Chapter 5

Ash, Misty, and A.J. looked on with open mouths as Ash's three starter pokemon were engulfed in a brilliant white light. Ash was shocked but also filled with a powerful feeling of excitement and happiness. His three best friends were evolving…and way before he had originally intended. The light died down and the three pokemon stood before him in their new forms.

Bulbasaur was now an Ivysaur and the most significant difference was his bulb. The bulb had split apart into four leaves and at the center of his back was a large red flower that was just waiting to bloom. His eyes twinkled and he grinned at Ash before looking to his fellow pokemon.

Charmander or now known as Charmeleon was now a dark red in color with more defined claws and tail flame. His face was pointed and at the back of his head was a single horn. The fire pokemon took a deep breath before rearing back his head and roaring, "Meleon!" A powerful flamethrower rushed from his mouth and filled the area with an intense heat. He looked at Ash and brought his claw up to his forehead and saluted his trainer.

Squirtle was now a strong looking Wartortle. His skin and shell were darker in color and his tail and ears were snow white. The water type chuckled and pulled out his sunglasses and put them on before giving Ash a thumbs up.

The trainer from Pallet Town felt a tear fall down his cheek, "You guys…how?"

Ivysaur walked forward and started speaking to Ash. The young man looked intently at his pokemon and read every emotion and sound that came from his face. When Ivysaur was done he gently rubbed his head against Ash's leg, "I…I can't believe you would do that for me."

Misty looked at Ash, "What did they do?"

Ash smiled and rubbed his eyes, "The reason they have been meeting in secret is that they wanted to evolve at the same time for me. Ivysaur said that because I took them in and showed them kindness they wanted to repay me with a simple show of devotion…by evolving together to show our bond. They were simply waiting for Charmander to be ready and that battle with A.J. did the trick."

Misty looked to the three pokemon and smiled, "That is so sweet."

A.J. smiled, "That there shows just what kind of trainer you are Ash. I truly respect that kind of devotion from a pokemon."

Ash nodded in agreement before looking at A.J. with determination, "I believe we have some training to do."

A.J. and Misty smiled at this before turning to the gym and releasing their teams.

*PSOR*

Over the course of two weeks, Ash and Misty spent time with A.J. training their teams to the fullest. Ash decided to utilize A.J.'s vest and even bought a set of three from him for future use. He split his team into groups of three and rotated what they would be working on. The first team consisted of Ivysaur, Magikarp, and Pidgeotto, team two was Charmeleon, Spearow, and Scyther, while the third and final team was Wartortle, Luxio, and Butterfree. Each team would work on something different and then rotate into another section.

The first section was working on moves that Ash had picked out for them to learn. Seeing as they were not close to any stores that had TM's available, the pokemon would have to learn new moves the old fashion way. The second group was mock battles to gain experience while the third and final group was endurance and stat increase while wearing the vests. At first the team had a little trouble working with the extra strain, even to the point that Ash had to help Magikarp swim for the first several hours so she wouldn't drown. But after they got use to the vest, they were soon back to their old routine. Spearow and Magikarp were pushing themselves extra hard in order to evolve. Ash stopped them one afternoon and told them to hold off but they didn't want to be the only ones who hadn't evolved.

Misty wasn't too sold on the vest idea so she decided to do things her own way. She still borrowed Ivysaur and Luxio to help build up resistance and it was through her determination that she got her Tentacool to evolve into what was now her team's lead, Tentacruel. The massive water type was a powerhouse and wanted to battle Ash right away. This led to the couple's first official battle and Ash only won because of Luxio's stubbornness to not give up. Ash complimented his girlfriend stating that if it wasn't for the fact that Luxio had type advantage, she would have easily won. Misty smiled and patted Ash on the cheek saying that the response he had given was the correct one.

A.J.'s team expanded with two Nidoran…a male and female. One of his three Rattata evolved into a Raticate and his Sandshrew was close to evolving. His Butterfree and Beedrill learned a couple of moves from Ash's Butterfree and Scyther and became sparing partners with them when Ash wasn't running his routine.

By the end of the two weeks, Ash and Misty decided to continue on their path and head on towards Vermillion City. A.J. followed his new friends and led them to the door, "Well Ash I have to say it has been a fantastic couple of weeks. You and Misty have helped me to see that there is a ton out there yet for me to accomplish. I look forward to battling you in the Pokemon League."

A.J. offered his hand to Ash who accepted it, "Same to you A.J., without you my starter pokemon wouldn't have evolved and you also showed me that it is alright to do a little strenuous training. Good luck."

