a slight bow to Ash, before the Beedrill went buzzing off back towards their hives. Ash returned the bow, and was still looking at the direction the Pokemon headed off to, until he slightly jolted when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"That was great Ash," Mark said, and Misty nodded in agreement "thanks for saving us back there."

Mark and Ash shook hands, before departing on their own direction. Ash started to walk faster, and faster, and faster, until he broke into a sprint. He wanted to get to Petwer City and get his first gym badge as soon as he can.

"Hey! Wait up!" Misty yelled as she tried to catch up, but her endurance slowed her down.

Ash grinned, and looked at Pikachu and Riolu on his shoulder, who were watching Misty go down behind.


-The Hall of Origins-

Arceus, the creator of the universe, looked down at Ash, watching him talk to the angry Beedrills peacefully. After watching him give his farewells to the leaving Beedrill, she closed the ripple that showed the event take place and smiled. Her Chosen One would be bound to do many deeds.


End of this chapter! Sorry for the short delay! Please, comment and express your opinion. Also, I'm encouraging you readers to private message me whenever you have a great idea that you would like to contribute or any questions for this story. Hopefully this chapter wasn't too cliche or cheesy or anything like that.

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