The three trainers waved goodbye and parted ways with Ash and Misty heading towards Vermillion and A.J. heading back to Pewter City to challenge the gym.

*PSOR*

Ash and Misty walked for a full day and eventually found themselves deep within a forest. Ash checked his pokedex and found that they had wandered off the main path and were a good day's travel away from anyplace with a pokemon center.

Misty glared at her boyfriend, "Well if someone would have listened to me earlier we wouldn't be lost now would we?"

Ash waved her off and chose Pidgeotto who called out upon being released. "Hey Pidgeotto, can you fly up and see if you can find the main path?"

His flying pokemon nodded and took off into the sky. When he broke the canopy of the forest he looked around and frowned because all he could see was forest. The flying type turned around and scanned again before noticing a large building just peeking out of the trees. Quickly mapping a route, Pidgeotto moved down to Ash and Misty.

Ash looked at his pokemon and saw that he was gesturing for them to follow. The young couple quickly followed the flying type and finally after a half hour they came into a clearing and found themselves standing in front of a massive building that was surrounded by a wall. Ash turned his head when he heard the sound of voices and saw a group of three young boys surrounding a fourth who was running on a treadmill.

"Alright let's try again; this pokemon evolves into what pokemon?"

The boy that was running tried to focus on the card that was being held in front of him, "Um…let's see Pidgey evolves into…Pidgeot."

The boy holding the card shook his head, "Wrong again loser…maybe you need a few minutes to yourself."

He pushed a button on the treadmill and it sped up before they turned and left. The boy that was running tried to keep pace but he eventually flew off and crashed into the ground. Ash and Misty rushed over and helped him up, "Are you ok?"

The boy nodded slowly but whipped away some tears, "I'm fine thanks."

Misty glared at the spot that the other boys had been, "What is with those jerks? Who does that kind of thing to someone else?"

The boy on the ground put his hands up, "Please don't say that about my friends."

Ash got up from kneeling, "You call those guys friends?"

The boy nodded, "My name is Joe and my friends were just trying to help me. You see, I have an exam and if I pass I get another pokemon as well as go up a level."

Ash looked at Joe like he was nuts, "Come again?"

Joe pointed at the building, "Haven't you ever heard of the Pokemon Technical Institute? It is one of the most famous places for aspiring trainers."

Ash looked at Misty who shrugged, "Never heard of it."

Joe blanched at them, "Well you should. It is a school that prepares trainers for the pokemon league. It starts you off in basic classes and you go up in rank when you pass certain classes. Once you graduate you get a free ride to the yearly League competition."

Ash scowled at this, "That seems unfair…a trainer that doesn't go to the school puts in ten times more effort than someone who sits at a desk."

Joe shrugged, "Everyone has their opinion…currently I am the rank of two badges, which means I have the skill to defeat anyone who has the same number of badges or the Pewter and Cerulean gyms."

Misty's eyes flared, "What was that?"

Joe smiled, "I said I can beat the first two gyms. I have a rank higher than they do."

Misty's temper flared as she grabbed Joe by the shirt, "Listen kid, I am the gym leader for Cerulean and I can say that you would never defeat me."

Joe shook his head, "Not according to my teachers and classmates…tell you what, let's have a battle in the yard and I will show you."

Misty let go of Joe and turned to walk into the school…Ash simply followed.

*PSOR*

The three trainers arrived at a large field that had multiple battlefields all around. Joe took a spot and chose his pokemon, "Weepinbell I choose you!" A medium sized yellow plant pokemon appeared on the field. It had a wide mouth and leaves instead of arms.

Ash pulled out his pokedex, "Weepinbell the flycatcher pokemon. A pokemon that appears to be a plant. It captures unwary prey by dousing them with toxic powder."

Ash cringed lightly, "Careful Mist."

His girlfriend smiled at him, "No worries Ash I got this in the bag…Misty calls Tentacruel!"

Misty's massive jellyfish pokemon appeared with a roar and caused Joe to cringe, "No matter, I still have the type and skill advantage, Weepinbell us razor leaf!" The flycatcher pokemon whipped his leaves furiously and a steady stream of razor sharp leaves fired out and towards the water type.

"Tentacruel counter with poison sting and then use scald!" The duel water/poison type roared as he fired hundreds of needles that had a light purple glow. The needles hit the razor leaves and caused them to fall to the ground. Seconds later, the jellyfish pokemon inhaled before expelling a massive burst of boiling hot water that steamed as it rushed over Weepinbell. The grass type called out in pain as he was suddenly engulfed by the painful attack before crying out again as he was covered in flames.

Joe looked on in shock, "What happened?"

Misty smiled, "That is one of my favorite water moves ever. It is called Scald and it has a great chance of burning the opponent."

Joe frowned, "A water type move that burns? I never heard of it."

Ash chuckled, "Then maybe you should study a little more."

The student glared at Ash before looking at his pokemon, "Come on buddy I know you can do it…solarbeam!" Weepinbell slowly got up and opened his mouth towards the sky. As he did, an orb of light formed in the center and slowly intensified with power.

"I don't think so, Tentacruel let's see if that new attack of yours works…hyper beam full power!" Misty's pokemon roared as the gem in the center of his head flared before a powerful beam of red and white energy sailed from it and engulfed Joe's pokemon.

Ash didn't even need to wait to know the results and it was only confirmed when the dust settled and Misty was declared the victor.

Joe returned his pokemon and fell to his knees, "How could I lose? I passed the classes and should have won."

Ash and Misty shook their heads, "You really don't get it do you? There is a ton more to learn than just from a book. Anyone could have seen that solarbeam was a bad choice at the time you used it. There isn't enough sunlight in the area to support an instant response."

Joe looked down, "I just hope no one else saw this."

A feminine voice filled the air in response, "Well they you will be very disappointed Joe…because I saw everything."

The three trainers looked over and saw a girl standing there in a typical schoolgirl outfit. Ash found himself doing a double take at how beautiful she was and Joe was blushing.

Misty instantly saw a red flag go up with how this girl held her head up like she owned the world.

"Oh…hey Giselle."

The girl looked at Joe, "I'm very disappointed in you. I would have thought that by now you could have won a battle against someone of equal rank…but clearly I was wrong."

Ash had a flashback of memories from when Gary taunted him and grew very defensive of Joe, "Just hold on a damn minute…what gives you the right to say that to Joe? He was battling a gym leader with a fully evolved pokemon, of course he couldn't win. No matter what your stupid school says."

Giselle turned red in the face but flipped her hair to pretend she wasn't offended, "I should take offense to that but…" She finally got a good look at Ash and blushed upon seeing his handsome face, "I'm sure a man of your appeal can see why we are better than most trainers."

Ash looked at Misty who was giving him a similar look, 'Is she for real?'

Ash shook his head, "I'm not sure what you are trying to say but point blank I have to disagree. You can't learn everything there is to know about being a pokemon trainer from a book. Sure they help but until you are out in the wilderness with your team you will learn nothing."

Giselle glared at Ash, "Ok Mr. Know it all…I have a challenge for you. I happen to be the best student in this school and take my graduation exam this weekend. By all rights I should easily defeat you in battle seeing as I am a league level trainer. If I lose I'm obviously not ready to take on the league but if I win…you have to take me on a date."

Ash groaned at this because the reaction he was expecting happened. "He has to WHAT!"

Ash took Misty's hand into his, "Chill out Mist it will be fine."

He turned to Giselle, "Look I'm sure you are a nice girl but I'm not exactly free at the moment."

Giselle looked at Ash, "You are not falling over from shear desire?"

Misty fell over anime style while Ash sweat-dropped. "No?"

Giselle looked at Ash, "Why not? I am the most beautiful girl in the school."

Ash rolled his eyes and glanced at Misty to make sure that his girlfriend wasn't about to unleash hell upon the teen. "Look Giselle I'm not interested."

The brunette puffed out her cheeks in anger, "Why not?"

Ash smiled and wrapped his arm around Misty, "I'm taken."

Giselle's jaw dropped as she looked at Misty and then to Ash, "Surely you are joking…I mean…she isn't."

Ash glared at the teen, "She isn't what…as pretty as you? Beauty is only a figment of the mind. I care about Misty for the person she is on the inside. And for the record, I do find Misty more attractive than you."

That statement caused two things to happen…the first was Misty's heart swelling over what Ash had just said and the second was Giselle grabbing a pokeball and throwing it. From the ball came a small brown pokemon with a skull over its head and a bone for a club.

Ash looked at the pokemon before pulled out his pokedex, "Cubone the lonely pokemon. When it thinks of its dead mother it cries. Its crying makes the skull it wears rattle hollowly."

Giselle smiled overly sweet at Ash, "This is my best pokemon and I'm going to show you just how much better I am. By the end of this battle, I will have you drooling at my feet."

Ash glared and looked at Misty who had on a similar expression. She looked at Ash and walked over, "Crush her into the dust." She put her arms around Ash's neck and pulled him into a deep kiss that promised a repeat performance if he delivered.

The trainer from Pallet turned and selected a pokeball, "I'm not it the mood to toy around so let's get this over with. Wartortle I need your assistance!" Ash's water type appeared on the field and pumped his arms in a show of strength.

Giselle giggled, "Just because you have an evolved pokemon doesn't mean you will win, Cubone be a sweetheart and us bonemerang." The ground type grunted and threw his bone club and caused it to spin at a furious rate.

The attack slammed into Wartortle and sent him flying back.

"Aqua jet!" While he was still in the air, Wartortle twisted around and engulfed himself in water before rocketing back at his opponent.

"Cubone dodge it and use ancient power!" The little pokemon moved out of the way and brought his bone around and threw a ball of white energy at Wartortle. The energy hit him and exploded sending him into the ground.

Ash thought for a moment before smirking, "Alright buddy let's take this up a notch. Start off with water pulse!"

Giselle countered, "Cubone use ancient power again!" The two orbs met in a collision of power and held still.

"Water gun!" Wartortle fired a high pressured stream of water and pushed the water pulse through the ancient power and slammed into Cubone.

The little pokemon cried out in pain as he was engulfed with water. Giselle called out in shock as her pokemon slowly stood up.

Ash smirked and this only enraged Giselle more, "Cubone get in close with bone club!" The ground type ran forward with his club raised high.

"Wartortle use water gun!" Another stream of water rushed forward to intercept Cubone.

"Dodge and use our new move!" Cubone moved to the left and got in close and brought a fist crackling with electrical energy down onto the water type.

Ash's eyes widened, "Thunder punch." Wartortle flew back and slowly got up with one eye closed in pain. Ash's mind was working on how to gain the advantage over Giselle. Cubone was a well trained pokemon and had good speed and attack but Ash and Wartortle hadn't trained for nothing.

Giselle smiled and waved a hand at Ash, "And here I thought I would be facing a great trainer. It is clear to me that your looks are the only thing going for you handsome. But don't worry, I only need someone who is as attractive as me…skill isn't an issue."

Wartortle glared at the girl as she insulted his trainer. The water type searched deep within himself and felt a wave of power surge forward and engulf him. A powerful blue aura erupted around the starter and he called out as his strength returned to him tenfold.

Ash's eyes widened as Wartortle was covered with a blue aura, "Torrent." These abilities could make or break a battle and with a little luck, Ash was going for the victory. Wartortle saw Ash's smile and gave him the thumbs up. He jumped up and roared and brought his arms up in a lifting gesture.

Giselle and Cubone laughed when nothing happened, "I see your pokemon is trying to be intimidating. Sorry little guy but…"

Giselle was cut off when the ground started to shake and a massive wave of water shot up from under Wartortle. It glowed a powerful blue light as it was enhanced with the Pokémon's ability.

Ash smiled and pulled out his pokedex, "New move detected. Wartortle has learned the move surf."

Ash snapped his fingers, "Wartortle let's win this with surf!" The wave rushed forward and came crashing down on the little ground type that was trying to run away. The water quickly spread and washed over a screaming Giselle before it leveled out with the ground. Cubone was on his back spitting out water with swirls for eyes.

Ash smiled and rushed to his pokemon and hugged him, "Great job Wartortle, I'm so proud of you."

His pokemon hugged him back and buried his head into Ash's chest. Misty ran over and hugged her boyfriend, "You are simply amazing."

Hugging her back he chuckled, "Wartortle did all the work."

Their celebration was short lived when they heard a shriek and looked over to see Giselle screaming about being wet. Ash quickly returned Wartortle and grabbed Misty by the hand and saluted Joe who was trying to laugh, "Good luck Joe."

The boy smiled and waved as Ash and Misty ran out of the schoolyard with Giselle's screams ringing in their ears.

*PSOR*

As the young couple continued onto Ash's next gym badge they found themselves in an area rich with pokemon and currently, Ash was battling a pokemon that he wished to capture. The pokemon was tan in color with a dark brown shoulder pad. Its face was fox-like in appearance and had a single red star in the center of its forehead. In the Pokémon's right hand was a silver spoon that glowed with power. This pokemon was a Kadabra a powerful psychic type and an essential part to any team. Ash and Misty had been walking when they had run into an Officer Jenny who was searching for a pokemon that had been attacking travelers in order to take food from them. When Ash had found out that the pokemon was a Kadabra he jumped at the chance to go after it. Currently he had Scyther out and the pokemon was panting from the fight it was getting.

"Scyther his him with another bug buzz!" His pokemon launched its attack and sent the psychic type back. Kadabra pushed himself up and slashed his spoon down and sent a blade of pink energy at Scyther.

"Counter with slash and finish it with wing attack!" Scyther cut through the psycho cut and then rushed forward with glowing wings and knocked the pokemon out.

Ash pulled a pokeball and threw it. The ball hit its target and sucked him into the ball. It shook for a full minute before it clicked and confirmed the capture. Ash pumped his fist, "Yes, I captured a Kadabra!"

Misty giggled and shook her head as Ash turned and smiled like a little kid. "Alright Mist let's get back on our path." She shook her head and ran to keep up with Ash.

*PSOR*

Several days later, Ash and Misty were resting about two days outside of Vermillion City after a long day training their teams. Everyone was making fantastic progress but much to Ash's anger and irritation…Kadabra was being difficult.

Upon first being released, the psychic type used confusion on Ash to throw him away. This led to Ash's team aggressively attacking their new member to make sure he was put in his place. Kadabra didn't take kindly to this and targeted the smallest member with a powerful psybeam at Magikarp.

The small fish was injured and upon seeing Ash slowly get up she let anger consume her and cried out in rage. The light that covered her was blinding and she exploded with power as her body elongated to an impressive twenty one feet and turned more serpentine. Her whiskers became longer and upon her now blue scales was a trident like crown. Magikarp raised her head as the light died down to reveal a powerful Gyarados that reared her head back and fired a massive beam of red and white energy. The hyper beam slammed into Kadabra with little remorse and knocked him out. Once the issue was taken care of, the new Gyarados bent low and gently nudged Ash to help him up.

Ash looked over to his fainted psychic type and then to his new monster of a pokemon and smiled before hugging her, "Thanks girl." The water type licked him and purred in a deep rumble that shook her trainer.

Since that day, Ash had not brought Kadabra out seeing as he was less than pleased with the new pokemon. He was thinking of a way to appeal to the psychic type but so far nothing had come up. Currently, Ash was leaning against a tree with Charmeleon's head on his lap. He was gently running his hand down the Pokémon's smooth scales and watching his beautiful girlfriend as she worked with her pokemon.

He smiled lightly and closed his eyes to enjoy the moment but it was short lived when a voice cut through the air as it laughed, "Yeah I had a Charmander once…but that thing was so weak it couldn't beat its weakest opponent. So I got rid of it before it had a chance to hold me back."

Charmeleon's eyes snapped open with a fire that threatened to explode out of him as he turned to see a group of people walking down the path Ash and Misty were resting by…and leading the group was his former trainer…Damien.

First and foremost, I have to say this because I am super excited but my friends and pokemon fans…not only is our beloved Charizard back in the anime but….MEWTWO IS BACK! That's right everyone. Our favorite legendary is making his return in the newest pokemon movie titled, "ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo's Awakening." I have seen the trailer and all I can say is Mewtwo is back with a vengeance. I can't wait to see it!

So, Ash has been busy. I realize that this seems like a ton of evolutions in one capture and maybe it is but Ash's entire team has been working together since the beginning so it is very plausible that they evolve around the same time.

He now has a Kadabra…and it isn't exactly very fond of being captured. I wonder how this will play out. Only I know

Keep sending in ideas for pokemon and detailed descriptions. I am willing to accept other region pokemon but please have a valid reason behind them…not just hatching from an egg.

As always, send in ideas and reviews.

KingFatMan25

Ash's Team

Ivysaur: Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed, Vine Whip, Magical Leaf, Razor Leaf, Energy Ball

Charmeleon: Scratch, Growl, Flamethrower, Ember, Dragon Rage, Metal Claw, Protect

Wartortle: Tackle, Tail Whip, Bubble, Water Gun, Aqua Jet, Protect, Water Pulse, Surf

Luxio: Tackle, Growl, Charge, Spark, Night Slash, Shock Wave, Protect, Iron Tail
Spearow: Peck, Leer, Aerial Ace, Agility, Fury Attack, Protect, Mirror Move

Gyarados: Splash, Tackle, Hyper Beam

Butterfree: Confusion, String Shot, Sleep Powder, Gust, Poison Powder, Psybeam, Silver Wind

Pidgeotto: Quick Attack, Twister, Gust, Tackle, Sand Attack, Steel Wing

Scyther: Quick Attack, Pursuit, Wing Attack, Bug Buzz, Slash

Kadabra: Psycho Cut, Confusion, Psybeam, Teleport, Disable

Cranidos: Unknown, still a fossil

Kabuto: Unknown, still a fossil